Have you ever heard your Bikram instructor lauding the benefits of this yoga in relation to your sleep, your thyroid, pancreas, kidneys, large intestines, and even boosting your immune system and sex drive? For many, this may be hard to believe and scientifically, this is hard to prove, but to negate the potential of these...
Bikram Hot Yoga – WESTERN perspective
Patients that have seen me know that I like to use and promote other exercises and sports outside the manual care and basic physiotherapy I give to them. I like to suggest to my patients these extracurricular activities by getting to know them and matching a “sport or activity” to their goals, health needs, personalities,...
Bikram Yoga: Standing Deep Breathing Exercises – Posture #1
What a beautiful way to start a day. What a beautiful way to start a class. I call this the “beautiful warm-up” because when we are in our “hidden postures,” aka life outside of class, we may not be breathing. Acting like a life gauge, this posture resets everything, reminding us where we are. It...