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Living yoga master Bikram Choudhary is a Bikram Yoga innovator. Bikram yoga is also known as hot yoga.The Bikram Yoga series is a set of 26 yoga poses including two pranayama exercises, each of which is performed twice in the duration of 90 minutes. Hot yoga is a series of yoga poses done in a heated room which is usually maintained at a temperature of 105°F (40.5°C) with 40% humidity, so muscles warm up quickly and stretch more easily. Bikram yoga is a system of wellness, restoration and rejuvenation of the body balance.

Why practice Bikram Yoga in a hot room?

1. It facilitates the stretching of your muscles.
2. Your body becomes more flexible in the heat and since most poses used in Bikram are physically challenging, heat allows you to get into a pose that you never imagined you can do.
3. It also eliminates the risk of injuries, promotes sweating, and helps you release the toxins in your body.
4. The Bikram yoga poses not only work on your muscles but also on your internal organs.
5. Each pose stretches and strengthens your muscles, joints, and ligaments and at the same time releases the toxins from your body.

How does it work in your body :

By the physical effect: Stretching, balancing and creating pressure all at the same time. The blood supply in arteries and veins cuts off to some extent and thus creates a pressure.

When released, a lock gate effect is created, causing blood to rush through veins and arteries, flushing them out. Also, pressure is applied to the heart by its relative position to the rest of the body.

Benefits:

1. Muscles are contracted and stretched at a cellular, biochemical level .
2. Lipids and proteins reorganize optimally in such stretching, allowing for better circulation.
3. Blood and circulation are brought to the bones .
4. The organs of the immune system within the bones are boosted.
5. The lymph nodes are massaged , lymph is pumped throughout the body and white cells are disturbed throughout the body as the lymphatic system works more efficently.
6. Toxins and wastes are eliminated through the organs of elimination.
7. The brains is stimulated by improved circulation and by varying blood pressure .
8. The practice of bikram yoga also help in lose weight.
9. Even people suffering from chronic diseases such as arthritis,diabetes and thyroid disorders may benefit in by doing thsese Yoga Poses.

Recommended Practice Time:

In the beginning , do the full class regularly for two months until you are performing all but the very difficult poses such as the Standing Bow Pulling and Stretching Pose eighty percent correctly. If you are restricted by any medical condition or have any chronic disease, you should take some advice from your doctor and then do it.

The following video about Bikram Yoga will give you some idea about it.