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  2. Bikram Yoga - Wikipedia

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    Bikram Yoga is a system of hot yoga, a type of yoga as exercise, spread by Bikram Choudhury and based on the teachings of B. C. Ghosh, that became popular in the early 1970s. [1] Classes consist of a fixed sequence of 26 postures , practised in a room heated to 105 °F (41 °C) with a humidity of 40%, intended to replicate the climate of India .

  3. Bikram Choudhury - Wikipedia

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    Bikram Choudhury (born 1944) is an Indian-American yoga guru, [2] and the founder of Bikram Yoga, a form of hot yoga consisting of a fixed series of 26 postures practised in a hot environment of 40 °C (104 °F). The business became a success in the United States and then across the Western world, with a variety of celebrity pupils.

  4. Bishnu Charan Ghosh - Wikipedia

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    Bikram Choudhury, creator of Bikram Yoga, claimed to have been taught by Ghosh from the age of five. However, he did not become a regular student at Bishnu's gymnasium until 1962 at the age of 18. At that time Bikram was a bodybuilder. His system of yoga was based on Ghosh's teachings. [11] [12] [13] Choudhury named the Bishnu Charan Ghosh Cup ...

  5. Is hot yoga good for you? What to know about the benefits ...

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    Hot yoga is just what it sounds like — yoga done in a heated room. The practice was popularized by Bikram yoga, a hatha-style class done in a 105-degree room with 40% humidity, consisting of 26 ...

  6. Salabhasana - Wikipedia

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    In Bikram Yoga, Salabhasana, following another reclining backbend, Bhujangasana or Cobra Pose, is performed in stages. First, the arms are placed under the body pointing straight towards the feet, palms downwards, and the chin is rested on the floor. Then the left and right legs are lifted alternately.

  7. Postures of Bikram Yoga - Wikipedia

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    The postures include 24 asanas (poses in modern yoga as exercise), one pranayama breathing exercise, and one shatkarma, a purification making use of forced breathing. Bikram Yoga was devised by Bikram Choudhury around 1971 when he moved to America. [1] [2] [3] [unreliable source?] #

  8. Competitive yoga - Wikipedia

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    The anthropologist and scholar of modern yoga Joseph Alter commented that competitive yoga "anticipates branding and self-promotion." [ 7 ] He noted that in the early history of yoga as exercise in the first part of the 20th century, the rival Indian pioneers Kuvalayananda and Yogendra both saw the practice as a way of uniting "body and mind in ...

  9. Gov. Gavin Newsom asks Calif. lawmakers for $25M to fund ...

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    California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom asked state lawmakers Monday for an additional $25 million in funding to cover the cost of legal battles he expects to have with President-elect Donald ...