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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 .
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?] #
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.
However, despite many people assuming that hot yoga and Bikram yoga are one in the same, Bikram is one particular branded style of hot yoga, but not all hot yoga would be considered a Bikram class.
In Sivananda Yoga and its derivative styles such as the Bihar School of Yoga, half moon pose is Anjaneyasana, [12] an asana used in the moon salutation series (Chandra Namaskar). [ 13 ] In Bikram Yoga , the name "half moon pose" is given to a two-legged standing side bend, [ 14 ] elsewhere called Indudalasana .
Dharma Mittra is a guru of modern yoga [1] and a student of Swami Kailashananda. [2]Mittra's 1984 "Master Yoga Chart of 908 Postures", his best-known work [3] [4]. Mittra is known for his Master Yoga Chart of 908 Postures, each asana illustrated with a photograph of Mittra performing the pose. [3]
Ghosh's Yoga College in North Kolkata continues to offer training in therapeutic yoga in the 21st century. [10] 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.
Devi has been featured in books about yoga including Sara Cryer's The Four Stages of Yoga: How to Lead a Fulfilling Life; [8] [1] Victoria Bailey's Sharing Sadhana: Insights and Inspiration for a Personal Yoga Practice; [9] [1] Timothy McCall's Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing; [10] [1] Janice Gates's Yogini: The Power of Women in Yoga; [11] [1] and Carrie ...