Friday, July 27, 2012

Who is Bikram Choudhury?



Bikram Choudhury, founder of the Yoga College of India and Bikram yoga, began studying yoga in his native India, at the age of three. At five, he began studying with Bishnu Ghosh, brother of Paramahansa Yogananda (author of the famous Autobiography of a Yogi) and quickly became a yoga champion the area. At age eleven, he was the youngest contestant to win the India Yoga Competition nationally. At age 20, a weightlifting accident crippled Bikram. He retired from the sport and began practicing yoga in a professional manner. Six months later, with the guidance of internationally renowned teacher, Bishnu Ghosh, Bikram realized that yoga can cure chronic physical ailments. Bikram decided to teach the curative methods of yoga to other fans, and thus, Bikram yoga begins.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Yoga liquid: fresh air, hot yoga studio to sweat it out!




First things first, you want to sweat. Sweating is normal. Everyone needs this function naturally calm down and get rid of excess heat from the working muscles, detoxify dissolved solids, and send the sodium (salt) back into the blood to maintain the salinity in the body. There are more sweat glands than four million in the human body, you can find them everywhere except on your lips the truth.

Perspiration or sweat is controlled by your sympathetic nervous system. Sweat gland is a long coiled tube, which is found in your skin. There are a few sweat glands located in various parts of the body.

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Bikram yoga



Bikram yoga follows the order of 26 postures that works every body part. In addition to employing the muscles, all the internal organs, veins and ligaments involved. Bikram yoga is also known as Hot Yoga as it is ideally done in a room that has been heated to 105 degrees. The purpose of doing yoga in a hot room is to make palpable the body to the point where it becomes possible to form again. Bikram yoga is a combination of Western medicine and Eastern philosophy and is practiced by people of all age groups. As with other forms of yoga Hot yoga allows the body and mind to be shared, so that the overall welfare of students.

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Benefits of Bikram Yoga



What Jennifer Aniston, George Clooney, Gwyneth Paltrow and Madonna have in common? They all joined Bikram Yoga, a series of 26 poses in a hot, 105 degrees of space in their lives to stay fit, flexible, healthy and happy.

"How Bikram sequence is set up is very simple, basic movements that anyone can do," said Loren Jay, a Bikram yoga instructor in Los Angeles-based senior. "And if you can not do it, eventually your body will be able to work its way back into the range of motion with repetition, breath and focus."

Monday, July 23, 2012

5 Yoga Postures to Feel More Energized



Yoga is about moving energy, so it's really just getting on the mat and practice every sequence raises the possibility will make you feel more relieved. And, when I say energy, I mean-energy is not good in 5 cups of espresso, restless energy, which usually make you bigger slump. Sometime we feel tired. Because we are trying to move faster than our bodies really want us, or we feel like the demands on us are too big to actually handle. Usually during this type of thing last times we think to do is stop and take 30 minutes to do some yoga postures, but we promise, the result will be better than the $ 5 espresso and much more durable as well. The following sequence of postures that mainly relies on energy, including backbends, inversions, balance and posture.

Sunday, July 22, 2012

The problem with Bikram Yoga



I just bought a Groupon for a local Bikram Yoga studio. For $ 30 I get 10 classes. That's a lot so I bought it on sight, and a friend to follow.

I'm worried about my friend who has a heart condition made worse in hot, humid conditions. He regularly passes out on hot summer days dirty. Doing yoga in a room of 105 degrees seems wrong. A few minutes into the first class he thought he should give up, but she persisted and by the time we reached our second grade he fit in and do a lot better.

However, I am afraid to go. If it is not a group activity, I thought I would give up. Not because it is difficult, because it does not - at least not part of yoga. I've been doing yoga off and on for years, and 26 poses performed in Bikram is not all that challenging - though they, of course, even harder when you're sweating and dizziness. I have no problem sitting posture outside when I suddenly felt like fainting, and because many people in the classroom is another Grouponers, they are also new to the class and sit outside many poses. The problem with Bikram is that it is for me, yoga for people who are hyper-competitive. I imagine the parents of people with OCD helicopter and enjoyed it very much. But I do not feel relaxed at all.

Saturday, July 21, 2012

New NFL Coaching Methods


1.) Bikram Yoga
You would not expect people to love stocky half and Half Moon Turtle. But Bikram yoga is not standard. Athletic practice variation is 90 minutes of stretching hardcore conducted in 105-degree room with humidity of 40%. The Bikram is always forcing all participants to simultaneously stretch and work on their balance. They improve blood flow, and build strength and flexibility while also ridding the body of toxins. No wonder the Pittsburgh Steelers as an optional add hot yoga practice last year. And according to the Cleveland Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards, Bikram is "the way to go" to increase the stamina required for this position. "I can not survive 20 minutes, at first you really have to mentally strong [do] .." She has since learned how to improve his breathing technique.

Friday, July 20, 2012

Hot yoga makes for an intense weekend workout



Thursday night found me lying on my bedroom floor living, looks like I'm just walking through the Sahara and the likelihood of the train - the result of my first time in the hot yoga.

If you think yoga involves sitting around on the mat, think again. This is a full workout, especially when practiced in a room heated to 90 M, as in classes offered at Amazing Yoga in Shadyside and South Side. Even the temperature can reach 105 F for Bikram yoga practitioners. Sauna like atmosphere is meant to be relaxed and allow for deeper stretching.

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Hot yoga has the support wringing wet



Take a deep breath. Hold the pose. Never mind the fact that the room is hot, the air seems to attach to the nose and mouth like a wet mesh mask. Exhale.
Ignore the sweat from your body and pooling on the hardwood floor, soak your yoga mat to the consistency of the lily pad.

The heat is on at Yoga Flow in Aspinwall, where a dozen men and women bend, balance and dripping through a Vinyasa flow class taught by Dominique Ponko owners. Not only the furnace running, the humidifier pumps water into the air.

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Bikram Yoga New



I must admit I always wondered why there is interest in Bikram Yoga. For me, the first time I heard about the kind of yoga I think people are crazy. Why on earth would you want locked in a room for 90 minutes to move around and sweat dripping off you like you are the fountain. No, thank you! Not until recently that I decided to give this idea a try.