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Hot Yoga's Rejuvenating Potential
from: Danna SchneiderBikram yoga is a unique experience, to say the least. We've all
thought of yoga as a body-bending, flexibility and
mind-relaxation exercise, but what's Bikram yoga all about, and
why is it supposed to be such an intense experience as so many
say?
Bikram yoga is a specific style of yoga founded by Bikram
Choudhury. Otherwise known as "hot yoga", Bikram yoga, named
after it's founder, is fairly advanced yoga moves done in a one
hundred and five degree room with humidity at fifty percent, so
you will most definitely be sopping wet when leaving.
The origin of this type of yoga is spiritually derived from
Hinduism and regionally from Yoga College of India. Bikram yoga
consists of 26 asanas or postures and two breathing exercises.
The word asana translates to the word "seat" which refers to the
spirit in relation to the divine. Asanas are intended to lead
back to sitting in meditation. Asanas are meant to improve your
muscle flexibility and strength.
These moves, called asanas, are supposed to be practiced
together with pranayama, or slow breath work for maximum
benefit. Your breaths should be through the nose, not the mouth,
and should be slow, not forced, and totally natural. To receive
maximum benefit from practicing asanas, all tension and
tightness in the body should consciously be let go.
A glass of water before practicing asanas enhances the
experience and asanas should not be done on a full stomach. The
practice of Bikram yoga is meant not only to improve muscle
strength and flexibility, but also to establish a balance of our
physical beings in relation to the divine.
Yoga is a path to attain a balance of the body, mind and spirit.
Yoga can, if done correctly, be a means to control the ongoing
complaint in all of our lives, stress. Optimum health is the
ultimate goal for everyone of us. Health does not just refer to
our physical beings but also to our mental attitudes and
spiritual growth.
Bikram yoga addresses all of these factors of our well being.
When I visited my daughter in California, she signed me up for
my first experience with hot yoga. Being in my fifties, I was a
little concerned about the prospect of being a complete amateur
at any kind of yoga and the possibility of being the oldest
participant in the class.
Well, I wasn't the oldest in the class and the instructor was
patient with his teaching. I was happily surprised at my ability
to do so many of the postures. My self realization during the
hot yoga class was my need to "stress" or hurry up at all times.
I needed to remind myself to relax, breathe slowly and through
my nose. The heated room was something I thought I would not be
able to tolerate. It did add to the yoga session and is probably
one of the reasons I did not have aching muscles or pulled
tendons the next day.
During some of the postures, I was keenly aware of my need to
improve my balance and my sense of my physical position in
space. For ongoing achievement of balance, I have been
practicing the art of yoga via an instructional DVD in my home.
Particularly useful to me, in addition to the improvement of
balance is the yoga reminds me to slow down and relax the
tension in my body. The concept of the heated room in Bikram
yoga is to diminish the risk of injuries and to allow you to go
deeper into each posture.
The perspiration experienced during hot yoga enhances the
release of toxins. The postures consist of warm up poses that
can be done prior to a yoga class. There are standing poses and
seated poses. The twist yoga poses have the purpose of
strengthening your back, toning the abdomen and helping with
digestion.
Inverted poses help you with your circulation. There's supine
and backbend poses and finally the finishing poses to end your
yoga session with relaxation.
Bikram yoga is designed to assist you to lose weight, tone
muscles and increase blood circulation. Since this form of yoga
helps lower stress levels, it can improve mental clarity and
focus. This, in turn, enhances our overall levels of performance
both on the job and in our personal life pursuits.
About the author:
Danna Schneider is the cofounder of
http://www.dietingmagazine.com , where you can find information
on weightloss products, fitness equipment and diet reviews, and
dieting tips for losing weight. She also founded
http://www.fitnessnewsmagazine.com , a site dedicated to the
latest offerings and breakthroughs in weight loss and fitness,
updated constantly with news and tips on fitness equipment,
accessories, and the hottes fitness trends.
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