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April 19, 2006
Try Something New: Bikram
The first time I tried Bikram was when I lived in Palo Alto. I had been doing yoga mainly on my own for 3 years and had been to a class here and there, but never found one that I liked. I went to Yogasource looking for a power yoga class, preferably in a heated room. Here, I was introduced to Bikram. Bikram is a series of 26 postures that are done in a specific order to work all muscles and internal organs. It usually is a 90 minute class which involves performing each posture twice, one right after the other. This was different for me, being used to a more flowing yoga, also known as vinyasa (more Baron Baptiste style). Some of the postures were familiar but done in a slightly different way. Being that different and new are good things in my book, I found Bikram to be very rewarding.
At the time, I was running quite a bit – in the Bay Area, you could run in a race every weekend if you wanted to. Bikram was a great way to work my non-running muscles and the flexibility I had once my body got warm was just what I needed. I love how yoga strengthens all those stabilizer muscles in your ankles, knees, shoulders and your core. I also attended the Power Yoga class at Yogasource – which is the best yoga class I’ve been too and tried Hot Yoga 101 in Menlo Park for awhile. I haven’t found a good yoga studio here in the central valley. I have Bikram memorized and practice it once a week at home. I have a few Baron Baptiste videos that I’ll watch now and then, but mostly like to do my own yoga – a mixture of my favorite postures.
Posted by Lisa at April 19, 2006 07:35 AM
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Lisa, how do you get a room heated? As I blog about infrared saunas I know that some people use them to practice Bikram yoga in there. I also heard that many Bikram yoga studios use infrared heaters to heat a classroom.
Posted by: Paul Mernon at April 20, 2006 12:51 AM
That's a good question. I'm not really sure what type of heaters are used at the classes I've been to. I'll see what I can find out.
Posted by: Lisa at April 22, 2006 08:19 AM