Yoga is a the best technique for better, healthier, stress free and peaceful life.Yoga is the ancient Gift given to the world by the ancestors of India. Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual practice or discipline which originated in India. In ancient times it was practiced by old "Yogi's" of India which helped them to live long and healthy life.Yoga gurus from India later introduced yoga to the west, following the success of Swami Vivekananda in the late 19th and early 20th century.Yoga became popular as a system of physical exercise in western world however in India it was widely used as a meditative and spiritual form of maintaining a good health, mind and soul. As the time progressed Yoga became more and more popular all over the world and Indian Yog Guru's took it to the next level.As the world entered the modern era, with popularity of Yoga people started developing their own Yoga techniques by modifying this ancient science.With its modification the whole world was introduced to new modern techniques like Bikram Yoga, Power Yoga, Hatha Yoga and Hot Yoga etc.
Out of these modern day techniques Bikram Yoga is one of the most effective method to maintain healthy body and mind.
Bikram Yoga is the technique which was popularized in early 1970's .It was founded by Bikram Choudhary from a traditional technique of Yoga known as "Hatha Yoga".Bikram Yoga consists of 26 posture sequence including two breathing exercises irrespective of the age group to profound healing power on your body and mind. These postures are advised to practice inside a room at 40 Degree Celsius.
The above chart consists of 26 postures of Bikram Yoga which includes following :-
- Ardha-Chandrasana
- Pada-Hasthasana
- Utkatasana
- Garurasana
- Dandayamana-Janushirasana
- Dandayaman-Dhanurasana
- Tuladandasana
- Dandayamana-Bhibhaktapada-Paschimotthasana
- Trikanasana
- Dandayamana-Bhibhaktapada-Janushirasana
- Tadasana
- Padangustasana
- Savasana
- Pavanmuktasana
- Bhujangasana
- Salabhasana
- Poorna-Salabhasana
- Dhanurasana
- Supta-Vajrasana
- Ardha--Kurmasna
- Utrasana
- Sasangasana
- Janushirasana
- Paschimotthasana
- Ardha-Matsyendrasana
- Kapalbhati in Vajrasana
These posture are need to be done in correct way, the wrong method of doing the posture will not be beneficial. Bikram Yoga aimed at releasing toxins by sweating.
Benefits of Bikram Yoga
Bikram Yoga helps to improve strength, flexibility and reduces weight.According to an article in the Huffington Post, The health benefits of the additional heat are "largely perceptual", because "People think the degree of sweat is the quality of the workout, but that's not reality. It doesn't correlate to burning more calories.". A small study by the American Council of Exercise found "no difference in the increase in core temperature or heart rate between the two 60-minute sessions."
Bikram Y
Bikram began Yoga at the age of four with India's most-renowned physical culturist at that time, Bishnu Ghosh, the younger brother of Paramahansa Yogananda (Author of the most popular book on Yoga, The Autobiography of a Yogi, and founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles). Bikram practiced Yoga at least four to six hours every day at Ghosh's College of Physical Education in Calcutta. At the age of thirteen, he won the National India Yoga Championship. He was undefeated for the following three years and retired as the undisputed All-India National Yoga Champion.
At seventeen, an injury to his knee during a weight-lifting accident brought the prediction from leading European doctors that he would never walk again. Not accepting their pronouncement, he had himself carried back to Bishnu Ghosh's school, for he knew that if anyone could help to heal his knee, it was his teacher. Six months later, his knee had totally recovered. Ghosh was a celebrated physical culturist and the first to scientifically document Yoga's ability to cure chronic physical ailments and heal the body. Bikram later on devised the 26 postures sequence, which work irrespective of age groups. These 26 postures series has a profound healing power on your body and mind. He founded Bikram’s Yoga College of India. Bikram has shown the light of healthy life to millions of people around the world
bikram Yoga is really very helpful!!!
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