YOGA FOR BEGINNERS Pt 1

Due to many requests, here is a sequence for everybody to start your YOGA.

Bikram Yoga Teacher Training

Bikram Yoga Teacher Training is an opportunity for people to share their experience of Bikram yoga with others. Bikram yoga provides teacher training which offers more than 500 hours of study. It provides a strong foundation to become a good teacher throughout your life time.

The pose covers 26 postures, anatomy, therapeutic applications, health benefits, nutrition, philosophy of yoga, Bikram’s posture clinic and Bikram Yoga dialogue. The great yoga master, Bikram choudhury has been practising hatha yoga since the age of 3. At age of 5 he studied with Bishnu ghosh. Now he is well known as a yoga champion. He won the national India yoga competition at the age of eleven. At the age of 20, a weightlifting accident affected Bikram. With the help of his guru he created 26 different postures to restore his health. This course offers a great opportunity to learn from the great master, Bikram choudhury itself.

One can join the course by filling in an application form that is available on internet. It involves a minimum of 6 months training process at an affiliated studio. Applicants should be at least 21 years old. A teacher should be able to set a good rapport with the students.

The hotel accommodation is available. It’s a nine week course. Teacher training fee is US$6,600.00. The schedule is from Monday to Friday. Saturday is a half working day and Sunday is day of rest.

Bikram Yoga teacher training is a golden opportunity for people who aspire to become great yoga teachers. Join the teacher training and experience the powers of yoga.



Hot Bikram Yoga

Hot Bikram Yoga uses concept of heat for performing yoga. The idea of bringing in heat into yoga process was invented by Bikram choudhury. Hot yoga is a set of 26 poses and 2 breathing exercises. Each yoga posture is performed twice in a 90 minute class. It is performed in a heated room. Heat allows flexibility in movement of joints, muscles, ligaments etc. It burns fat more effectively.

The temperature maintained in the room is around 40.5 degrees Celsius. Heat warms up the body tissues and makes it easier for stretching. Thus it accelerates the benefit of yoga practice. The more moisture in the room the more you sweat. Sweating is beneficial in many ways. It removes the dirt and other foreign particles from your body and skin. The more you sweat the more hungry you become and thus the diet also improves.

The room used for performing hot yoga is thermostatically controlled so that the temperature doesn’t increase. In dry conditions, steam vaporiser is used to ensure correct humidity. Thus there is no risk of unhealthy conditions in the room. Bikram yoga works well for both beginners and advanced students. This concept of heat accelerates the release of deficient enzymes and hormones.

Heat during pranayama plays an important role. As you take in hot air the minute bacteria in the wind pipe etc are killed and thus protect you from many diseases. It prepares you mentally and physically for meditation. It increases concentration level. Thus the concept of heat works effectively in yoga and pranayama.