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Humans of Bikram Yoga HOBY is a community page created to inspire the world by sharing stories and testimonials of people who have changed their lives with Bikram Yoga

Hello to the Bikram Yoga World out there :)

My name is Changu. I am a Certified Bikram Yoga Teacher who travelled the world from September 2014 till February 2020 teaching Bikram Yoga. I graduated from Bikram Yoga Teacher Training Spring 2014. Taught my first class in San Francisco and then I went home and taught in Toronto for two months. In September 2014 I started traveling and didn’t stop un

til the ‘C’ word started. Ive taught at 127 studios in 31 countries:

Canada, USA, Philippines, China, Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, Belgium, Ireland, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Italy, Spain, Dubai, Mexico, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Northern Ireland, Morocco, England, Russia, Finland, Estonia, Greece, Austria, Bulgaria, Romania, Vietnam, France and Scotland. (in that order)

In all these places I have met some amazing people. People who have inspired me with their lives, with their love, with their spirits and their hearts, with their hospitality, with their families, with their stories from the past and their aspirations for the future. They have opened my eyes to another world, their world, by sharing it with me. This yoga has changed the lives of millions around the world and that makes me believe that there are millions of Bikram Yoga testimonials out there. So I decided that as I travel further and teach and practice at different schools I would like to share those stories with the world. I have seen how much people love this yoga, they arrange their busy days around their Bikram Yoga class, sometimes even plan their vacations around whether or not there's a Bikram Yoga studio close to where they will be vacationing. What is Bikram Yoga? It is not a fad, it's not a trend. It may have started as one when the Hollywood celebrities couldn't get enough of it in the 1970s but Bikram Yoga is still as hot, as hard and as therapeutic as it was back then. It is a prescription, 26 POSTURES with 2 BREATHING EXERCISES designed in a genius sequence by a yogi from Calcutta. How is it a genius? There are a number of reasons but the most compelling reason being that Bikram Yoga is the safest yoga on the face of the planet. Starting from Pranayama Breathing, every posture makes you ready, warmed up and prepared for the next one. It's a progressive practice. You cannot hurt yourself as long as you're listening and following the instructions precisely to the best of your abilities. So Bikram picked from a variety of Hatha Yoga postures and chose the most incredibly therapeutic postures to cover a full range of physical, mental, emotional chronic diseases that ail most people. It's a beginning series for beginners but don't let that statement fool you because even elite athletes have said that Bikram Yoga was the hardest thing they have ever done. I would say don't be fooled but don't let that discourage you either. Bikram Yoga is a life long practice. It is a therapeutic practice before it is anything else. It is always 90 minutes with 2 sets in a heated room taught by a certified Bikram Yoga Teacher. So you know exactly what to expect. We don't change the sequence. Change one thing and you change everything. Stick to the prescription because like fire burns, water cools, wind blows, Bikram Yoga works. If you don’t believe it, make time for 30 days of practice and see for yourself how you, your body and your life will change with this practice. Dont believe me? Ask these people :)
Better yet, go find the nearest Bikram Yoga studio to you and take class. It will be the most memorable day of your life. P.S It is needless to say that the idea of the page has been inspired by the original idea of "Humans of New York" by Brandon Stanton. I thank him for the inspiration :)

P.S.S The purpose of this page is solely to inspire everyone to start practicing the 90 mins moving meditation by doing the 26 and 2 in its original way to maximize health benefits to your mind body and soul. Any kind of political or controversial debates will simply result in having you removed from the page. We are here to talk ONLY about Bikram Yoga

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24/07/2025

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It takes 90 minutes to do 2 sets of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises. Nobody has time for things, you have to make ...
11/07/2025

It takes 90 minutes to do 2 sets of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises. Nobody has time for things, you have to make time, you have to make changes and sometimes rearrange and prioritize things that are important.

Bikram Yoga is important. Why? Because you are.
No yoga practice, no fitness regime, no toughmudder or ironman experience gives you what Bikram Yoga has to offer. What is that offer? It’s LIFE! The life of every single muscle, bone, joint, ligament, tissue, organ, gland, including all the systems in your body. The practice starts with pranayama breathing exercise which introduces you to your lungs. Then in half moon pose you say hello to your spine by moving it to its full range of motion. In awkward pose you warm up the big muscles and in eagle pose you exercise all the major joints, 6 on each side of your body. Then comes the cardio series and the extension and the compression which collectively, after having done two sets of each posture in the standing series, warms up the spine and takes 50-55 mins. At the hour you must have performed your first sit-up and you’re setting up cobra pose. Then you do four backbending compression postures on the floor and that’s called the spine strengthening series. Added bonus on top of all that, fixed firm pose is also a backbend compression for the spine. That’s 5 backbend poses, 2 sets each makes it 10 postures, back to back. But you’re able to do it because you invested the time and energy in the first 50-55 mins of your Bikram Yoga practice. Bikram would say, “that was the warm up, the yoga begins now.” 🙂 So students practicing a 60 mins class in a mildly warm room come out and say wow that was hard, Lisa Simpson has some bad news for you. You paid for a “Bikram Hot Yoga” class but you got everything but Bikram Yoga.

The first 60 mins of a Bikram Yoga class is warming up for the last 30 mins of the yoga. If you leave after 60 mins, you warmed up but you left before the yoga even began.

Practicing Bikram Yoga is challenging, teaching Bikram Yoga is even more challenging than that but the most difficult thing to do is to convince the world that the 90 mins is the right way because it’s the hard way. In a world of instant coffee, instant messaging, instant results, how can you convince the ultra sensitive people of the world that the longer duration class is better for you regardless of how fast you get your coffee and how quick you communicate and get things done. It’s important to know that no pain means no gain. Unfortunately there is no such thing as instant yoga and Bikram Yoga is only 90 minutes.

Week 2 ofBikram Yoga in Victoria Park Kitchener 🇨🇦Join Humans of Bikram Yoga on Mondays and Tuesdays  at Victoria Park f...
30/06/2025

Week 2 of
Bikram Yoga in Victoria Park Kitchener 🇨🇦

Join Humans of Bikram Yoga on Mondays and Tuesdays at Victoria Park from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm EST. Toronto/NY time zone.
Meet at the gazebo after crossing the bridge.

Send an email to hobyonfb@gmail.com or DM for any questions.

Bring your friends and family, spread the word, share the post, create the hype for a Summerlicious Bikram Yoga outdoors. You will be guided by a Certified Bikram Yoga teacher who has been teaching Bikram Yoga for 11 years and has taught in 35 countries. Changu knows very well how to take care of his students whether they have been practicing for a long time or if they’re just beginning their Bikram Yoga journey.

See you today at Vic Park 😎.
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Who's ready for some Bikram Yoga in the Park? 🇨🇦Join me Mondays at Victoria Park from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm EST. Kitchener-...
23/06/2025

Who's ready for some Bikram Yoga in the Park? 🇨🇦

Join me Mondays at Victoria Park from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm EST. Kitchener-Waterloo are Toronto/NY time zone.
Meet at the gazebo after crossing the bridge.

Send an email to hobyonfb@gmail.com or DM for more info!

Bring your friends and family, spread the word, share the post, create the hype for a Summerlicious Bikram Yoga session with Changu. A Certified Bikram Yoga teacher who has been teaching Bikram Yoga for 11 years in 35 countries. Changu knows very well how to take care of his students whether they have been practicing for a long time or if they’re just beginning their Bikram Yoga journey.

Humans of Bikram Yoga offers a workshop for all Bikram Yoga practitioners, students and teachers alike. Doesn’t matter i...
15/03/2025

Humans of Bikram Yoga offers a workshop for all Bikram Yoga practitioners, students and teachers alike. Doesn’t matter if you’ve been practicing for twenty years or twenty days, join us for this workshop where we go back to the basics of Bikram Yoga.

Our foundations determine how strong the building is going to be as we build upwards. If the foundation is weak, the building will not hesitate to collapse with the first challenge that it faces. Foundations are basics, trying to experience being a beginner again. Think as if you’re starting as a first time student.

Learn. Unlearn. Relearn.

Send your questions about the workshop, payment, timing, anything and everything related to the workshop, by email to: hobyonfb@gmail.com

Online streaming of the workshop for anyone who would like to join us from anywhere around the world.
April 12th 2025 - Saturday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm EST (Toronto/New York time)

After your payment is received via PayPal, we you will receive the online link for the workshop.

Our PayPal: hobyonfb@gmail.com

Thank You! 😊❤️🙏🏽

09/02/2025

Running on snow/ice won’t be the best idea to get a cardio workout so why not try Balancing Stick Pose 😊 You will just need enough room to take a big step forward and then extend, lengthen, open and stretch your spine in equal and opposite directions.10 seconds stretching on the right leg 10 seconds stretching on the left leg Do 2 Sets and feel your heart pumping with gratitude, saying Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! 🥰Bikram Yoga Everywhere 🙏🏽😊

Bikram Yoga is the Key to the Kingdom of Health. You not only start improving your health today but also start to invest...
13/01/2025

Bikram Yoga is the Key to the Kingdom of Health. You not only start improving your health today but also start to invest in your health and wellness in the days, months and years to come. It’s a practice of a lifetime for a lifetime 🙂 I personally know that I am going to be practicing this genius yoga sequence, exactly the way it’s meant to be practiced for the rest of my life.

A box and a half out of 24 boxes 🙂 Very few people practice religiously every day. If you can’t practice every day, do it 3-5 times a week. Even once a week regularly every week will show you the power of a single 90 minute authentic Bikram Yoga class.

New students usually ask after a challenging class, “Does this ever get easier?”

“No! It doesn’t.” 🙂 I point at them and add “YOU become stronger. Isn’t that a better deal?” 😁 and that’s the tough but beautiful truth. We don’t change the yoga to make it easier, we keep practicing to get stronger. When you get stronger, you can meditate in the postures, you can control your breathing throughout class, familiarity increases with the postures like you’re getting to know new coworkers or long distant relatives that you’ve never seen before 🤣 You will naturally go through a phase of liking, loving, disliking and hating certain postures. Just watch that beautiful change of emotions towards an asana. You will realize the posture is the same, you’re the one changing. The only subject in the world where the object is the subject. You are practicing Yoga but you are the one changing, it’s all about YOU!

Bikram Yoga is therapy.
Bikram Yoga is meditation.
Bikram Yoga is fitness.
Bikram Yoga is wellness.

Your health today and tomorrow, is in good hands if you have The Key in your hands, the key to the kingdom of health, Bikram Yoga 🔥❤️✨

The journey towards self realization can begin with a simple question as this, “Is it better to suffer for 90 mins or 90...
19/12/2024

The journey towards self realization can begin with a simple question as this, “Is it better to suffer for 90 mins or 90 years?”

Simple yet so profound.

Bikram Yoga, the road to understanding yourself and realizing yourself. From the physical to the spiritual. The start has to happen with a physical step, a physical move, the physical asana. Everything else will follow the way it should.

So did you suffer today? 😉 I mean did you practice Bikram Yoga today? 😁

HOBY Online classes. Authentic Bikram Yoga classes taught online by professional and Certified Bikram Yoga Teachers. If ...
11/11/2024

HOBY Online classes.

Authentic Bikram Yoga classes taught online by professional and Certified Bikram Yoga Teachers.

If you have any questions please DM (direct message) or email: hobyonfb@gmail.com

You can practice from anywhere in the world 😁🌍🙏🏽❤️
Bikram Yoga Works for every body, age, gender, race, size, shape and colour 😊

You win half the battle when you simply show up. You’ve done half the work by just making your way to your mat. The rest...
10/11/2024

You win half the battle when you simply show up. You’ve done half the work by just making your way to your mat. The rest of the way you have to make sure that you keep doing two things as a priority,

1. Eyes always open
2. Breathing always normal

Everything else is optional and can change from day to day and from class to class. Bikram Yoga is a 90 min eye open meditation. It is a 90 min moving meditation. Just show up for every class with an open mind, keep your eyes open throughout class so you can watch and observe and modify and correct your postures to get the maximum benefits and keep breathing through your nose in postures, during the postures, in between the postures, at all times.

Breathe. Move. Meditate.

10/11/2024

Practice Bikram Yoga Online from anywhere in the world 🌎🙏🏽✨

10th November Sunday 8 am EST.
TORONTO/New York time.

The class will be streamed LIVE 👍🏽
Hybrid of In Studio and Online.
If you’d like to practice please send an email to HOBY: hobyonfb@gmail.com

See you online 🙏🏽😊

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