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