Product Description

Bikram, the "hot yoga" program, has been heating up the yoga world lately, and its founder probably has something to do with it: The outspoken, dramatic, and always controversial Bikram Choudhury has garnered a lot of attention with his version of hatha yoga that some yogis think unorthodox: In his classes, students are stuck in a room heated to at least 105 degrees doing a structured program of 26 asanas with a sergeant-like instructor, and they love it. With his take-no-prisoners philosophy, Bikram describes how the program can reap great medical, physical, and spiritual benefits - the poses work out every part of the body, all of which can help alleviate many common ailments, from asthma to back pain. (Photographs accompany each pose.) In addition, the book offers the best ways to incorporate eastern philosophy into a western lifestyle and tips on how yoga can cultivate "a union between body and spirit."

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77410 in Books
• Published on: 2007-04-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

About the Author
Bikram Choudhury, who first won the National India Yoga Competition at the age of eleven, is an extremely charismatic teacher with a no-compromise attitude. He teaches his exclusive style of Hatha yoga at his school in Beverly Hills, and there are more than 700 Bikram yoga studios worldwide.

Customer Reviews

Fun and informative and fab!


Already had Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class and found it to be the best yoga book ever [IMHO]. I think this one equally good and fills in any missing pieces. Actually made me want to rush to my yoga mat. Benefits benefits benefits!

Fabulously informative. It's wonderful to know the benefits of each asana without having to wade through mountains of dull and dry text. I've always practically ignored savasana, and never will again! The background info; history of , science of etc is also very readable. I hadn't realised how much, in certain cases, yoga has been changed for westerners, and only relatively recently.

Osho said to never trust a guru without a sense of humour. Bikram has fab sense of humour, passion for yoga, the knowledge and the descriptive skill to make this read like a novel...

Even the parts of the book that describe how to do each asana are enjoyable and interesting.

I've been meditating for years and love it and wouldn't dream of missing a day. However, I can often get lazy about yoga asanas and pranayama. This book has changed all that...

It's impossible [for me anyway!] to absorb Bikrams' passion and knowledge of the marvelous benefits of the asanas etc and not be super keen to do them.

As with any book I've read didn't agree with every single bit, that would be a bit sheep like! But I gained enough valuable knowledge and was entertained enough for this book to be worth the money many times over!

Get it, and if you don't agree with me you can always put it straight onto Amazon marketplace!