Reasons for a heated room in Bikram Yoga

• The warmth of the room is safe to perform the Bikram yoga poses.
  
  
• The heat makes your body more flexible followed by proper yoga poses.
  
  
• It rules out the possibility of injuries while helping you to sweat better and releasing the toxins of the body.
  
  
• The fire yoga poses helps you to stretch all the muscles and ligaments and works on your internal organs too.
  
  

If you are not practicing Bikram Yoga because of he apprehension that you might not be able to perform hen you are wrong. The entire process followed while performing the yoga unites the body, mind and spirit. Its is your determination that determines whether you can perform a pose.

The poses of Bikram Yoga

The following are the 26 poses of this form of yoga:

1) Pranayam or sanding deep breathing session
2) Ardhachandrasana along with pada-hastasana which means a half moon pose
3) Utkatasana
4) Garudasana or an eagle
5) Dandayamana- Janushirasana or standing head to knee
6) Dandayamana- dhanurasana or standing bow pulling nose
7) Tuladandasana
8) Dandayamana – Bibhaktapada - Paschimottanasana
9) Trikonasana is the pose of a balance
10) Dandayamana - Bibhaktapada - Janushirasana which is standing with legs apart and head towards knee
11) Tadasana or the pose of a tree
12) Padangustasana or standing on your toes
13) Savasana is a dead body
14) Pavanamuktasana a wind releasing posture
15) Sit up
16) Bhujangasana is the pose of a snake (cobra)
17) Salabhasana is a locust pose
18) Poorna-salabhasana
19) Dhanurasana is he posture of a bow
20) Supta-Vajrasana
21) Ardha-kurmasana is a turtle pose
22) Ustrasana resembles a camel
23) Sasangasana is a rabbit
24) Janushirasana along with Paschimottanasana is a head up to the knee pose
25) Ardha – Matsyendrasana- a twist in your spine
26) Kapalbhati

Benefits of Bikram Yoga

• The yoga postures are designed to stretch the muscles and ligaments scientifically
  
• The practice of this form of yoga cleanses your body and releases toxins
  
• It helps you lose weight at the same time develop on the muscles
  
• It reduces stress and enhances blood circulation
  
• It benefits people facing problems with arthritis, thyroid, diabetes.
  

The mantra is to stay healthy and stay fit. Yoga is the best way to go about it. These postures of Bikram Yoga in fact had helped its founder Bikram to recover from a severe injury that was inflicted on him during his training for weightlifting. Despite being declared by the doctors that he would never be able o get on his feet again, he kept on practicing the asanas and successfully recovered from what was referred to as a point of no return.