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BIKRAM YOGABikram's Beginning Yoga Class is a demanding series of 26 postures (asanas) and two breathing exercises (pranayamas), which is suitable for all ages and levels of ability. Each posture stretches and strengthens specific muscles, ligaments and joints needed for the next posture. The Bikram method also stimulates the organs, glands and nerves, moving fresh oxygenated blood to 100 percent of the body, restoring all systems to a healthy working order. Bikram scientifically designed this 90 minute program to deliver total health through the balancing and strengthening of every system in the body in order to prevent illness, injury and limit the effects of aging. In addition, the series of postures combine skills of concentration, patience, determination and self-control, which lead to increased mental clarity and reduced stress. Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class is done in a heated room to warm your muscles, prevent injury, allow a deeper workout and cleanse the body by flushing toxins. As Bikram says, "Yoga is the only exercise in the world you can do at any age. There is always some posture that will improve your health, mind and soul." |
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ABOUT BIKRAMBikram Choudhury began learning Hatha Yoga poses in his native India, at the age of three. At five, he began studying with Bishnu Ghosh (Paramahnsa Yogananda's brother) and quickly became a yoga champion. At age eleven he was the youngest contestant ever to win the National India Yoga Competition. At 14, Swami Shivananda declared him "Yogi Raj" (King of the Yogis). At age 20, a weightlifting accident crippled Bikram. With the guidance of his guru, Bikram created his 26 posture series which restored his health. In a United Nations sponsored research project at Tokyo University, Bikram helped doctors prove that yoga regenerates tissues and cures chronic ailments. Combining Eastern discipline and Western medicine, Bikram perfected his comprehensive system suitable for all ages and levels of fitness.Bikram arrived in the United States in 1973 at the invitation of President Nixon and the urging of Shirley Maclaine. He quickly became the foremost yoga teacher in the West as celebrities, athletes, and others began to flock to him. Since that time he has been healing thousands of students at his school in Beverly Hills and traveling the world extensively, bringing the benefits of Bikram's Yoga to millions of students worldwide. For more information on Bikram or Bikram Yoga click here: www.bikramyoga.com. |
ABOUT RAJASHREEBorn in Kolkata, India in 1965, Rajashree Choudhury started her yoga training at the urging of her parents at the age of four. She holds a degree in Hatha Yoga Therapy. She was the unbeaten five-time winner of the All-India Yoga Championship Competition from 1979 to 1983. After studying at Mahila Yoga Byam Kendra, Gosh's College of Physical Education, she received her Certification in the Application of Hatha Yoga Therapy for chronic diseases and disorders.While teaching yoga throughout the world and the United States, Rajashree enjoys most teaching with her husband, Bikram Choudhury, the world renowned hatha yoga master, who is famous for his system of Bikram Yoga therapeutic hatha yoga postures. They both teach at Bikram's Yoga College of India in Beverly Hills, California and conduct seminars worldwide. Rajashree specializes in yoga therapy for persons with chronic diseases and disorders. She co-manage the Bikram Yoga Teacher Training course and teaches her highly-acclaimed Pregnancy Yoga Classes along with being the doting-caring mother of a very active teenage daughter, Laju, and a soccer mom for her athletic son, Anurag. Like their parents, both children are already practicing advance yoga postures and surely will be expert yogis. Rajashree has appeared on many national television programs in the United States and abroad doing seminars worldwide promoting the countless benefits of yoga. Among her many pet projects are the KarmaforKids yoga camp for children with cancer and the annual International Yoga Asana Championship. |
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Bikram's Yoga College of India
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