Mind and Body Bikram Yoga

Mind and Body Bikram Yoga

The Bikram Yoga, also known as Hot Yoga, is a discipline designed from the Indian Bikram Choudhury founded the Yoga College of India, is a global structure. Bikram began his career as Yogi just four years old when he became a student of Bishnu Ghosh guru brother of Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles: Paramahansa Yogananda (born Mukunda Lal Ghosh), author of the bestselling book "Autobiography of a Yogi", died in 1952.
The 26 positions (asanas) of Bikram Yoga (Hatha Yoga Bikram method), are specifically designed to stretch, warm up and strengthen muscles and ligaments in conjunction with a beneficial stimulation of the cardiovascular system. His constant practice allows you to gain a better posture and better balance, reduce back pain and headaches due to the greater flexibility of the spine, strengthen the immune system, improve breathing, sleep better at night, buy your ideal weight as well as to achieve an overall sense of wellbeing and inner peace.

In addition to positions substantially aimed at stretching, characteristic of this method is the fairly high temperature of the room where the training takes place, which is around 40-45 degrees centigrade with a humidity of 40%. The heated environment favors the circulation of blood through the capillary dilation, to all organs and tissues, favoring the oxygenation, and increases the heart rate in such a way as to allow also to the cardiovascular system to obtain benefits. Moreover, the heat protects your muscles during stretching, facilitates the 'elimination of toxins and consumption of calories. Although at the beginning can be particularly difficult to practice in a specially heated, with the passage of time just this element will be useful to improve their powers of concentration and willpower. Among the 26 asanas Pranayama are a standing position can promote relaxation of mind, dimuire irritability and help eliminate toxins, and Ustra healthy sitting posture useful to increase the functionality and flexibility of the neck, chest.