Bikram Yoga

Today was my first Bikram Yoga experience.

The Bikram method is a specific hatha yoga routine developed by Bikram Choudhury that's preformed in a room that is at a minimum temperature of 105 degrees and 40 percent humidity.

Bikram Choudhury was India's national yoga champion at the age of thirteen and went undefeated for three years until he injured his knee during a weight training accident. Doctors told him that he'd never walk again. His knee was healed within 6 months.

There were four of us in the class today. Amanda told me after class that one of the other class members fell out of an 80 foot tree two years ago and was given a similar prognosis to Bikram. Now he's doing back bends.


I'm still not over the high.