“Never too late, never too old, never too bad, and never too sick, to start from the scratch once again.” 

—Bikram Choudhury

 Bikram’s Beginning Hatha Yoga Class is a comprehensive 90-minute class consisting of a series of 26 Postures and 2 breathing exercises, developed by Yogiraj Bikram Choudhury in the 1960’s, brought to the USA by Bikram in 1973, and taught and practiced around the world ever since. Each posture is done twice with a Savasana (rest pose) between each, holding to the 3 primary principles of Hatha Yoga Asana as explained in the introduction to Bikram’s book.

What is a Bikram Yoga class?

The class is practiced in a heated room, to promote the therapeutic benefits of the Yoga, including cellular metabolism, vasodilation, detoxification, and suppleness of the muscular system, providing a greater level of safety when doing the poses.  It is a beginning class, anybody can do it — any age, size, shape, condition, walk of life, background, gender, belief system, and any chronic problem.  It’s accessible and non-exclusive.  We do only beginning Yoga Postures — nothing that can hurt or injure you. The Postures are held still at maximum effort, not continuous movement, again a primary principle of Hatha Yoga (Asana).  Although the first emphasis is on the correctness and safety of the postures, the Class is very challenging and you will have to make demands of yourself.  It requires tremendous concentration, careful listening to the teacher’s Dialogue (precise instructions), patience, determination, trust, and discipline.  As these are required of you, they also develop within you.