How to Relieve Stress With Bikram Yoga

Bikram yoga, founded by yoga champion Bikram Choudhury, is done in a hot room with temperatures between 95 to 105 degrees F. The purpose of the heat is to make the body more flexible while releasing toxins in your sweat. You'll do 26 poses that promote stretching and strengthening. Get out your yoga mat, drink lots of water and get started on your journey into Bikram yoga.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

1. Purchase or borrow some Bikram yoga exercise videos to get started. You can practice the poses before you have to encounter the intense heat in your class. Perform some of the moves at home if possible. Whenever you feel a large amount of stress on your shoulders, try some Bikram yoga exercises.
2. Make sure you practice your breathing. When you are doing Bikram yoga, you will learn how to breathe correctly. Breathing keeps you going in this exercise, and it will help you cope with the intense heat.
3. Keep doing the Bikram yoga at home and attend a class every week, but follow at your own pace. The movement in Bikram yoga can help you get some stress out of the system as well as make you feel fit.
4. Ask a friend to learn Bikram yoga with you. Start with the basics to get you going. Do what you can and learn as you go.
5. Sign up for a few classes to get used to the basics of Bikram yoga. Most gyms and exercise studios offer a wide variety of yoga classes, and most likely will have a Bikram yoga class. Just make certain you have an instructor certified to teach this yoga discipline.

Tips & Warnings

• The breathing techniques you learn with Bikram yoga are great stress relievers.