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Bikram Yoga can help you to strengthen faith, self-control, determination, concentration and patienc |
Bikram Yoga is also known as hot yoga. What is hot about it? With yoga catching up with the imaginations of the western world, people with business acumen are trying to convert their love for yoga into a financially gainful opportunity. A number of people have been successful.
Bikram Choudhury is well known for evolving, codifying and establishing a system of yoga that he copyrighted and franchised. Why is it that the original masters of yoga, Sage Patanjali and Sage Ashtavakra not do this during their times? They were too divine and humanitarian to do that. Perhaps, they were part of an age where selfless service was the primary motive.
The declared purpose of Bikram Yoga is to achieve the impossible. It is the beauty and intrinsic worth of yoga that makes it such a powerful tool to remove negative tendencies, develop a vibrant and strong will power and develop a healthy body.
In order to cure a number of debilitating conditions, doctors are recommending Bikram Yoga asanas. Examples of these conditions are high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis, high cholesterol, Heart Disease, Diabetes, Hypoglycemia, Auto Immunity, Dengue Fever, Hepatitis C, Depression, Weight Loss, Kidney Condition and Sinus Infections.
Bikram yoga has drawn very heavily from Hatha Yoga. It is rather the modern synthesis of Hatha Yoga. Perhaps, the container has changed, but not the contents. Many reasons are cited, as to the advantages of Bikram Yoga. It claims to change your life totally. In fact, all sincere and accurate practices of yoga do the same. Practice of yoga initiates changes in your life and perspective. Any spiritual discipline, sincerely practiced is capable of doing it.
A perfectly maintained vehicle will run well. Similar is the case with the human body. It is far more complex piece of machinery than an automobile. If various parts of the body are treated with the respect that they deserve, they are bound to give you life-long service, without any need of replacements!
What is yoga after all? It is maintenance of the body, along with spiritual progress. It is possible to maintain in perfect condition, each part of the body, howsoever small or big!
A strong will power is the ultimate weapon for achievement in any field and it is true of Bikram Yoga as well. Strong will power overcomes every problem.
Mahatma Gandhi very rightly said that four determined persons can change the course of history. He was perhaps wrong. He by himself changed the destiny of humankind in many areas. |
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