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T h e u n i q u e e l e m e n t i n B i k r a m y o g a i s t h a t t h e s e s s i o n s t a k e p l a c e i n a w e l l h e a t e d r o o m i n a t e m p e r a t u r e o f 1 0 5 d e g r e e s F a h r e n h e i t o r m o r e . T h i s r e s e m b l e s t e m p e r a t u r e s i n m a n y p a r t s o f I n d i a w h e r e y o g a d e v e l o p e d .
I f p e o p l e a r r i v e a t a c l a s s f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e u n p r e p a r e d f o r t h e i n t e n s e h e a t , t h e y o f t e n q u i t t h e c l a s s e s . B u t l i k e a s a u n a , i t i s b e n e f i c i a l f o r r e d u c i n g m u s c l e s t i f f n e s s a n d i n c r e a s i n g p h y s i c a l r e l a x a t i o n a n d f l e x i b i l i t y . P e o p l e w h o s t a y t h r o u g h t h e f i r s t f e w s e s s i o n s o f t e n c o m e t o a p p r e c i a t e t h i s a s p e c t o f t h e c l a s s .
A B i k r a m y o g a c l a s s u s e s a s e r i e s o f 2 6 p o s t u r e s w h i c h a r e b a s e d o n t r a d i t i o n a l I n d i a n y o g a p o s e s . M a n y o f t h e s e p o s e s a r e a l s o u s e d i n o t h e r f o r m s o f y o g a b u t B i k r a m y o g a i s u n u s u a l i n t h a t i t o n l y e v e r u s e s t h e s e s a m e p o s e s i n o n e s e q u e n c e , a n d n o o t h e r s , a l t h o u g h a c l a s s m a y g o t h r o u g h t h e s e q u e n c e t w i c e . T h e b r e a t h i s a l s o v e r y i m p o r t a n t i n B i k r a m s t y l e o f y o g a . M o s t c l a s s e s a r e 9 0 m i n u t e s a n d w i l l i n c l u d e b r e a t h i n g e x e r c i s e s a s w e l l a s t h e p o s t u r e s , p l u s a r e l a x a t i o n s e s s i o n a t t h e e n d .
A s w i t h m o s t f o r m s o f y o g a i t i s i m p o r t a n t n o t t o b e c o m p e t i t i v e w i t h o t h e r s o r e x p e c t q u i c k r e s u l t s , b u t w o r k a t t h e y o g a p r a c t i c e f o r i t s o w n s a k e . S t u d e n t s m u s t t a k e c a r e n o t t o o v e r s t r e t c h o r i n j u r e t h e m s e l v e s . P r o g r e s s w i l l b e s t e a d y b u t s l o w . H o w e v e r t h e b e n e f i c i a l e f f e c t o f a t t e n d i n g a y o g a c l a s s r e g u l a r l y m a y b e f e l t i n a l l a s p e c t s o f d a i l y l i f e a n d o f t e n c a n b e r e a w a k e n e d b y r e t u r n i n g t o p r a c t i c e m a n y y e a r s l a t e r .
B i k r a m C h o u d h u r y h a s s p a r k e d c o n t r o v e r s y i n b o t h t h e A m e r i c a n y o g a c o m m u n i t y a n d i n I n d i a b y c l a i m i n g c o p y r i g h t o n t h e s e q u e n c e o f y o g a p o s e s t h a t h e u s e s . T h e o p p o s i t i o n a r g u m e n t i s t h a t t r a d i t i o n a l p o s e s w h i c h h a v e b e e n u s e d b y y o g a t e a c h e r s i n I n d i a f o r c e n t u r i e s c a n n o t b e c o p y r i g h t e d . S o f a r t h i s a r g u m e n t h a s f a i l e d t o o v e r t u r n t h e c o p y r i g h t i n t h e U S A , a n d a n y o n e w i s h i n g t o t e a c h B i k r a m y o g a o r u s e h i s s e q u e n c e o f p o s e s m u s t o b t a i n a l i c e n c e t o d o s o . O f c o u r s e t h i s d o e s n o t p r e v e n t o t h e r y o g a i n s t r u c t o r s f r o m t e a c h i n g t h e s a m e b a s i c y o g a p o s e s i n d i f f e r e n t s e q u e n c e s , b u t t h e y m a y n o t c a l l t h e m s e l v e s B i k r a m y o g a t e a c h e r s .
A s w e l l a s t h e r e q u i r e m e n t f o r t h e i n s t r u c t o r t o o b t a i n a l i c e n c e , t h e r e a r e l i m i t a t i o n s o n t h e p o p u l a r i t y o f B i k r a m y o g a c a u s e d b y t h e h i g h t e m p e r a t u r e s r e q u i r e d . T h i s i s n o t o n l y b e c a u s e p e o p l e a r e u n c o m f o r t a b l e i n t h e s e t e m p e r a t u r e s . M o s t p u b l i c b u i l d i n g a d m i n i s t r a t o r s w o u l d n o t a l l o w a n i n s t r u c t o r t o h e a t t h e r o o m t h a t h i g h , s o a s p e c i a l y o g a s t u d i o i s r e q u i r e d . D u e t o t h e s e f a c t o r s t h e r e a r e n o t s o m a n y B i k r a m y o g a c l a s s e s a s t h e r e a r e i n o t h e r s t y l e s o f y o g a .
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