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The Significance of the Moon to Yoga		Close

If you are familiar with ashtanga yoga, you've probably been cautioned against practicing yoga at the time of a full or new moon.

This has little to do with the popular notion of higher incidences of accidents and birthings during full moons, but more to do with our internal energies at these times.

A full moon is the product of the sun and moon at opposite ends of each other, and the earth fixed between. This positioning causes both the sun and moon to gravitate to the earth, resulting in the pulling of tides in bodies of water. Alternately, a new moon occurs when both the sun and moon are in conjunction.

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Bikram Yoga

Bikram Yoga is a series of 26 poses performed in a room heated to around 40 C degrees. This hot room causes the practitioner to sweat profusely ridding the body of toxins. The heat also allows the muscles to become more pliant. In the 90 minute class each of the 26 poses are performed twice, along with two breathing exercises. Although very similar, Hot Yoga should be looked at as seperate from Bikram Yoga. For a studio/teacher to offer Bikram they must have trained directly under the founder Bikram Choudhury himself, and strictly adhere to his prescribed methodology.

Bikram Yoga Teachers and Studios

Bikram Yoga North
Studio offering Bikram in NW5 4DS
Bikram Yoga is a unique series of 26 Hatha Yoga postures and 2 breathing exercises performed in a heated room. The series of postures has been scie...

Bikram Yoga City
Studio offering Bikram in N1 7RE
Bikram Yoga is a unique series of 26 Hatha Yoga postures and 2 breathing exercises performed in a heated room. The series of postures has been scie...

Bikram Yoga West
Studio offering Bikram in W10 4BA
Bikram Yoga is a unique series of 26 Hatha Yoga postures and 2 breathing exercises performed in a heated room. The series of postures has been scie...