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What To Bring In Your Yoga Class

April 14th, 2011 levis25

Is it your first time to go to your yoga class? Knowing that it’s your first time, you are quite unaware on what to bring and what not to bring. Most probably you are researching now on those things and other facts about yoga. Don’t worry, there are minimal preparation required. Let me share to you the essentials of yoga. Here are the things you should bring to class:

1. Your own yoga mat

Some studios allow you to use the yoga mats they have. Although these mats are also used by other students. To be more hygienic, it would be better to bring your own. If you don’t have one yet, don’t be in a hurry. You can use the one in the studio and just cover it with towel until you get to buy your own mat.

2. A pair of warm socks


You don’t necessarily need to wear your socks the entire time. In fact, yoga is best practiced barefoot. The socks you bring will only be used at the end of your class meditation. Your feet might feel cold after the warm yoga class that’s why it is advisable to wear socks to protect it from chills.

3. Sweatshirt


Wear your sweatshirt at the start of the class for your body to sweat even more. When you feel     that it heats you up already, that’s the time you remove your sweatshirt. You can put back on your sweatshirt at the end of the session, since it will feel a bit cold right after leaving the yoga     room as you enter an air-conditioned room.

4. Bottle of water


In yoga, you will sweat big time. Like in any other sports you try, it is important that you replenish and hydrate your body by drinking water.

5. Towel


Since you will sweat a lot, be hygenic and wipe out those sweat from your face and body. A towel will help you out rather than looking all wet and soaked with perspiration after the class.     You can also bring an extra towel for your mat, in case you will be using one from the studio.

6. An open mind


People who never tried yoga can discourage you to pursue yoga classes. I suggest that you give it a try and have an open mind. See how yoga can benefit your health and body.

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WWW – What Women Wear

April 11th, 2011 levis25

Who said you cannot be fashionable while you’re in your yoga class? As women, we like to look good and feel good as much as possible. We are born to emphasize beauty through ourselves, inside and out. One of the reasons why women are Bikram addicts is because they want to feel good and look good. Also, you want to lose a big amount of weight from yoga in order for you to dress up attractively when you go out with your friends or family. So I’m pretty sure, you, as a woman, would prefer to look fashionable wherever you are, even while you’re performing in your yoga class.

To look presentable and simply fashionable in your yoga class, here are your pegs on what you can wear.

1. Color Blocking Trend

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2. Animal Prints

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3. Playful Pants

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4. Perfect Match

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5. Top It All

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Just a friendly reminder, the beauty of fashion is not enough if you don’t have an inner beauty.

Live healthy, live life!

{Bikram Addict}

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Drive By Yoga

June 8th, 2009 levis25

Bikram Yoga founder Bikram Choudhury doesn’t agree with the argument that yoga practitioners should live simple lives. “Where is it written that a yogi is not supposed to have a car or a diamond wrist watch?” he replied when a Boston Globe reporter asked how Choudhury felt about the controversy that surrounds his 35 Rolls-Royces and Bentleys.

Choudhury loves his cars. In the one short interview he said he studies cars when he needs a break from studying the human body and explained the use of heat in his yoga classes by likening the human body to a Ferrari. When the body is warm it can reach it’s true potential, like a Ferrari driving on the highway with no other cars–or police officers–around.

If you’ve ever practiced Bikram Yoga (or another type of yoga in a heated room) do you notice a difference?

Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/

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Retreat Yoga: For the Bikram Addict

May 5th, 2009 levis25

Retreat Yoga: Better Than Your Yoga Practice

Retreat Yoga offers can be found all over the internet these days, but why should you avail of these? Is taking regular yoga practice not enough? Retreats are better than ordinary practices in a number of ways:

1.    As going on a retreat entails that you free your schedule, you will have much more time for doing yoga.

2.    As yoga retreats are advertised throughout the whole America, there will be a variety of peoples attending these. Thus, it would be a good place to make friends with your fellow yoga enthusiasts.

3.    Classes are smaller during retreats, so yoga instructors will have more time to cater to you and your needs.

4.    Going to a retreat is like taking a vacation in paradise. There is no specific timeline to follow, so you can opt to spend time alone relaxing and reflecting in between yoga sessions.

How to Join a Yoga Retreat: For all you Bikram Addicts Out There

So, for all you Bikram yogis out there, there are many retreats that specialize in Bikram Yoga. All you need to do is search for them on the internet, and sign up. Here are a few things to prepare for and expect when joining a Bikram retreat:

1.    Be sure to arrange your flight schedule and transportation from the airport to the retreat venue because the retreat organizers are usually not in charge of this.

2.    Be sure to bring all your yoga equipment, travel documents, and identification papers, to avoid any inconvenience.

3.    Be ready to stay on a vegetarian diet for the duration of your retreat (most yogis are vegetarians), and to share a room with other participants (unless you want to spend more money).

With all these things in mind, all you Bikram addicts out there should be ready for retreat yoga— a yoga experience in paradise.

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Why Bikram Yoga is Practice in a Heated Room

January 28th, 2009 kate

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Bikram yoga is literally hot. During bikram yoga classes, you enter a room that has a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius. That’s hotter than the typical summer day on a tropical country.

The heated room is what differentiates bikram yoga from other kinds of yoga. The room is heated because heat quickly relaxes your muscles making your muscles more flexible. Do you notice why we use heat lotions or hot topical creams as first aid for sore muscles? It’s because heat relaxes our muscles. It expand our muscles and make them ready for longer stretches.

When the room is hot and we’re performing yoga poses, we sweat a lot. The sweating causes the toxins to get out of our body. After the heavy sweating of yoga , we feel exhilarated and light primarily because the toxins that have been in our body for a long time was excreted.

When our ligaments, tissues and muscles are heated, they tend to be stronger against injuries. When we are about to perform a physical activity such as jogging or dancing, we are advised to perform warm-up exercises. Warm-up exercises will do just that to our muscles—warm them up and this will help us prevent injuries.

Bikram yoga started in India and the temperature in India which is very high is makes the yogis there very flexible. This is why a heated room is used for this kind of yoga. It provides the natural temperature that the yogis in India get and the temperature helps in the deep stretches of the yoga asanas.

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