Tag: bikram pranayama series
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Bikram Yoga Posture #7: Balancing Stick Pose – Tuladandasana
Posture #7 Balancing Stick Pose Tuladandasana This 10-second posture is designed to further increase the heart rate to strengthen the cardiovascular system, along with all-over body strength. As in full inversions, including Headstand or Handstand, in this posture you lower your heart below your hips, which sends large amounts of blood rushing into the heart.…
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Bikram Yoga Posture #6: Standing Bow Pulling Pose – Dandayamana-Dhanurasana
Posture #6 Standing Bow Pulling Pose Dandayamana-Dhanurasana In yoga, the bow is a powerful metaphor. To hit your target, you must first pull back to the still, quiet point from which you can become clear about your goal, then act with the full power of your intention. The bow poses remind you to dive deep…
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Bikram Yoga Posture #1: Standing Deep Breathing – Pranayama Series
Posture #1 Standing Deep Breathing Pranayama Series The first Bikram posture is Standing Deep Breathing – Pranayama series. This breathing exercise settles you into a relaxed, calm and controlled mindset, heart rate and breathing pattern. The focused breathing prepares you for the rest of the ninety minute practice by recentering your focus inwardly and brings…
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Introduction to Bikram Yoga
Bikram Yoga is the twenty-six posture sequence selected and developed by Bikram Choudhury, widely popularized in the early 1970s. Synthesized from traditional Hatha Yoga techniques, this posture sequence systematically moves fresh, oxygenated blood to one hundred percent of the body, to each organ and fiber, restoring all systems to healthy working order, just as nature…