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BBC said:
Ok, so the series is 26 poses. It is the same 26 poses every time. It is SUPPOSED to be done in a room heated to 105 degrees 40% humidity, but YMMV. Some studios have problems maintaining humidity so they make it hotter, and vice versa. The hardest studio is Vegas, they have ridiculous humidity in there.

It used to be 26 poses, each done twice, 90 minutes, but the past few years studios are adding 60 minute classes, which is essentially the same 90 minute class without all the rests in between the poses (some studios will remove the second round of a few of the poses as well).

It is a completely unique series, and each pose has a purpose - warmup, balancing series, back strengthening series, etc. Some poses are similar to other forms of yoga - trikonasana/triangle pose, for example, but it’s done a bit differently. The way to do each pose is very specific, but no one expects you do to anything exactly the way it’s supposed to be done - its all about just trying your best, and for the first few classes, just staying in the room, even if you spend the whole class laying down.

For more info:
https://www.bikramyoga.com/

The actual poses:
https://www.bikramyoga.com/about/26-postures/
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Very interesting. I knew that you had been doing it a long time, and I really appreciate your concise explantation. thank you
 
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Katel said:
Hey Bikram sistah @BBC! I’ve been doing Bikram’s yoga series a while too, since 1981 (took some time off when I had my kids and other periods but pretty consistent) - I started after meeting the mom of a boyfriend who was in her 60s and she looked like she was about 30 - it was because of Bikram yoga.
She told me about a book that she used called “Bikram’s Beginning Yoga Class” by Bikram Choudhury, so I bought it and have loved it as a reference since (many times my “studio” was just a hot room in my home). It was written in 1978 and it is such a blast from the past - it’s very easy to follow, it shows pictures of how the pose should look and cartoons of how you actually feel haha - and there are celebrities modeling the poses like Herbie Hancock and Julia Prowse and Susan Strasburg, Tommy Smothers Quincy Jones, Jeff Bridges, Freda Payne, Herb Albert, Ruth Buzzi, Paula Prentiss, etc. It’s such an easy book to learn the poses - I highly recommend it. I love the way you explained it BBC - the goal is the “best you can do that day” and that’s the very best in the world, and it’s very satisfying as it does keep you in the moment.
The health benefits are beyond compare. It will “heal what ails ya.”
In the book, Bikram tells how he was a yogi master in his youth and broke both of his knees later in life (I think it was his knees) and was told he would never walk again and he said “bring me back to my yogi” and of course he recovered. Then he went to Japan (I believe) where he and a team scientifically formulated the exact series of poses - 26 -to plump all the organs, push blood into all the vessels, stretch and tone all the ligaments and muscles and tendons in your whole body - after you’re done, you feel like you had a complete body tuneup.
Very satisfying!

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Oh wow, @Katel thanks so much for sharing!!! Ha the cover of the book cracks me up. It seems to me that the student on the cover would get a million corrections for her form!!!

I don’t know about you, but as time passes I find myself getting frustrated with newer teachers who clearly don’t know the series as well as they should before they start teaching. It’s not about doing it perfectly, but there are certain poses (like half-moon) where no one is doing it correctly, either. I feel with this series, you really shouldn’t be teaching it unless you have something to give.

If you are ever in NY I would love to take a class with you!

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Very interesting. I knew that you had been doing it a long time, and I really appreciate your concise explantation. thank you
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Glad to help!

Wish me luck....I’m going back today!
 
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BBC said:
Oh wow, @Katel thanks so much for sharing!!! Ha the cover of the book cracks me up. It seems to me that the student on the cover would get a million corrections for her form!!!

I don’t know about you, but as time passes I find myself getting frustrated with newer teachers who clearly don’t know the series as well as they should before they start teaching. It’s not about doing it perfectly, but there are certain poses (like half-moon) where no one is doing it correctly, either. I feel with this series, you really shouldn’t be teaching it unless you have something to give.

If you are ever in NY I would love to take a class with you!

Glad to help!

Wish me luck....I’m going back today!
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Good for you BBC! Thinking about you today - you got this. :flowers:

You’re right about the teacher/teaching gaps and, YES, taking a class with you would be brill! I don’t get to NY often enough - will be in touch when I go next. :tup:
 
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Dress up Friday. DH and I went to the opening night of a local film festival. Until I get my knee surgery, I am dammed to flats, which are just not my thing.

After the film, we went to a martini bar and had a table outside right in front of the door. Based on the high volume of traffic in and out, I am guessing it was a pick up bar. I saw more designer bags than I have seen my entire 4 years here (continued DH's education by introducing him to Goyard). Also saw a lot of women wobbling in their stilettos. And wow, did I see a lot of side cleavage display. I concluded that looking uncomfortable is not attractive to me, but I rather imagine the fashion message was directed at men who have a solution to that discomfort.
 
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Dress up Friday. DH and I went to the opening night of a local film festival. Until I get my knee surgery, I am dammed to flats, which are just not my thing.

After the film, we went to a martini bar and had a table outside right in front of the door. Based on the high volume of traffic in and out, I am guessing it was a pick up bar. I saw more designer bags than I have seen my entire 4 years here (continued DH's education by introducing him to Goyard). Also saw a lot of women wobbling in their stilettos. And wow, did I see a lot of side cleavage display. I concluded that looking uncomfortable is not attractive to me, but I rather imagine the fashion message was directed at men who have a solution to that discomfort.
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Looking great! Sounds like a place where divorcées and widows were looking for weekend dates. When my younger brother was in HS he used to park cars at a place like this on weekends and he had plenty of stories!

Yikes did they finally give you a surgery date?
 
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Genie27 said:
Cordie, you look fantastic! I always admire your face bone structure in all your pictures - it’s stunning. Is that a moussie around your shoulders?
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Yes It is PELAGES ET CAMOUFLAGE. It is my only moussie since I sold Under the Waves. I had concluded that the colors in moussies just were not as bright as in silks, and therefore not that exciting to me. But last night I was thinking this is great. A whole other genre to hunt.
 
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gracekelly said:
Looking great! Sounds like a place where divorcées and widows were looking for weekend dates. When my younger brother was in HS he used to park cars at a place like this on weekends and he had plenty of stories!

Yikes did they finally give you a surgery date?
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Yes. It will be July 23. The issue of the timing was our planned and booked trip to Italy, so it has to be after that. We will be taking a wheel chair with us so DH can take me on the walking tour of Milan. Joining a walking tour was the only way we could get tickets to see The Last Supper. I am mildly apprehensive about getting around in Venice. It is about a 3 block walk from the vaperetto stop to our airbnb. I am expecting narrow cobblestone paths. In Rome I figure I can rent a mobility scooter if necessary. I think, in general, we will do a lot of sitting around in sidewalk cafes, people watching, drinking coffee, eating gelato, and drinking wine.
 
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