Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class Revised and Updated

by Choudhury, Bikram

• ISBN13: 9781585420209
• ISBN10: 1585420204
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-07
• Publisher: Tarcher

Summary

Sweat, strain, laugh, and do more for your health, body, and general well-being than you even imagined possible as you take your beginning yoga class from Bikram. For more than twenty years, Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class has been among the preeminent and most beloved of all yoga guides-and now it has been revised and updated by Bikram, with virtually all-new photographs and an updated section on yoga's medical benefits. With nearly two hundred vivid instructional photographs, Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class is the perfect guidebook for any student of yoga, either advanced or beginner-a reference that makes Hatha yoga fun, easy, and completely understandable. Illustrated throughout with 160 black-and-white photographs by Biswanath "Bisu" Ghosh

Author Biography

Born in Calcutta, Bikram Choudhury began studying yoga at the age of four. Bikram's Yoga College operates to overflow capacity in Beverly Hills, New York City, and at other locations around the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction `We've Come a Long Way	viii
Getting Started	xii
Pranayama Series
Standing Deep Breathing	2	(8)
Ardha-Chandrasana with Pada-Hastasana
Half Moon Pose with Hands to Feet Pose	10	(14)
Utkatasana
Awkward Pose	24	(10)
Garurasana
Eagle Pose	34	(7)
Dandayamana-Janushirasana
Standing Head to Knee Pose	41	(9)
Dandayamana-Dhanurasana
Standing Bow Pulling Pose	50	(9)
Tuladandasana
Balancing Stick Pose	59	(8)
Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Paschimotthanasana
Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose	67	(9)
Trikanasana
Triangle Pose	76	(8)
Dandayamana-Bibhaktapada-Janushirasana
Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose	84	(7)
Tadasana
Tree Pose	91	(7)
Padangustasana
Toe Stand Pose	98	(7)
Savasana
Dead Body Pose	105	(5)
Pavanamuktasana
Wind Removing Pose	110	(6)
Sit-Up
Sit-up	116	(4)
Bhujangasana
Cobra Pose	120	(6)
Salabhasana
Locust Pose	126	(7)
Poorna-Salabhasana
Full Locust Pose	133	(7)
Dhanurasana
Bow Pose	140	(6)
Supta-Vajrasana
Fixed Firm Pose	146	(6)
Ardha-Kurmasana
Half Tortoise Pose	152	(7)
Ustrasana
Camel Pose	159	(11)
Sasangasana
Rabbit Pose	170	(7)
Janushirasana with Paschimotthanasana
Head to Knee Pose with Stretching Pose	177	(11)
Ardha-Matsyendrasana
Spine Twisting Pose	188	(6)
Kapalbhati in Vajrasana
Blowing In Firm Pose	194	(5)
APPENDIX
Maintaining Proper Yoga Practice	199	(2)
Medical Advisory	201