Bikram Yoga provides as all the other Yogas many valuable physical and mental benefits. But, Bikram Yoga is different, and it is the perfect match for diehard athletes like cyclists. Athletes tend to have a strong and tight musculature and it is hard to get it to stretch well with a couple of regular exercises. In a Bikram Yoga room, the room is so hot and humid that those tight muscle will warm up quickly and profoundly that it will be easier to get the stretching that will make a difference in your musculature and overall performance when you are on your bike.
But besides the benefit of additional flexibility in your muscles, joints, and back, Bikram also helps significantly in your mental stamina and endurance. Just the environment is challenging in and of itself. To stay in a 105º F degrees at least 40% humidity for 90 minutes requires a mind-over-matter disposition to take over just stay in the room, never mind the 26 postures you have to do that you may think impossible to achieve in your first class.
In addition to the mental stamina and endurance you will acquire, Bikram Yoga has immense physiological benefits that will translate also in a better physical performance of your body overall and the quality of your daily life.
Here are some of the major benefits of practicing Bikram, Yoga on a regular basis as communicated by Dr. Joel Brame, speaker. author, cancer prevention consultant.
- Reduces acidity in your body. In a toxic and stressful lifestyle, the body becomes highly acidic and Ph imbalances within the body is dangerous.
- Re-oxygenates the body. Bikram breathing exercises at the beginning, during and at the end of practice have a deep and powerful impact on your health.
- Remarkably detoxifies the body. The body has 5 major routes of naturaldetoxification. The kidneys, the intestines, the lungs, the liver and the skin. Bikram Yogaall these 5 major detoxification routes of the body are highly activated through a series of key poses completed throughout the practice with breathing exercises and other stimulant poses.
- Boosts the immune system. As you may know, 75% of our immune system is found in our intestines. Bikram Yoga stimulates the food passage through the digestive tract via a series of twisting poses, it helps it through the detoxification process we discussed above.
- Re-connects the mind with the body. As with other yoga practices, Bikram helps connecting the mind with the body as one and not two separate, independent entities. As you practice more, you will become more aware of your body changes because you are more tuned in with it.
- Helps reverse cancer. It is not guaranteed, but Bikram Yoga certainly helps reverse many of the pathological processes that culminate in the disease called cancer. To read more about this, we invite you to read this document by Dr. Joel Brame:http://www.docstoc.com/docs/15269370/5-Ways-to-Reverse-Cancer-using-Bikram-Yoga.
Another benefit of Bikram Yoga that I have experienced during my practices is helps you achieve moments of meditative states. As you progress and achieve more control of your body poses, your mind starts to quiet down and submerge in the pose you are doing. You start concentrating more on your breathing and in the pose while all thoughts averse to quieting your mind start going away. You achieve a point in your practice when you mind starts staying in the room with your body. It does not take many practices to achieve this early stage of moving meditation.
When you come out of class, not only do you feel clean and de-stressed, but also your mind is "tamed" and your disposition and attitude toward your life is that of embracing it. For cyclists, I consider Bikram a perfect match. Cycling, besides the health benefits, it allows you to be in touch with nature during your rides, it gives you a sense of freedom and moments of contemplation, which can be complemented in unison with a Bikram Yoga practice.
Try it, you will love it!
Article by VeloShine, from facebook.
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