Bikram Yoga, as described by wikipedia and confirmed by myself when I went to try it out this long weekend with a few friends, is yoga for 90 minutes in hot-hot heat. Simply put, kind of a crock as far as yoga goes.

This is going to be a bit of a rant, and a bit of a review.

Rant: Keeping in mind I have a very narrow view on yoga, what it is, and what it means to people, I’d always thought it was about being spiritual and such. You know the deal: worldly possessions, hate and greed are avoided and not practiced amongst yogi of high stature. If you have a similar view on this, I think this link here called The Money Pose is a very interesting read. The gist of it is basically the creator of Bikram Yoga aka Hot Yoga goes on and on about how baller he is, how important he is and how revered he should be in America since he was brought there by a former president. He develops his yoga style and teaches it, then, years later after his branding is established, he goes and sues practitioners (some, former students of his) to pay him money for using his name and agree to only teach his style or else stop. Not the nicest of yogi’s.
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