There are many types of hot yoga which originated from Bikram Yoga. These include Moksha Yoga, Barkan Method, etc

Ted Grand, a Bikram trained teacher, founded Moksha Hot Yoga in Canada. Moksha Yoga follows similar pricicples, however, has some major differences. In Moksha Yoga, the room is not as hot or humid as Bikram Yoga; it is not a consistant length of time; it doesn't follow a script; it doesn't follow a prescribe series of postures and the training for Moksah Yoga teachers is much shorter than the 9 week training Bikram Yoga teachers are required to attend in order to become a certified Bikram Yoga Teacher.

Moksha Yoga is a form of hot yoga that is ideal for the yoga beginner as well as the seasoned practitioner. Every Moksha Yoga class takes you through a series of strengthening and toning postures in the detoxifying calm of a heated studio. There are Moksha Yoga studios across Canada and abroad.

Jimmy Barkan, creator of the Barkan Method, a hot vinyasa series of postures. The Barkan Method also shares it roots in Bikram Yoga. Jimmy Barkan began as a Bikram Yoga certified teacher before moving on.

The Barkan Method is a style of Hatha Yoga that originated from a lineage in Calcutta, India. The Barkan Method finds its roots from this lineage in Calcutta, but also integrates postures from other styles of Yoga to create variations and even greater range of motion. The yoga classes are practiced in a heated room to stretch and strengthen various areas of the body. The practice brings vital balance and restores all systems to optimal health. Consistency will create a physical, mental and spiritual harmony that will be felt in all areas of the practitioner's life.

Prince Harry 'hooked on yoga'

NDTV - August 29, 2010

London:  Britain's Prince Harry is said to be chilling out after being introduced to 'Bikram yoga', a technique where participants work out in a room heated to 105 degree Fahrenheit, by his new friend DJ Goldie.

According to the 'Daily Star', Goldie, the ex-James Bond villain, has been boasting about the benefits of the yoga to the 25-year-old Prince after striking up a close friendship with the third-in-line to the British throne while filming for his new talent show 'Goldie's Band: By Royal Appointment'.

"Goldie and Prince Harry got on like a house on fire. Goldie kept banging on about the benefits of Bikram and Harry was really interested," a source close to the star was quoted by the British tabloid as saying.

Bikram yoga, also known as hot yoga, is a system of yoga which multi-millionaire Indian yoga guru Bikram Choudhury synthesised from traditional yoga techniques and popularized beginning in the early 1970s. It incorporates a series of 26 postures and two breathing exercises. Added 44-year-old Goldie: "Bikram yoga is the most amazing thing I've ever done in my life. I'm addicted, I want to do it every day."

 

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