What is yoga?
Yoga is the most ancient and respected of natural methods for achieving and maintaining a high level of physical, mental and emotional health. It is the perfect lifetime fitness program. The approach to yoga practice is totally different from that of any other exercise. First you quiet the mind and emotions. then, performing the exercises, you move slowly, holding each posture for a brief interval while the mind is fully focused on what the body is feeling. Hatha yoga also promotes awareness of the spiritual reality of our existence.

What if I'm not flexible?
Yoga works with your body as it is. The postures stretch and flex, taking your body to new physical limits. Going to your own "personal edge," you obtain all of the benefits.

Is it a cardiovascular workout? Can I lose weight?
With persistence and dedication, you can lose inches while developing muscle tone over the entire body as well as increasing endurance of the heart and lungs.

How do I get started?
Just show up for class. Come on an empty stomach. Come ten minutes early, and be prepared to work and sweat. Women wear leotards or shorts. Men wear shorts or bathing trunks. Mats and towels are required. Bring water. Mats and water are also available for purchase. Lockers and showers are provided.

Bikram Choudhury founded the Yoga College of India in Beverly Hills, California in 1974. One of the pre-eminent Hatha Yoga masters living today, Bikram combined Eastern discipline with Western science to perfect his system of twenty-six postures, suitable for all ages and levels of fitness. Bikram demonstrated yoga's ability to regenerate tissue and heal chronic ailments. He has been teaching his method world-wide bringing health and happiness to millions. To find out more about Bikram Choudhury and his Yoga College of India, please visit his website.