Sign on to class 5 minutes early, and enjoy your 90-minute break from the stresses of the outside world!.Some find it helpful to turn up the audio on their device so that the teacher’s voice fills the room.Others practice in larger rooms, porches, and sunny backyards. Some students practice in small, more enclosed spaces.Some students even watch their standing postures in the live-stream video on their device. A body-length mirror is helpful, so that you can see your postures and make corrections.Again, the heat and humidity are not required, but definitely beneficial and worth it if you are able. This will help to increase vasodilation, cardiac output, and sweat! All of this increases Bikram Yoga’s benefits by amplifying the tourniquet effect in each posture.

Or run a hot shower in your bathroom to make a some steam.

Add a space heater and room humidifier if you can.

A tidy, simple space is nice, but it is not required! Be hydrated and on a relatively empty stomach, as you normally would be for yoga. A phone or laptop with a camera and wi-fi is all you need.

Get your mat set up and find a place for your live-streaming device.

Bikram Yoga is most beneficial in the range of 98F-105F with around 45% relative humidity.

However, if you are seeking a “hot room” experience, a small room is best, as it will maintain any added heat and humidity.

You can practice in any room – or outdoors! – at a range of temperatures.

If your main challenge is mental rather than logistical, read THIS before you proceed.

So…if you are ready for the benefits of yoga, regardless of the small challenges and mental excuses…. Those who have dedicated themselves to trying something new and adapting to yoga online have strengthened their practices in so many cool and unexpected ways! Their health and well-being has continued to benefit from Bikram Yoga, and we know that yours will too! The choice is truly yours. However, yoga is about recognizing and then breaking through unhelpful limitations, especially those of our own self-imposed narratives and preferences.Īlthough the heat and the in-person group energy are profoundly helpful parts of this practice, Bikram Yoga is so good that it works even without those things! If you’re interested, check out the results of this study that showed similar improvements in blood vessel function among those who practiced Bikram Yoga in a hot room and those who practiced it at “room temperature”.īut let’s get back to YOU and YOUR yoga practice.

Many students believe that practicing yoga online is “not for them”, or that Bikram Yoga couldn’t possibly be done away from the hot room. Can you do Bikram Yoga at home? Can you do Bikram Yoga without the heat? The answer is yes, absolutely.įor many years of practicing, we could not have imagined Bikram Yoga without the traditional “hot room”! However, thanks to our practice of adapting to the hot room, we have learned to adapt to many other challenges since 2020 began…including practicing Bikram Yoga anywhere and everywhere! And now so many of us can practice Bikram Yoga at home.

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