Bikram Yoga is practiced in a heated room, which gives you many benefits
- The heat allows you to achieve greater flexibility and ease getting into the postures, which means you get the benefits from the postures more quickly, and it is safer to push yourself further into the postures.
- Your heart will beat faster creating the same effect as any aerobic exercise, which makes your body burn fat more effectively.
- Your pores and capillaries dilate, which oxygenates your body from the inside out, which flushes out toxins and waste products
- Your metabolism speeds up, which helps breakdown glucose and fatty acids
- It creates a challenging cardiovascular workout
- You sweat! You body uses sweating to detoxify, and it makes your skin glow
- Your nervous system functions better, and messages are carried more effectively from your brain
- The increased metabolism improves your digestive system