Our first two blog posts introduced Bikram yoga, and now we're getting into the nitty-gritty of how the 26 specific postures in the Bikram sequence can improve your running performance.Practising yoga in the heat brings huge benefits
Welcome to posture three of the 26 postures in the Bikram yoga series. This blog is brought to you from the sunny surroundings of South Beach, Miami, where your intrepid reporter is researching Bikram as practised over the pond and running up
The eleventh pose of the Bikram yoga series, Tadasana or Tree marks the end of the standing series. Yes, you finally get to lie down after this one.Like all Bikram postures, Tadasana is repeated twice. As with Standing Head to Knee pose, the second
muscles to lock out your knee. Sounds simple - standing on one straight leg - but as always with Bikram, it's not. Locking the leg is different from hyper-extending the leg. Hyper-extension is allowing the knee joint to lock, and involves little muscle
the way you came in. Repeat on the other leg. Padangustasana: The Benefits"Toe Stand requires mental toughness," says Olga Allon, Director of Hot Bikram Yoga in London. "Fixing your gaze on one single point throughout the entire time is challenging enough
. Exit the posture the same way you went in, and return to standing posture before repeating on the left leg.Tuladandasana: The Benefits'This posture sounds really easy,' says Olga Allon, Director of Hot Bikram Yoga in London, 'but don't be fooled
in the Bikram sequence, also known as Standing Bow pose.The key to maximising the results from this pose is not just keeping your standing leg locked, it's about learning engage your lower back muscles and glutes to 'kick' your raised leg, whilst keeping your
Alexandra Rees is a qualified sport and exercise scientist, ex-club runner and Bikram yoga devotee of six years, who can now touch her toes with sickening ease.Like Kerry McCarthy, who in our first blog admitted that he thought yoga was solely
On the home straight of the Bikram yoga series of postures, Janushirasana (head to knee pose) allows for a final spine and hamstring stretch, allowing you to maximise all the losening up work done in the previous 90 minutes of the class
Salabhasana (Sanskrit for Locust) is a short, intense posture, done first lifting one leg, then the other and, finally, both legs together. It's part of the spine-strengthening sequence of a Bikram class, designed to work each part of your spine
