Of all the styles of yoga one can practice, few are as controversial, or as demanding as Bikram Yoga. Created by Bikram Choudhury on the guidance of his guru, Bishnu Charan Ghosh, Bikram is specifically designed to heal the Western body. In fact, Bikram spent a few years in a Japanese Hospital working with doctors in order to put the series together. Bikram, a former weight-lifting champion who destroyed his knees, is proof of the power of yoga. At 17, European doctors told him he would never … [Read more...]