What Bikram Poses do you do on your days off?

What exercise would you recommend on the days that we don’t practice yoga? Are any of the Bikram poses recommended without the heat? I remember Raquel Welch had a VHS tape w/many of the poses and no heat, are they recommended?

Margaret
Posted by Margaret on 01/21 at 06:35 PM

Hello Margaret

Although Hot Yoga is the most satisfying when practiced in the heat, there is nothing stopping you doing your poses outside of the heated room! After all, some yoga is better than no Hot Yoga… 🙂

If you want a quick pick-me-up then you could do:
1) a set or 2 of Pranayama
2) 2 sets of Half Moon with Hands2Feet. I prefer to count my long slow breaths instead of seconds. 15 breaths first set and 10 breaths second set. Backbend 7 breaths both sets. And Hands2Feet 20 breaths both times.

You can either stop there or carry on with a set routine. I like to do:
3) Standing Separate Leg Stretching (2 sets) then
4) Triangle (1 set)
5) Cobra (2 sets)
6) Camel (2 sets)
7) Rabbit (1 set) then
8) Twist (1 set).

Hold for about 10 breaths on each of 3) to 8). All in all it takes me 20 mins.

Enjoy yourself!
Gabrielle 🙂