5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2025
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Bikram Yoga successor Laju Choudhury takes us on a journey through the world of Bikram Yoga, sharing her personal experiences and insights into this transformative and unique yoga practice. As the daughter of the practice's founder, Laju's firsthand account reveals how Bikram Yoga's unique 26-posture sequence and heated environment offer a challenging yet rewarding path to enhanced flexibility, detoxification, and improved circulation. She candidly discusses the efforts she and her brother are making to rebrand and preserve the essence of Bikram Yoga, addressing past controversies head-on while celebrating the practice's global appeal.
We explore the profound benefits of Bikram Yoga, delving into its capacity to improve both physical and mental well-being. The structured postures and rigorous 90-minute sessions offer a holistic approach to health, impacting everything from skeletal alignment to organ detoxification. Laju illuminates the integration of mindfulness and the importance of balancing exercises in daily routines, offering listeners insights into how this practice can lead to mental clarity and physical resilience. Her thoughtful reflections guide us through common misconceptions about yoga, providing a fresh perspective on pain management and incremental progress.
Laju also shares her journey within the Bikram Yoga community, from growing up with influential parents to venturing into fashion, reflecting a deep connection to her roots. The concept of "moving ever forward" resonates throughout our conversation, emphasizing resilience, personal growth, and the power of yoga as a constant in an ever-changing world. As we discuss the rigorous training required to become a Bikram yoga instructor, we highlight the importance of teaching strategies that focus on personal growth and self-realization. Join us as we uncover the lessons and inspirations within Bikram Yoga, encouraging listeners to embrace challenges and harness their strength to move forward with positivity and purpose.
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In this episode we discuss...
(00:00) Bikram Yoga Successor Shares Her Personal Journey
(15:06) Bikram Yoga Benefits and Essentials
(22:53) Philosophy and What Makes the Practice Unique
(30:15) History and Health Benefits of Bikram Yoga
(39:44) Bikram Yoga Training and New Business Challenges Bringing it Back to the World
(01:04:25) Ever Forward
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0:00.0 | The following is an Operation Podcast production. |
0:03.3 | It's hard. |
0:04.0 | There's no other way to say it. |
0:05.3 | It's not easy. |
0:06.4 | When I'm having a bad day, the best thing to do is separate yourself from the problem or the situation and create space. |
0:13.8 | You can see it clearly. |
0:14.9 | That's what the third eye is. |
0:16.2 | When you go into a beak room class and you're trying to take that space for yourself, there's nothing else in life that's going to be harder than that class. I'm not even joking. I feel like you are really |
0:26.1 | kind of this yoga community yogi royalty. Royalty, you know, the definition of it for me. You know, |
0:33.1 | it's not even about highlighting myself as, you know, this yoga export, but it's the voice that I can |
0:40.1 | share in the message that I'm trying to convey through the yoga. What's interesting is this |
0:46.1 | sequence of yoga has actually been around in this country longer than any other kind of sequence. |
0:50.4 | It's the most popular because of the franchise and the standardization in 40 years. |
0:56.1 | So it's interesting because I feel like now we're going back in re-educating in comparison to |
1:03.0 | like what is out there now. |
1:04.5 | And the difference is, is, hi guys, Lagerie Chaudry here, Egram Yoga's successor. |
1:10.7 | Welcome to Ever Forward Radio. |
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