Here’s my new piece for LA Yoga Magazine. Been writing for them for years. I shot the video at Bikram Yoga Fremont Street Studio in Portland. It was hot; 105 degrees.
Read the full story – layoga.com
Excerpt – A Focus on Practice: As Bikram’s public drama plays out somewhere in Mexico, the focus here is on the ever-expanding practice and its lineage. Ahead of the curve, Bikram brought hot yoga to the US at a time when many Americans were focused on The Brady Bunch, disco and pet rocks. Bikram’s teacher, Bishnu Gosh, was the younger brother of spiritual master Paramahansa Yogananda. Bishnu Gosh was the creator of Gosh Yoga, whose 84 postures were later distilled into the 26 and 2.