Bikram Yoga asana (poses) and locations.
Utkatasana posture
#1a Pranayama (Standing Deep Breathing)
#1b Pranayama (Standing Deep Breathing)
#2 Ardha Chandrasana (Halfmoon Pose)
#3 Utkatasana (Awkward Pose)
#4 Garudasana (Eagle Pose)
#5 Dandayamana – JanuShirasana (Standing Head to Knee Pose)
#6 Dandayamana – Dhanurasana (Standing Bow Pulling Pose)
#7 Tuladandasana (Balancing Stick Pose)
#8 Dandayamana – Bibhaktapada – Paschimottanasana (Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose)
#9 Trikonasana (Triangle Pose)
#10 Dandayamana – Bibhaktapada – Janushirasana (Standing Separate Leg Head To Knee Pose)
#11 Tadasana (Mountain Pose)
#12 Padangustasana (Toe Stand Pose)
#13 Shavasana (Corpse Pose)
#14 Pavanamuktasana (Wind Removing Pose)
#15 Sit Up Pose
#16 Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)
#17 Salabhasana (Locust Pose)
#18 Poorna – Salabhasana (Full Locust Pose)
#19 Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)
#20 Supta – Vajrasana (Fixed Firm Pose)
#21 Ardha – Kurmasana (Half Tortoise Pose)
#22 Ustrasana (Camel Pose)
#23 Sasangasana (Rabbit Pose)
#24 Janushirasana with Paschimottanasana (Head to Knee Pose with Stretching Pose)
#25 Ardha – Matsyendrasana (Spine Twisting Pose)
#26 Khapalbhati (Blowing in Firm)
Bikram Yoga is a hot new trend, in more ways than one. It’s a very specific form of yoga developed in the 1970s by Bikram Choudhury, and currently the most popular form of hot yoga. Bikram Yoga consists of 26 asana or postures performed in sequence, and in temperatures of 104 to 105 degrees.
If you read Meredith Rigsby’s story in the October 2011 issue of the magazine and thought Bikram Yoga might be for you, then take a look through our slideshow displaying the 26 asana, republished here with the kind permission of Bikram Choudhury and Bikram’s Yoga College of India.
If you’re not sweating just looking at those postures—seriously, imagine holding the perfectly named Utkatasana or Awkward Pose for more than a few seconds—then peruse the list below, find the Bikram Yoga location closest to you, and get our there and do it!
We’ll meet you afterward for a nice cold drink.
BIKRAM YOGA IN VIRGINIA
There are eight Bikram Yoga locations in Virginia:
Bikram Yoga of Alexandria
5416 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria, 22304
Jim Ambrogi: [email protected], 703-212-9642
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Bikram’s Yoga College of India – Ashburn
44340 Premier Plaza, Suite 210/220, Ashburn, 20147
Jameliah Penfield: [email protected], 703-858-YOGA (9642)
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Bikram’s Yoga College of India – Falls Church
1057 West Broad Street, Falls Church, 22046
Holli Elliott: [email protected], 703-536-YOGA (9642)
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Bikram Yoga College Reston
11495 Sunset Hills Road, Reston, 20190
Rima Hinnawi: [email protected], 703-437-5333
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Bikram Yoga Charlottesville
109 Fifth Street, SE, Charlottesville, 22902
Lizzie Clark, [email protected], 434-220-1415
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Bikram Yoga Richmond – West End
3621 Cox Road, Richmond, 23233
Garland Hume and Tighe Antrim: [email protected], 804-249-3355
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Bikram Yoga – Richmond
3024 Stony Point Road, Richmond, 23225
Garland Hume and Tighe Antrim: [email protected], 804-330-3353
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Bikram Yoga Arlington
4019 N 5th Road, Arlington, 22203
James Corbett: [email protected], 571-257-7772
