The body is naturally self-regulating and self-healing.  It just needs to be boosted when it is out of balance.

Bikram yoga provides this boost by gently stretching, squeezing, and massaging the internal organs, spine, muscles, tendons and joints.    

It flushes out the cardiovascular system, stimulates the endocrine, nervous, and reproductive systems, and toxins are eliminated.

The central nervous system is both energised and soothed, the lymphatic system flushed out, making the immune system stronger.

There are 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises, the majority of the postures done twice; with many significant health benefits for each posture.  The information below outlines several benefits for each of the breathing exercises and postures. 

Standing Deep Breathing

• Increases lung capacity and helps with breathing problems

• Helps with insomnia, nervousness, and irritability

• Good for heart and high blood pressure

Half Moon/Hands to Feet

• Gives quick energy and vitality

• Revitalises liver, spleen, pancreas, and kidneys

• Corrects bad posture

Awkward Pose

• Increases hip joint flexibility and relieves muscular aches and cramps

• Increases circulation to knees and ankles

• Helps neuropathy

Eagle

• Improves flexibility of ankles, knees, hips, wrists, elbows, and shoulders

• Relieves tension in neck and shoulders

• Improves sexual vitality and control

Standing Head to Knee

• Develops concentration, determination, and patience

• Improves flexibility of sciatic nerve

• Good for diabetes

Standing Bow Pulling Pose

• Flushes out kidneys helping to eliminate toxins

• Improves sciatica

• Improves lower spine and relieves lower back pain

Balancing Stick

• Strengthens the heart muscle

• Improves circulation

• Increase lung capacity

Standing Separate Leg Stretching

• Helps and prevents sciatica

• Helps functioning of most abdominal organs

• Brings blood to the brain

Triangle

• Improves every muscle, joint, tendon, and internal organ

• Revitalises nerves, veins, and tissues

• Improves crooked spines

Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee

• Helps manic depression

• Stretches, tones, and decongests the spinal column, nervous system

• Massages the pancreas, liver, gallbladder, kidneys, spleen, and intestines

Tree Pose

• Improves posture and balance

• Improves circulatory disorders

• Increases flexibility of ankles, knees, and hips

Toe Stand

• Develops psychological and mental powers, especially patience

• Good for the feet

• Helps with hemorrhoid problems

Dead Body Pose

• Helps high blood pressure

• Improves concentration

• Good for hypertension, nervousness, anxiety, and irritability

Wind Removing Pose

• Helps and prevents constipation and irritable bowel syndrome

• Improves flexibility of the hip joints and relieves lower back pain

• Stimulates the liver, small and large intestine, and spleen

Sit-up

• Strengthens and tightens the abdomen

• Increases flexibility of the spine, hamstrings, and sciatic nerve

• Improves vitality

Cobra Pose

• Increases spinal strength and flexibility, relieves low back pain

• Helps relieve stress by improving functioning of kidneys and adrenals

• Good for diabetes

Locust Pose

• Same as Cobra

• Clears out cholesterol in veins

• Strengthens the immune system and revitalises the thyroid

Full Locust Pose

• Same as Cobra and Locust

• Massages internal organs

• Opens the chest

Bow Pose

• Combines all the benefits of Cobra, Locust, and Full Locust

• Good for diabetes

• Improves flexibility of hip and shoulder joints

Fixed Firm Pose

• Strengthens and improves flexibility of lower spine, knees, and ankles

• Good for sciatica and varicose veins

• Good prevention for hernia

Half Tortoise Pose

• Provides maximum relaxation

• Good for diabetes and anemia

• Massages heart, lungs, and coronary arteries

Camel Pose

• Good for osteoporosis

• Good for diabetes, high blood pressure, and bronchial spasms

• Good for constipation

Rabbit Pose

• Maintain mobility and elasticity of spine and back muscles

• Nurtures the nervous system, helps with depression

• Stimulates all glands and organs of the body

Head to Knee with Stretching Pose

• Helps balance blood sugar levels; good for diabetes

• Good for immune system

• Improves kidney function

Spine Twisting Pose

• Increases circulation and nutrition to spinal nerves, veins, and tissues

• Helps sciatica

• Improves digestion

Blowing in Firm Pose

• Improves oxygenation to the body, helps to rid it of toxins

• Energises and revitalises the body, brings mental clarity and alertness

• Good for respiratory ailments

Final Dead Body Pose

• Brings you to another world

• Increases feelings of gratitude

• Stimulates peacefulness