Bikram Yoga

The mind and spirit and life-organizing part seems flimsy in contrast with the posture parts. But the posture parts will cure you. We just already know them from his previous book.

Well, there’s a separation between the quality of the content regarding the postures, and the extra stuff around it in this particular version. He tries to merge it together with the rest of yoga, the mind and spirit and life-organizing part. But they’re kind of flimsy really in contrast with the physical mechanical parts. That’s ultimately how it seemed anyway. And reading Emerson this ain’t. I don’t disagree with much, but ultimately is it correct beyond the 26 postures? The arranged marriage and what not. Well, as I rub my forehead and it is smooth rather than scaly, due to taking his class, how can I disagree? Feel bad then only 3.5 rating.

While doing a challenge of 60 days in a row, I wanted to read everything I could again by the man, to glean any current insights. 3.5 because I don’t really remember much of it and I’ve read it twice already. Lacks the ingenious structure of the first book.

This time I enjoyed trying to see why he matched each general intro to each particular pose. 5 stars because this is one of those few books that are nourishing lifelong friends not only personally but for the species.

Faith. Self-control. Concentration. Determination. Patience. Here he explicates his five steps. People complain, but singularly great men can seem arrogant, and I’m honored to have been in his classroom.