Bikram Choudhury

Bikram Choudhury began learning about yoga at just 3 years old. At 5, he began studying with Bishnu Ghosh (brother of Paramahansa Yogananda, Autobiography of a Yogi) and he quickly became a yoga champion and at 11 was the youngest to win India’s national championship.

At 14, Swami Sivananda declared him ‘Yogi Raj’ (King of the Yogis.) At 20, a weight lifting accident crippled Bikram. With the guidance of his Guru, Bikram created the 26 postures which restored his health and healed his knees. In a United Nations sponsored research project at Tokyo University, Bikram helped doctors prove that yoga regenerates tissues and cures chronic ailments. Combining Eastern discipline and Western medicine Bikram perfected his series suitable for all ages and levels of fitness.

At the invitation of President Nixon, and with the urging of Shirley Maclaine, Bikram came to USA in 1973. He quickly became known to celebrities and athletes as the foremost yoga teacher in the West. Since that time, he has been helping to heal thousands of people from his School in LA and has encouraged many of his students to become teachers and share his method, helping people to heal themselves worldwide. Bikram has worked with Tokyo University Hospital, NASA and continues to work with Mount Cedars Sinai Hospital, CA with patients with cardiac patients. Having taught Bjorn Borg, Robert Downey Junior, Kennedy, Julia Roberts amongst others, there are now over 800 schools worldwide and 20 Bikram studios in Europe.

We are Bikram Certified and Approved -
Why is this important?

Anyone can claim they teach "Bikram Yoga", but it takes more than a warm room and a list of postures to make your Bikram practice a safe and rewarding experience. Unless there is a certified and approved instructor supervising how and what is taught, you are not getting true Bikram Method Yoga.

Bikram Yoga Brighton is the South Coast’s only Bikram Yoga Studio. We adhere strictly to Bikram’s method in its purest form. Every Bikram Yoga Studio is directly affiliated with Bikram Choudhury, creator of Bikram Method Yoga. All our instructors are personally trained and successfully qualified by Bikram during over 500 hours of study. They have completed their 6 month apprenticeship to ensure his methods and philosophy are preserved and safely taught.

A continuing connection to Bikram Choudhury and his training staff allows our instructors to draw from all of the resources Bikram's training centre has to offer. This includes special seminars, courses, guest instructors and answers to any questions that may arise in a particular student’s practice. Teaching certificates are renewed every 3 years. All teachers at Bikram Yoga Brighton have current certificates and are fully trained.

There is no such thing as ‘a kind of Bikram Yoga’. The original hot yoga, Bikram’s is a copyrighted 90 minute series and your studio has to have minimum 100 degrees farenheight, mirrors, a carpeted studio, showers and a qualified and approved instructor for it to be authentic and safe.