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Read all about 49er's safety, Tony Parrish and his Bikram Yoga practice in Sports Illustrated magazine.

Official Bikram Yoga Website

Bikram Yoga on CBS 60 Minutes Wednesday, June 8, 2005 (requires QuickTime)

Bikram Choudhury, founder of Bikram's Yoga College of India, World Headquarters, Los Angeles, California, began learning Hatha yoga at the age of three in Calcutta, India. At age five, he began studying with Bishnu Ghosh, one of the great physical culturists of our time. At the age of eleven, he was the youngest contestant ever to win the national India Yoga Competition and at fourteen he was declared "King of the Yogis." [more]

Bikram’s Yoga is a health system that provides everyone an avenue to enhance personal performance and assist to correct physical ailments. It uniquely provides the perfect marriage between the health and fitness industry as both are achieved by practicing one integrated approach. [more]

Arnie

I just wanted to relay a conversation I had with my Orthopedic Surgeon today. It is a very positive testimonial to Bikram Yoga.

As background, I discovered I had a serious back condition at the age of 30 (I am 57 now). I underwent a ton of therapies and eventually two separate lumbar laminectomies to no avail. Last fall I had two of my vertebrae fused. It was a fairly major surgery and they installed a bit of hardware to hold things in place while the actual fusion of the bone takes place. This process actually can take years.

After 4 months of recovery with physical therapy I decided to give Bikram Yoga a try. My healing process seemed very slow and I thought if I was gentle, that Yoga might assist my healing. I DID NOT ask my surgeon if I could try Bikram Yoga. I have found that most surgeons are extremely conservative in non traditional approaches (thanks to endless lawsuits) and I didn't want to be told "no" ...... so I have now been practicing 2 months.

Today I got a call from my surgeon to discuss my 6 month follow-up X-ray. His first words were "what have you been doing to your spine"..... my thoughts were "uh, oh, I screwed up !!" He then said that my healing process was remarkable. He said he never sees fusions advance so quickly. He called it a "miracle" and that I was way ahead of schedule. I only then told him of the Yoga. He had passively heard of Bikram Yoga and then said "whatever you are doing............ keep doing it"

I truly believe that the increased spinal activity of Bikram Yoga has greatly enhanced my healing. I don't know that miracle would describe it, but for sure there is now a learned Surgeon who is scratching his head.....

Thanks for what you and Jen provide. The practice and your friendship both have made a difference

- Tom Center