Where does "Hot Yoga" come from?

Hot Yoga finds its roots in a Lineage that originated in Calcutta India. Inspired by Paramahonsa Yogananda (author of Autobiography of a Yogi), Bishnu Ghosh (Paramahonsa Yoganandas younger brother) began Ghoshs' College of India and forever transformed this legacy of practice. Brought to America by Bikram Choudhury, Bikram Yoga was the first True Hot Yoga practice to be introduced to the USA. Today, there has been a paradigm shift in Hot Yoga practice as it has begun to evolve. The evolution of this practice holds true to certain fundamental principles: 1. Hot Yoga recognizes and maintains its differences in many posture alignments, posture names, and posture pronunciations 2. Hot Yoga holds true to the essential process of balancing the body through the sequencing of the postures 3. Hot Yoga has a core belief in the care and construction of our physical, mental, and spiritual being. We believe that Health and Vitality is created and earned through a process of transformation. We believe that the core of the Hot Yoga practice should focus on healing on vital energy and on change. Through this strong innate foundation we can then enjoy a journey of yogic development through an advanced posture practice or a practice based on other yoga traditions and lineages. It is these core beliefs and fusion of practice that fuels the evolution of our Hot Yoga studio.

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