(PRWEB) November 3, 2005

Some of Australia? The most skilled yoga practitioners will compete for the right to represent Australia in the World Cup, held in Los Angeles in February 2006.

There are plans for a Yoga Asana competition to become an Olympic event, first as a demonstration event, and then finally a great Olympics.

Bikram Choudhury, founder of the popular Bikram Yoga series, says that yoga asanas (postures) can be assessed in competition like gymnastics and diving.

“A yoga competition is not two people compete against each other, you compete against yourself,” says Bikram. “Your life is a competition, you always have yourself better.”

“competition”, he says, “is the foundation of any democratic society. Because without competition, there is no democracy.”

Alex Stone, who competed in the European title last year, will come again this year in Sydney. She said: “Speak competition in yoga sparks heated debate:” Of course yoga itself can not be judged competitively, but yoga asanas are only one small aspect of yoga competition is focused on demonstrating yoga postures (asanas) .. “

“competitors have to take their practice out of its usual context and keep the peace and balance in a stressful environment. I ‘am sure that most would consider to be up on stage half naked, in front of hundreds of people stressful, “Stone said. “In fact, the ability to remain calm in the face of stress, one of the main goals of yoga.

“Yoga also aims to learn how to be in the moment. The competition highlights this, as competitors have three minutes to complete seven jobs, and every second counts. Last year I got a whole new understanding of what it means to think about every second, every breath and every micro-movement. For three minutes there is nothing else, just you and your posture. “

Stone adds, “Competition is a celebration of awareness:. ‘awareness of body, mind and spirit, it is these factors come together to create the implementation of some really beautiful yoga.”

Each participant will complete a 3-minute routine, with five compulsory and two optional means before a panel of experts.

This year the jury includes Jason Winn, a leading practitioner from Los Angeles. Jason will also be a guest lecturer today and lead a demonstration of advanced postures from what is called Bikram? Advanced series.

Jason regularly used in Yoga Journal, and includes pictures of Yoga Journal and Yoga Journal calendar.

yoga championships have been held for centuries in India and recently in Japan, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, Italy and the USA since 2003.

regional competitions held across the U.S. and worldwide. Finalists will have the opportunity to practice with some of the best yoga students and together they will compete in the International Yoga Championship – Bishnu Charan Ghosh Cup in February 2006 in Los Angeles.

Bikram Choudhury

Bikram Choudhury, founder and CEO of the Yoga College of India and the sponsor of the championship, is recognized as one of the most famous and knowledgeable hatha yoga teachers in the world and has developed its own series of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises, practiced in a room heated to about 40 degrees. After becoming a multiple Indian Yoga Champion, he moved to the USA and in 1970 founded the Yoga College of India, which has since grown into one of the world’s largest organizations, yoga practice, with more than 800 affiliated schools worldwide. While teaching his unique method of therapeutic yoga internationally for over 30 years he has worked with medical professionals to use the benefits of yoga to regenerate tissue and cure chronic diseases in the modern quest for wellness.

International Yoga Championship-Bishnu Charan Ghosh Cup was named to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Bikram teacher, Bishnu Charan Ghosh, celebrated in Los Angeles on Virgin Yoga Expo in September 2003.

For more information: http://www.bikramaustralia.com.au and http://www.bikramyoga.com

Jodie Robertson: Tel (02) 9907 4960 Mobile 0419 171 334 or

James Caldwell: Tel (02) 9420 4300 Mobile 0407 461 621

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(PRWEB) March 5, 2005

Bikram Yoga Comes to New Orleans

One of the fastest growing styles of yoga, Bikram Yoga, is finally coming to New Orleans. Also referred to as “hot” yoga, Bikram has been gaining in popularity in recent years due to its simplicity and effectiveness, which appeals to both the beginner and the experienced yoga practitioner.

Yoga 108, which will exclusively offer Bikram Yoga, will open its doors on Saturday March 5, 2005. Located at 1138 S. Carrollton Avenue on the corner of Oak Street, Yoga 108 will offer free classes at 8:00 am and 10:00 am on both Saturday and Sunday of the opening weekend. Special grand opening discounts on yoga packages will be available through the first week.

Yoga 108’s Yoga director and instructor, Bruno Teyssandier, has recently moved to New Orleans from the San Francisco Bay Area where he taught Bikram yoga for several years. He is a graduate of Bikram’s Yoga College of India as well as the programs of various other yoga disciplines. He recently completed a course of study with world-renowned Yoga Master Shri K. Pattabhi Jois in India.

For further information, contact the studio at (504) 864-1999 or visit their website at http://www.yoga-108.net.

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