Stayin' Aligned Hot Yoga - Bikram Yoga - Northampton, Massachusetts

About Us

The Original Hot Yoga

The Bikram Yoga series consists of 26 postures and 2 breathing exercises. (*AKA 26&2) The yoga is designed to rejuvenate and strengthen the entire body while improving flexibility. All 26&2 Yoga classes are 90 minutes. This yoga is a consistent, therapeutic practice for beginners of all ages. It has been practiced in the same form since the early 1970's and is supported by scientific research. Of the various forms of yoga available today, it has the most direct roots to the physical culture and yoga therapy movements of early-mid 20th century Calcutta, India.

BE YOU. BE SEEN. BELONG. - Brené Brown

Our Mission To create an inclusive and supportive community by focusing on the light in ourselves and others to connect to the collective light of humanity. We strive to transform ourselves and the community into a place where we all thrive and grow as we recognize the light in each of us is also in all of us.

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Bishnu Ghosh Bikram Choudhury began yoga with Bishnu Ghosh, the younger brother of Paramahansa Yogananda (author of "Autobiography of a Yogi") and founder of the "Self Realization Fellowship" in Los Angeles. Ghosh was a celebrated physical culturist and the first to scientifically document Yoga's ability to heal the body. Bikram devised the 26 posture and 2 breathing exercise sequence that has a profound healing power on the body and mind. This sequence has directed millions of people around the world toward a healthy life.