| Hailed in the US as one of the most popular | | | | Western world for the first time in Los |
| yoga styles among movie stars, Bikram yoga | | | | Angeles in 1974 by Bikram Choudhury, this |
| has now found its way to Thailand. The | | | | form of yoga immediately differentiated |
| instructor is Benjaporn Karoonkornsakul, a | | | | itself from other schools.Bikram yoga does |
| former investment banker who learnt Bikram | | | | not require the numerous and complex asanas |
| yoga while working in Hong Kong.Benjaporn, | | | | (postures). A 90-minute session is composed |
| 31, followed a training course and received | | | | of just 26 simple postures and is carried out |
| certification as a Bikram yoga instructor in | | | | in a room heated to about 34 degrees Celsius. |
| New York earlier this year.Introduced to the | | | | |