Bikram Choudhury, front, founder of the Yoga College of India and creator and producer of Yoga Expo 2003, leads what organizers hope will be the world's largest yoga class at the Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center Saturday, Sept. …
Bikram Yoga
Updated: Tuesday, 19 Jul 2011, 8:27 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 27 Jul 2010, 2:06 PM EDT
MYFOXNY.COM - This has been one hot summer in New York City! Imagine a room that's even hotter.. and doing yoga inside.
That's Bikram Yoga, also known as hot yoga.
It's a 90 minute class created in the early 1970s that involves a series of 26 poses and two breathing exercises.
The heated studio is thought to help facilitate stretching and the flushing of toxins as you sweat.
Critics say the extreme heat is tough on your cardiovascular system and you may risk an injury if you overstretch.
FOX 5's Dr. Sapna Parikh tried it for the very first time and she took viewers along for the ride.
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