For more than three years Greg Gerkens has worked as a special education science teacher in Wyandanch, New York. When he is not teaching, Greg Gerkens enjoys exercising his mind and body through meditation and yoga.
Bikram yoga is one of the most unique yoga disciplines, carefully designed to cleanse a practitioner's spirit and body. Bikram yoga was developed, among other considerations, with the tourniquet effect in mind. The series of poses stretch and balance a person’s system in such a way that blood travels freely throughout the veins, flushing out the arteries.
Bikram yoga is distinct from other schools of yoga in that classes are carried out in rooms with temperatures of 105 degrees and 40 percent humidity. The intense heat benefits individuals in numerous ways, purifying the body and allowing for deeper muscle stretches, among other advantages. Any person who experiences nausea or dizziness during class, particularly their first Bikram class, should make sure they are properly hydrated. Interested yogis can learn more at www.bikramyoga.com.
