Friday was a first for a lot of people who admire Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram Yoga studios, which dot a lot of locations across Manila. Apparently, people practising at his centers were provided with the opportunity of meeting and listening to the man who brought yoga to the city.

Talking on the occasion, Bikram Choudhury informed that there were a lot of people who came to learn yoga at five of the Bikram schools present across Manila. He added that he was always eager to meet and talk to each and every student and hoped that these very students wanted to meet him as well.

It needs to be noted that Bikram Yoga is very popular throughout the Philippines. The numbers of students continue to rise by dozens every week and it was only now that people had had the opportunity of meeting the man himself.

Friday witnessed to be a personal seminar provided by the guru on a new sequence regarding Hatha Yoga.

Bikram Choudhury is known for his tough yoga sessions, where people have to practice one of the toughest exercises in a room, where temperature is around 40.6°C and sessions last for as long as 90 minutes.

Talking about the need of tough sessions, Bikram informs that in India people believe that one has to endure hell in order to attain sanctity in heaven. He informs that the yoga lessons designed by him are not for a layman, as the best end up collapsing when they come for a class in three postures.