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Bikram Yoga is a system of hot yoga, a type of yoga as exercise, devised by Bikram Choudhury and based on the teachings of B. C. Ghosh, that became popular in the early 1970s . The style incorporates 24 asanas and 2 breathing exercises along with a room heated to 105 °F (41 °C). Each class is 90 minutes long and has a fixed sequence of movements.Hot yoga can refer to any yoga class done in a heated room. Hot yoga has evolved as a popular workout in recent years. While practicing hot yoga, the room is heated above the room temperature typically between (27 and 38 degrees centigrade). Many times the temperature is increased further to 41 degrees centigrade to replicate the hot and humid temperature of India. A wide variety of poses are practiced in a heated humid yoga class session while practicing hot yoga. The style has a few similarities with Bikram yoga, like a hot humid environment for practice. While Bikram yoga is typically silent practice, hot Yoga Practice may involve music. Hot Yoga Practice offers a plethora of benefits like flushing out toxins, improves flexibility, burns more calories, increases stamina, strength, and flexibility. The practice also leads to increased bone density, reduction in stress level, boosting cardiovascular activity, and better-managed blood glucose levels. Though there are a few styles of hot yoga classes, Bikram yoga is the original hot yoga and among the best known. Even though some people may use "hot" and "Bikram" interchangeably, the truth is that all Bikram yoga is hot, but not all hot yoga is Bikram Yoga.