Reviews for Bikram Yoga: The Guru behind Hot Yoga Shows the Way to Radiant Health and Personal Fulfillment

The average rating for Bikram Yoga: The Guru behind Hot Yoga Shows the Way to Radiant Health and Personal Fulfillment based on 2 reviews is 1 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-08-25 00:00:00 Paul Mann "Great read, but only if yoga is of interest to you. Otherwise, the author just comes off as an arrogant prick." - Another's Goodreads review of Bikram Yoga Ditto I hate how non-yogi, self-centered, non-loving, and jerklike he comes off. This guy is harsh to the sweetness that is meant to be yoga. I don't like his total disregard for modern medicine- it definitely has it's place. I don't like his photos in the book. I don't like how the world revolves around him. He was definitely abused emotionally by his guru growing up & thinks that is the norm around the world for all people. It pains me to read his brash & immature bashing of all the amazing yogis before him, including Iyengar, who I really like, calling them all "misguided knockoff artists preceding me." What about those yamas of non- violence and non- judgement? All his insane egoism and I have a hard time admitting it was good to deepen my understanding of the physical benefits of each pose. "I believed there was a beautiful song that the body could sing to the soul, so I attempted to write it. That song, as I heard it, is the Sequence. That's the best answer I can give." All in all, can't stand the guy, but it's good to learn all viewpoints, right?

Review # 2 was written on 2011-09-20 00:00:00 Dev Test Whoa. . . this guy has a terrible personality, strong and repugnant like fancy cheese. And yet like bad tv, it was hard to put down. The impression of this self-help guru as a smug, vain, proud, greedy, and anti-spiritual man is striking, considering he is at the forefront of the huge Yoga phenomena current in America. He preaches the exact opposite of what classical yoga and Hindu doctrine are all about. And I think he is wildly successful exactly because this attitude thrives in L.A. where he is based.(At one point he declares himself the Mcdonald's of yoga teachers) For some strange reason, in this book about yoga, Bikram spends a lot of time talking about how many fast cars he owns, and the fact that he has the "longest swimming pool in Beverly Hills" !? It is disturbing that this passes as in contemporary america as a book pertaining to spirituality. All the same, I do have to say, the yoga poses are a good physical workout. And yoga in a heated room is an innovative idea. As book about stretching and excercise this is all just fine. Great even. But his whole philosophy is lousy, simplistic, and shallow. It's as questionable as a book about Zen and bodybuilding, or Christian Mysticism + Football. It's just weird, awkward and unseemly.