Bikram vs CorePower vs YogaWorks, an Expert Comparison

"Corporate Yoga" (defined by us as those yoga businesses with multiple locations in various cities) gets a lot of flack from so-called purists.  For example, people complain that yoga should not be copyrighted a la Bikram Choudhury, that CorePower is too "western" in its approach; and that YogaWorks varies too much from studio to studio-- not corporate enough?

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Bikram Yoga Sweat: Stumping the Rocket Scientists.

It started innocently: one day the Bikram Yoga room felt a little cool and I had come to get my sweat on! C’mon. What was going on here? This is Bikram Yoga. You know, the “torture chamber.” Here I was, being tortured by a cool breeze and goose bumps.

What to do? Add clothing. Problem solved.

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The Sniff Test: why this yoga mat is a winner.

It took a year before we were sold.

But even at the very beginning we took notice.  There was never, ever, a wet spot under our mat. Ever. Wow. We are BIG sweaters. Big. Ask anyone. We pour. At one point in our Bikram Yoga practice, we were offered a 3rd towel. We sweat that much. So having a mat completely impervious to liquid is a wonderful thing.

But it is what we noticed after a year that has made us believers.

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Naked Bikram Yoga? Thank you but NO.

I was immediately uneasy today when I caught site of a man wearing a very thin WHITE yoga "costume." (In Bikram Yoga, the instructors often refer to one's yoga attire as a costume.) This 30-something, buff guy was positioned two rows behind me and a little to the right. But once the sweat started running, I could fully view his other "position!"

Seriously, what on earth could someone be thinking to wear an unlined, spandex like material in white?

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