Up until a year ago, I belonged to a fun, upbeat vinyasa yoga studio where lifting your spirits held equal status with lifting your mula bandha. Every part of me loved it, except for two tiny bones between my thumb and wrist. The cartilage between these bones has worn thin from too many injuries over the years, and the resulting arthritis made downward dog and crow pose nearly impossible. I set out to find a yoga class that involved no weight bearing on my wrists, and Bikram is the only yoga solution I found. Within a month, I found myself in an intense love-hate relationship with this style of yoga. Yet I am drawn back again and again because it feels so good when it’s over...(read full story)

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