Xenia - I found an article which I thought you might find interesting!

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I think she has a point, not sure if you agree

I never noticed others whilst I was doing it, though, except the instructors demonstrating.

I came to it from a ballet background, but it's all about your own body in yoga.

That's what's so terrific about it!

Some places like Brighton have it but not authorised probably breaching rights actually if they use that word "bikram yoga". There are quite a few places in Central London but not out here near me.

What is this thread about?

Ah.. not sure about that now. It's not clear who won a case in the US about the monopoly over it - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikram_Yoga

My daughter says it's a good way to make people pay for something, heat them up with heaters so they've got up a fake sweat and they go home thinking they've exercised... but she's wrong. You just have to look at the other people doing it regularly to see it works.

I've found it better than Pilates, tbh. And I did Pilates for years before it was trendy.

It really does improve your joints and posture.

What's different about bikram yoga? I did hatha yoga for years and really enjoyed it. is bikram the more high impact aerobic stuff?

Bikram is a series of Hatha poses, but held for one minute the first time and half hte second, performed in an ashram that has been heated and humidified.

It is not high impact at all.

Ah! Thankyou. As opposed to being held in a portocabin classroom that has been neither heated (since the previous summer) or humidified since Bobby FirstYear wet himself

I think what I didn't like about this article was her acceptance that you can only have a good, interesting engaging job if you are prepared to do it to the exclusion of then ther aspects of your life.

Both men and women would be better off and happier if workign hours were shorter and they could both function properly as parents, workers and partners all together in a proper balance. Nowhere does she challenge the idea that the rest of your life has of necessity to be fitted around your work, rather than vice versa.

I can't find one near me, though, which makes it harder to go. I like the heat too.

Cal, true. In fact long hours often mean incompetence and inefficiency.

Sitting as a non exe on boards (I do one) is actually ideal for those of us who like to do a variety of bits of work. I would like to do more of that but only when it's very well paid which it often isn't. I would like the Norwegian rule that 40% of boards must be female which is working well.

Is that 40% max.?

No, it says all Norwegian boards must be 40% female or more. A lot of women who are well qualified but were over looked have got positions because men are thinking outside their usual preconceptions as to who has the right skills. Obviously it's positive discrimination and usually I'm against it but it seems to be working quite well and may be we could do with it here.

I know. Was just joking.

excellent article.