Bikram Choudhury
Bikram Choudhury, founder of the Bikram Yoga system, was also the founder of the Yoga College of India. He was born in Calcutta in 1946. Bikram began yoga at age four. He practiced yoga 4-6 hours every day. At the age of thirteen, he won the National India Yoga Championship. He was undefeated for the following three years and retired as the undisputed All-India National Yoga Champion. Bikram later devised the 26 postures sequence and founded Bikram’s Yoga College of India. He has also written books and sings.
In 2006, he had 1,650 yoga studios around the world (up from 1,200 from the previous year).
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