The BENEFITS

You may be wondering what Bikram means when he says he can "cure" people with his yoga. In reality, he explains, there is no such thing as a cure. Doctors say they have cured a patient when they have removed the symptoms of a particular problem. But if you are cured of the flu on Monday, no one in the world can guarantee that on Friday you won't get the flu again.

And so when Bikram speaks of curing chronic diseases such as arthritis or slipped disc, he is saying that if you faithfully follow his directions, you will be relieved of your symptoms of discomfort. That is the only "cure" anyone can offer.

But Yoga offers two guarantees with the cure:

Guarantee One: If you continue to perform Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class™ regularly-all twenty-six poses--exactly as directed--the chronic symptoms will not return.

Guarantee Two: If you don't continue your Yoga faithfully, fully, or as directed, your symptoms will return.

It is for this reason that the Benefits of each separate exercise will be given no great emphasis in the body of the Bikram's Beginning Yoga Class™ book. Bikram does not wish to tempt readers to laziness or half measures. For instance those poses marked as good for slipped disc are, it is true, specifically good for correcting that condition. Done alone, however, they will not cure slipped disc. It is Bikram's complete series of exercises that "cures."

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