[Lilladancer]

I'm neutral about whether hot yoga is healthy or not, I have a lot of friends who do it or have in the past and enjoyed it. I can't get behind the whole Bikram thing, though, on principle. A good friend of mine was a Bikram certified instructor and opened her own Bikram Yoga studio with his "blessings" (i.e. probably a large sum of money to him). A few years later the business needed a boost so they wanted to expand to offering different types of yoga as well. She asked his permission to change the name of the studio to something more "generic" and catchy sounding than than "Bikram Yoga College of India". He agreed. But within the next two years, he sued them (and a bunch of his other certified instructors/studio owners) claiming they owed him money for using his system without giving him express credit (which she always did). Seeing him with his fancy cars, expensive clothes, etc. and this very non-yogic attitude, this lawsuit seemed utterly selfish and ridiculous. He seems to be very greedy and egotistical. Makes it hard for me to see his system as anything other than a racket, even if it does have beneficial effects for some.