“On day one, BYM founder Lori Givens stands up front, on a carpeted podium. The goal for beginners, she says, is just to stay in the room, to learn to breathe. “Feet together, heels and toes touching, let’s begin,” she says. In a Bikram studio, only the teacher speaks, delivering Choudhury’s almost incessant and incantatory instructions. Class takes place in a large, rectangular studio with thin carpeting and a floor-to-ceiling mirror on one long...
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