La Ciencia Detrás del Bikram Hot Yoga

¡Bikram Yoga se practica en todo el mundo desde hace más de 50 años! Debido a que la secuencia de yoga que practicamos no se modifica y el método permanece consistente en cada clase, este yoga es excepcionalmente adecuado para investigaciones científicas rigurosas.

En investigaciónes independientes, se han descubierto que Bikram Yoga regula el azúcar en sangre, la presión arterial, los niveles de colesterol, la depresión/ansiedad y mucho más. Aquí debajo hay enlaces a algunas de las investigaciones.

¡La mejor manera de descubrir lo que este yoga puede hacer específicamente para TI, es experimentar una clase aquí en Playa del Carmen!

Artículos de investigación, Publicaciones y Estudios Revisados por Pares:

• Zoila F, Cagnetta D, Bellantonio S, Simeone P, Lanuti P, Panaro MA, Civita L, Antonucci L, Porro C. Six Months of Bikram Yoga: Longitudinal Effects on Body Fat Reduction and Age-Related Responses in Adult Women. Healthcare (Basel). 2026 Apr 14;14(8):1032. doi: 10.3390/healthcare14081032. PMID: 42072934; PMCID: PMC13116920.

• Maren B. Nyer, PhD; Lindsey B. Hopkins, PhD; Megha Nagaswami, BA, et al., "A Randomized Controlled Trial of Community-Delivered Heated Hatha Yoga for Moderate-to-Severe Depression." Massachusetts General Hospital's Depression Clinical and Research Program, studying the effects of Bikram Yoga on depression and mental health . October 2023

• Randomized controlled trial of bikram yoga and aerobic exercise for depression in women: Efficacy and stress-based mechanisms. Harkness, Kate L., et al. Journal of Affective Disorders, February 2021.

• Flehr A, Barton C, Coles J, Gibson SJ, Lambert GW, Lambert EA, Dhar AK, Dixon JB. #MindinBody - feasibility of vigorous exercise (Bikram yoga versus high intensity interval training) to improve persistent pain in women with a history of trauma: a pilot randomized control trial. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2019 Aug 29;19(1):234. doi: 10.1186/s12906-019-2642-1. PMID: 31464643; PMCID: PMC6714085.

• Hewett ZL, Pumpa KL, Smith CA, Fahey PP, Cheema BS. Effect of a 16-week Bikram yoga program on perceived stress, self-efficacy and health-related quality of life in stressed and sedentary adults: A randomised controlled trial. J Sci Med Sport. 2018 Apr;21(4):352-357. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2017.08.006. Epub 2017 Aug 24. PMID: 28866110.

• Effects of yoga interventions practiced in heated and thermoneutral conditions on endothelium-dependent vasodilation: The Bikram yoga heart study . Hunter SD et al. Experimental Physiology. 2018

• Bikram Yoga reduces Depression and Anxiety. Lindsey B. Hopkins DeBoer. San Francisco VA Medical Center. Presented at Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA) Conference 2015

• The Effects of Bikram Yoga on Health: Critical Review and Clinical Trial Recommendations. Evidence Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine. 2015

• SN Sangiorgio, AK Mukherjee, NW Lau, A. Mukherjee, P. Mukhopadhyay, and E. Ebramzadeh, “Optimization of physical activity as a countermeasure of bone loss: a 5-year study of bikram yoga practice in females,” Health, vol. 06, no. 11, pp. 1124–1132, 2014.

• L. Pate and MJ Buono, “The physiological responses to Bikram yoga in novice and experienced practitioners,” Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 12–18, 2014.

• ML Fritz, AM Grossman, A. Mukherjee, SD Hunter, and BL Tracy, “Acute metabolic, cardiovascular, and thermal responses to a single session of Bikram yoga,” in Proceedings of the Rocky Mountain ACSM Annual Meeting, Denver, Colo, USA, 2013

• SD Hunter, MS Dhindsa, E. Cunningham et al., “The effect of bikram yoga on arterial stiffness in young and older adults,” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine, vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 930–934, 2013.

• SD Hunter, M. Dhindsa, E. Cunningham, T. Tarumi, M. Alkatan, and H. Tanaka, “Improvements in glucose tolerance with Bikram yoga in older obese adults: a pilot study,” Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine 11 Bodywork and Movement Therapies, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 404–407, 2013.

• BL Tracy and CEF Hart, “Bikram yoga training and physical fitness in healthy young adults,” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 822–830, 2013.

• RS Kudesia and MT Bianchi, “Decreased nocturnal awakenings in young adults performing bikram yoga: a low-constraint home sleep monitoring study,” ISRN Neurology, vol. 2012, Article ID 153745, 7 pages, 2012.

• AN Abel, LK Lloyd, JS Williams, and BK Miller, “Physiological characteristics of long-term Bikram yoga practitioners,” Journal of Exercise Physiology Online, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 32–39, 2012. https://www.asep.org/asep/asep/JEPonlineOCTOBER20122_Abel_Williams-5-1.pdf

• ZL Hewett, LB Ransdell, Y. Gao, LM Petlichkoff, and S. Lucas, “An examination of the effectiveness of an 8-week bikram yoga program on mindfulness, perceived stress, and physical fitness,” Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 87–92, 2011.

• EF Hart and BL Tracy, “Yoga as steadiness training: effects on motor variability in young adults,” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 1659–1669, 2008