FIGURE 1.

The 26 asana of Bikram yoga. 1. Standing Deep Breathing (Pranayama Series). 2. Half Moon (Ardha Chandrasana) with Hands to Feet (Pada Hasthasana). 3. Awkward Pose (Utkatasana). 4. Eagle Pose (Garurasana). 5. Standing Head to Knee (Dandayamana‐Janushirasana). 6. Standing Bow Pulling Pose (Dandayamana‐Dhanurasana). 7. Balancing Stick (Tuladandasana). 8. Standing Separate Leg Stretching Pose (Dandayamana‐Bibhaktapada‐Paschimotthanasana). 9. Triangle Pose (Trikanasana). 10. Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose (Dandayamana‐Bibhaktapada‐Janushirasana). 11. Tree Pose (Tadasana). 12. Toe Stand (Padangustasana). 13. Dead Body Pose (Savasana). 14. Wind‐Removing Pose (Pavanamuktasana). 15. Sit‐Up. 16. Cobra Pose (Bhujangasana). 17. Locust Pose (Salabhasana). 18. Full Locust Pose (Poorna‐Salabhasana). 19. Bow Pose (Dhanurasana). 20. Fixed Firm Pose (Supta‐Vajrasana). 21. Half Tortoise Pose (Ardha‐Kurmasana). 22. Camel Pose (Ustrasana). 23. Rabbit Pose (Sasangasana). 24. Head to knee Pose (Janushirasana) with Stretching Pose (Paschimotthanasana). 25. Spine‐Twisting Pose (Ardha Matsyendrasana). 26. Blowing in Firm Pose (Kapalbhati in Vajrasana). All the postures from standing pranayama (posture 1) to Standing Separate Leg Head to Knee Pose (posture 10) were repeated twice, while postures 11 and 12 were performed only once on each side of the body. This was followed by a single 2 min savasana (posture 13). Posture 14 was performed twice followed by a single sit‐up (posture 15). Postures 16 to 26 were separated by a minimum of a 20 s savasana, and a single sit‐up (posture 15) was used to transition from savasana to the specific posture between 20 and 26. Posture 25 was performed only once on each side. The final posture and breathing exercise, Blowing in Firm (posture 26) were repeated twice, and the Bikram series concluded with an untimed individual savasana (Choudhury & Reynolds, 1978). This figure and legend have been slightly modified from our first analysis of the Bikram yoga study (Mathis et al., 2020)