Hot Yoga, Hot Trend Arrives in Brookfield

Bikram Yoga Milwaukee comes to Brookfield, and has a following as intense as its 105-degree studio on Blue Mound Road.

Like Paris Hilton would say, 'That's hot.' About 105 degrees hot. For followers of Bikram yoga, they'd say it works. "It's a workout like no other," said Lora Olenchek of Wauwatosa. "I'm a triathlete and the stretching and breathing in that heat has made me far more flexible, and ready to race as most of the competitions occur in midsummer." Bikram yoga features a series of 26 postures and two breathing exercises, done in slow, controlled movements under intense heat. Founded in the late 1970s in America by yogi Bikram Choudhury, it has finally reached the Midwest, and now Brookfield.   Bron Gacki's studio, his second in the area, is on Blue Mound Road just east of Woelfel Road and is set at 105 degrees for the duration of the 90-minute …

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