Choudhury, who grew up in one of India’s poorest states, became India’s yoga champion at age 23. He moved to Los Angeles in the early 1970s, setting up his first eponymous hot yoga studio in 1973.

Choudhury testified that his yoga business relies on revenue from teacher training sessions, which involve a nine-week course required for followers who want to teach at a Bikram-affiliated studio.

Netflix's Bikram Yoga documentary Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator covers Bikram Choudhury, a yoga teacher sued for rape, sexual assault, and more.

A Los Angeles jury on Monday ordered Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram yoga, to pay about $924,500 to a lawyer who alleged that he sexually harassed her while she worked for him and that she ...

Bikram Choudhury leads students at the Bikram Yoga College of India in Los Angeles in 2002. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times) By Stephen Ceasar. Jan. 20, 2016 7:49 AM PT .

Choudhury leads a yoga class in Los Angeles in 2003. AP. Bikram immigrated to the US in the early 1970s and established his first hot yoga studio in a Los Angeles basement.

LOS ANGELES, CA -- The heat is on a famed guru whose international Bikram Yoga empire is headquartered in West Los Angeles. Known for his flamboyant personality and lavish lifestyle, 70-year-old ...

Bikram Choudhury, after whom the exercise takes its name, popularised his style of yoga in the 1970s after emigrating from India to the US, and opening yoga studios in California and Hawaii.

An arrest warrant has been issued for Bikram Choudhury, the founder of Bikram yoga, who has failed to pay $7 million in damages in a 2016 sexual harassment lawsuit.

Choudhury became famous after inventing a style of yoga that consists of 26 poses done over 90 minutes in a room heated to around 100-105 degrees. Bikram Yoga attracted fans including Jennifer ...

Bikram Choudhury Yoga Inc., a California-based studio that popularized what’s known as “hot yoga,” filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing more than $16 million in legal judgments.

Known for his flamboyant personality and lavish lifestyle, 70-year-old Bikram Choudhury is the founder of hot yoga, which is practiced in 105 degree heat.