Two months before I started Bikram Yoga, I was seeing a physiotherapist twice a week for chronic shoulder pain. But it wasn't working - if anything, the pain was escalating and I didn't have the power to change it. It was devastating. Then I met a massage therapist who thought Bikram yoga might help. I was nervous about starting because I don't like being hot and I couldn't touch my toes. I came anyway. After the first class, the pain in my shoulder was so much better I couldn't believe it. The postures and the heat are like total body therapy.