Women who suffer from depression or painful knee joints - or those who are obese - should consider donning their ladies bamboo yoga clothing and contacting their local yoga teacher, an exercise guru has suggested.

Elizabeth Marshall, owner of Bikram Yoga College of India and one of the premier Bikram Yoga teachers in the midwest, told the University Daily Kansan that she watches those who she teaches transform in front of her very eyes.

"I'm inspired watching people getting off of anti-depressants or fixing their knees or losing weight," she said.

The newspaper reports that Ms Marshall has been practicing Bikram yoga for ten years. This form of yoga is practised at a minimum of 105 degrees Farenheit (40.6 degrees Celsius).

Last month, Joseph Encinia, who has been practising Bikram yoga for around five years, told the San Diageo Union-Tribune that he would like the exercise to be recognised as an Olympic sport.

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