I was curious about this too awhile back, and looked into it. Jimmy Barkan trained under Bikram and was one of his senior pupils, from what I read. He apparently founded his own method based on the Bikram series–but I never could find any good details on the actual postures he does. Some photos on his site would suggest that they do other/additional postures, while some look identical to the ones in the Bikram series, so there does appear to be some overlap.
The Bikram series is the same 26 postures and breathing exercises done in 90 minutes. It is supposed to be the same class no matter which studio you attend (as long as the studio has “Bikram” in the name). There are other general hot yoga studios that don’t necessarily follow the sequence exactly and the classes may be different lengths–they don’t have to follow the script if their studio doesn’t have “Bikram” in the name. I don’t know if Barkan follows a similar regiment to Bikram (eg the same postures every time) or mixes it up more like other hot yoga studios…it would be great to hear from someone who has tried his method!
