Hot Yoga

For you out there wanting to start something new i recommend giving Hot Yoga a try. Hot yoga involves a series of 26 postures conducted over 90 minutes. It begins with a breathing exercise to warm up, it then progresses through with 26 postures and it finishes with a toxin-eliminating breathing posture. This series of postures was scientifically designed to systematically work through the entire body. And boy does it work! I recently attempted a class a couple of weeks a go with a girl-friend at V Club. The yoga class was held in a hot room, which was 38 degrees. Doing hot yoga in a warm room allows for greater flexibility, it minimises muscle strain, reduces the chance of injury, promotes greater cleansing of the body and helps builds stamina and endurance. The room was mirrored to enable better body awareness and refinement and deepening of postures through easy self-correction. A lot of people ask why hot yoga and not normal yoga? So i decided to do some research and here is what i came up with from a site called Bikram Yoga.

Well the benefit of doing hot yoga is you constantly sweat which assists the detoxification process. Blood becomes thinner, clearing the circulatory system. Endurance is boosted through consistent practice. Your body turns fat more effectively: fat may be redistributed and burned as energy during the class. It is common to loose centimetres in a short time. Your metabolism speeds up the breakdown of glucose and fatty acids! Your hear-rate becomes elevated, and the cardiovascular systems gets a thorough workout- hear and lung.

So when and where can you do hot yoga? there are a few places in Sydney and North Sydney. There is currently a studio in lane cove. Prices start from 20 dollars per class. But there are great deals and specials running all the time. Especially for students. Currently there are student passes going for 20 dollars for 10 consecutive days - unlimited yoga. A casual class at the moment is costing 16 dollars. If you do not feel comfortable doing hot yoga with a full class there are also private classes available. 1.5 hour private class involves about 1-3 people. So you and your besties can give it ago if you are too embarrass or uncomfortable to do it in front of people!

- By Severine Duval