If you’re not a fan of strenuous exercising inside a pressure cooker, why anyone would choose to sweat their life away on a mat in a Bikram yoga class might seem a little mind-boggling. We’ve all heard the tall tales of *someone* having spent the whole of their first hot yoga class laying flat ...
I started practicing yoga seven years ago at a hot yoga studio in Houston. You might wonder why a city known for 100+ temps and swamp humidity needs hot yoga, and I don’t have an answer for you there, but I can say that it was intense and sweaty and I loved it. Over the last seven years, ...
My first yoga experience was more or less by accident. The year was 2011—cue the flashback moment with the fog and such—and I had purchased a lovely Groupon that gave me 10 classes for some absurdly low price like $25. I rushed home from work that fateful Tuesday, put on my yoga pants, and ...
There are some things I don’t do in a hot yoga class: I don’t wear heavy clothing like sweatpants or long sleeved shirts. I avoid cotton like the plague. I don’t eat a heavy meal right before class. I don’t come to class thirsty. I don’t chat or text on my cellphone. I try not to pass ...
While taking my first hot yoga class I’d like to say that I was calm, enlightened, and inspired by this new aspect of my yoga journey that I was about to embark on… but my friend Maria will most likely read this and call me out in 30 seconds about my actual actions that day. Here are some of ...
