What is Hot Yoga?
Hot Yoga is “body temperature” yoga. As a result of the increased temperature, your flexibility is increased, the body releases toxins easily. The intensity of your workout is up to you. There are classes through the day and evening to fit your needs.
Benefits of Hot Yoga
The heat means that you can get into the postures more deeply and effectively and the benefits come quickly. You will experience a satisfying and almost addictive feeling of achievement from practicing yoga in the "body temperature" studio room.
Specific Benefits:
- Weight loss or gain, back to what should be your ‘normal’ weight.
- Greatly improved body toning.
- Vastly increased flexibility.
- Release of toxins due to improved cell oxygenization.
- Improved blood and lymph fluid circulation.
- Increased metabolism which helps break down fatty tissue.
- Improvement in concentration.
- Cardiovascular improvements.
- Less chance of sports injuries.
- Skin pores release toxins.
- Better immune system resulting in fewer maladies.
- Quicker reaction time with increased alertness.
Specific Benefits (in Depth):
- Your body burns fat more effectively; fat may be redistributed and burned as energy during the class. It is common to lose centimeters and “shape up” in a short time.
- The heat produces a fluid-like stretch allowing for greater range of movement in joints, muscles, ligaments and other supporting structures of the body
- Capillaries dilate in the heat; more effectively oxygenating the tissues, muscles, glands and organs and helping in the removal of waste products
- Your peripheral circulation improves due to enhanced flow to your extremities
- Your metabolism speeds up the breakdown of glucose and fatty acids
- You benefit from a strengthening of willpower, self control, concentration, determination and decision-making
- Your cardiovascular system gets a thorough workout
- Your muscles and connective tissue become more elastic and allow for greater flexibility with less chance of injury and improved recovery from injury
- Sweating promotes detoxification and elimination through the skin - the body's largest eliminating organ
- Similar to your body raising its temperature to fight infection, the raised temperature in the room will assist in improving T-cell function and the proper functioning of your immune system
- Your nervous system function is greatly improved and messages are carried more efficiently to and from your brain
- Metabolism improves in your digestive system and body cells.