Thoughts on Hot Yoga?
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also, in regards to detoxifying your body through hot/Bikram, you do, but it's not so much with the heat (as that allows you to become looser and not so restricted) but in the actual poses targeting specific areas on your body.0
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Is hot yoga the same as regular yoga but in a room with an increased temp? Also, I have only done yoga a few times & it was several years ago. Would hot yoga be a bad idea to get myself started?
Hot yoga is just yoga in a heated room.
Personally, I sweat enough doing yoga in air conditioning with a fan going that I have no desire to do it in 100-plus degrees. People claim it burns more calories (it doesn't) and that it rids your body of "toxins," though I guess sweating in any way kind of does that, but it isn't necessary.
If you think you'll enjoy it, do it (but make sure you're well-hydrated). Otherwise, just do regular yoga.0 -
I love it, doing cardio after an hour of hot yoga is great, I feel very loose and my legs can deal with higher resistance on the cardio machines.0
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Is hot yoga the same as regular yoga but in a room with an increased temp? Also, I have only done yoga a few times & it was several years ago. Would hot yoga be a bad idea to get myself started?
This is a thing? If it floats your boat, why not? :drinker:0 -
Bikrum yoga is challenging but very fulfilling in the long run. You are doing 26 poses or rather 13 poses twice, depending on what studio you go to. The poses and the heat help dispel toxins from your body as well as help with flexibility. When you are down in Corpse Pose at the end, your body and mind will be praising your name. Bring water and 2 towels to wipe yourself down with as well as place on your mat to prevent from slipping.
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It's not something I'm into, but people seem to enjoy it. I'd much rather do yoga in a regular room than a hot room. Remember, you're not actually "detoxing" anything by sweating more. However, some people say the heat makes them more flexible, so there's that.
The fact that Bikrum yoga uses the same sequence every time (and is trademarked!) is weird to me.0 -
It's hot and humid but I prefer it! You can get into the poses better and it's just an overall sense of cleansing. I do heated vinyassa which is more cardio and arm balances because there's a "flow."
It doesn't matter the last time you practiced. You can always lie in child's pose if you need a moment.0 -
also, in regards to detoxifying your body through hot/Bikram, you dobut it's not so much with the heat (as that allows you to become looser and not so restricted) but in the actual poses targeting specific areas on your body.
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I love Hot Yoga!! The heat helps you deepen your stretch just a litttttle more than you normally can, you sweat like crazy you just feel cleansed afterwards (though it isn't proven to sweat out toxins like some claim). I like doing it on days when I want to take off from the gym and heavy weights, but still want to work my body. If you can get classes at a decent price, I highly suggest it.0
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I loved it but WAY too long a class for me. An hour and a half and that's without changing and getting in and out of sticky sweaty yoga clothes.0
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Really, only you are going to be able to decide whether you like it or not (or if it is something you can handle)..so just try it out for a class and two0
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i love hot yoga, i go to Moksha 4 times per week, and it has helped me lose 23 lbs since October. I usually do the 60 min classes during the week, and up it to a 75 and 90 min class on the weekens. I look forward to every class that I go to, I feel awesome afterwards, and after going for awahile it doesn't even feel that hot anymore. My goal is to try a power flow class, i am just working my way up to it.0
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No you don't. This is bad information that not recognized by any journals of medicine, physiology or biology.
I don't know if Western medicine does but Ayurvedic medicine recognizes it. I'm skeptical about sweating out toxins but who knows if poses that stimulate the various glands and organs help them do their job? I think there are truths in Eastern medicine that maybe Western medicine just hasn't gotten around to studying. Yoga's been around a long time and a lot of the world practices it, possibly more than practice Western medicine.0 -
No you don't. This is bad information that not recognized by any journals of medicine, physiology or biology.
I don't know if Western medicine does but Ayurvedic medicine recognizes it. I'm skeptical about sweating out toxins but who knows if poses that stimulate the various glands and organs help them do their job? I think there are truths in Eastern medicine that maybe Western medicine just hasn't gotten around to studying. Yoga's been around a long time and a lot of the world practices it, possibly more than practice Western medicine.0 -
No you don't. This is bad information that not recognized by any journals of medicine, physiology or biology.
I don't know if Western medicine does but Ayurvedic medicine recognizes it. I'm skeptical about sweating out toxins but who knows if poses that stimulate the various glands and organs help them do their job? I think there are truths in Eastern medicine that maybe Western medicine just hasn't gotten around to studying. Yoga's been around a long time and a lot of the world practices it, possibly more than practice Western medicine.
One would think that toxin removal is something that could be measured, no?0 -
rml-16: I don't know, if you're interested you'd have to research that yourself.0
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I don't know, if you're interested you'd have to research that yourself.
It wasn't me who suggested that certain poses possibly eliminates toxins, so I'll pass, thanks though.
If some proponents of yoga want to put that forth, I'd think that the onus would be on them to show evidence of that, rather than the old argument that Western medicine hasn't caught up to Eastern medicine.0 -
I don't know, if you're interested you'd have to research that yourself.
It wasn't me who suggested that certain poses possibly eliminates toxins, so I'll pass, thanks though.
If some proponents of yoga want to put that forth, I'd think that the onus would be on them to show evidence of that, rather than the old argument that Western medicine hasn't caught up to Eastern medicine.0 -
it's the only sport i've asked about that i'm not medically cleared to do? heat + humidity=asthma attack in my world so, no hot yoga. my sister loves it though.0
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I don't know, if you're interested you'd have to research that yourself.
It wasn't me who suggested that certain poses possibly eliminates toxins, so I'll pass, thanks though.
If some proponents of yoga want to put that forth, I'd think that the onus would be on them to show evidence of that, rather than the old argument that Western medicine hasn't caught up to Eastern medicine.
Yeah, but you'd think now that the capabilities are available to do the studies, they would be done to show that there was elimination of toxins.0
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