Why is Hot Yoga One of the Best Workouts to Lose Weight?
It’s no secret that Hot Yoga is popular.
Maybe you’ve asked yourself why celebrities, royalty and athletes are flocking to studios to experience the HOT YOGA room. Anyone can do it and hot yoga is one of the best workouts to lose weight! Here’s what you’ll get when you sign up for a 60-minute beginner yoga class in the hot room:
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- Cardio:
Practicing yoga in the Hot Room is much like running up hill versus running. You are working harder due to the heat, increasing the benefits of the practice. A 90-minute class can burn more than 1,000 calories, which is why it is one of the best workouts to lose weight. The way you stretch and compress your internal organs and glands also stimulates metabolism.
- Detox:
The heated room increases flexibility and promotes sweat, thus assisting in detoxification. The postures themselves are detoxifying for your muscles, organs, and glands and sweating increases that function.
- Focus:
Traditional (LOCATE28) Hot Yoga classes consist of a prescribed sequence of postures and two breathing exercises. Other yoga classes such as blend, and vinyasa are also sequenced for growth, flexibility, and strength. The routine helps you to advance your practice through repetition and increases mental, internal awareness and focus. This aspect carries over to your daily life.
8 Benefits of Hot Yoga…
- Flexibility:
The heat will allow you to safely reach new levels of personal flexibility in beginner’s postures, which is therapeutic for your body (see number seven).
- Strength:
Your own body is your gym. Hot Yoga is low impact and utilizes muscles you may not use on a daily basis. A prime focus is on spine strength, which is key to a long healthy life!
- Breath:
Hot Yoga falls in the Hatha “extreme” category simply because it is practiced in the HOT ROOM. Utilizing the “yoga breath” you will learn to breathe normal during difficult situations. Endurance improves quickly in the HOT ROOM and you learn to breathe in a full and controlled manner, increasing your lung capacity.
- Healing:
The primary purpose of this yoga is therapy. With a regular practice, these postures can help to heal old injuries and also prevent them in the future. This is especially true for, but not limited to, back pain. Don’t skip the postures that are slightly uncomfortable. Hot Yoga is also known to reduce symptoms of conditions and illnesses including diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, depression, arthritis and obesity.
- Life:
“Yoga is the journey of the self, to the self, through the self” –Bhagavad Gita Check out Hot Yoga and try a class. Start your journey!
Eager to start your practice?
Come on in to our Bowling Green studio, and we will get you set up! You’ll need a mat, yoga towel and water, but we can supply all of that too.
Click the link below to get the one week special – 7 consecutive days of yoga for only $25, ($20 if you’re a student). It’s a great way to figure out if a yoga practice is right for you!