How Often Do You Do Hot Yoga?
Students often ask, "How often should I practice hot yoga to get the benefits?"
The optimal number of classes for the transformation you're looking for, whether it's weight loss, increased flexibility, healing of joint pain, more relaxation in your life, is three classes each week.
In hot yoga we speak highly of The Cumulative Effect tied to the 3-times-a week practice; once you are practicing three times a week consistently, your body memory holds the changes you initiated with your practice and you have a strong foundation from which progress in your practice accelerates.
If you have ever skipped a week or two or practice, you know how that feels; like your body has snapped back to an old, tired place. Practice three times a week for a year or more and you have a reservoir built up to support you. Of course, if you stop practicing altogether, the well will run dry.
Think 30 Day Challenge: if you can commit to hot yoga for 30 days in a row (a 10-times multiple of 3), you won't have to wait a year for the foundation to set; you'll have built it in 30 days...and your practice will transform from there...exponentially.
Whatever your goals are, hot yoga is a path. Of course, your life IS your path, and so you can never be OFF your path! But some routes are faster and more enjoyable. Try hot yoga three times a week for one year and let me know how the road less traveled looks to you.
Rhonda Uretzky, E-RYT
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This 30 Day Celebration of mine has worked wonders on me - and has surprised me in more ways than I had previously imagined. I'm in Teacher Training, I've been doing hot yoga on and off (and recently, more on) for the better part of 6 years…but it wasn't until I truly dedicated myself to 30 days in a row of hot yoga that I started to allow myself to fully benefit from and physically feel the potency of this healing practice. I've always "felt amazing" after class, that post-hot-yoga high, and I've experienced tightening of muscles and looking better in my jeans…but all of it was fast forwarded once I started the "celebration".
My spine feels so happy now. Driving home from class one day last week, I wiggled a bit in my seat and laughed out loud - "My back is SO happy!" I kept thinking. It felt like my spine was thanking me over and over and over again. It feels strong and confident, capable and unafraid - light as a feather but strong as iron, bending like a wet noodle whenever it wants. What a feeling to be blessed with. Happy spine, happy life!
My fiance EVERY DAY when I'm getting dressed mentions how good I look. It's such a boost of confidence to be told that on an everyday basis, without even having to ask, "Do I look ok in this?" He has begun his own practice of hot yoga, and he is improving incredibly, physically, mentally, peacefully…
I love hot yoga. And I gift it as a suggestion to everyone I know.
Just stop dillydallying about it and freakin commit to the 30 Day Celebration, it's worth more than its weight in gold!