We ARE Family! Sister Sledge does Hot Yoga

Everyone is a celebrity in hot yoga. And you inspire everyone around you just by showing up.

Right now, we have THREE people on a 30 Day Hot Yoga Challenge

I must confess I have a special admiration for anyone who does the 30 Day Hot Yoga Challenge, but this group of women is amazing: Carly is on her second 30 Day Hot Yoga Challenge; Stephanie has done multiple double-classes (two hot yoga classes in one day); and Jane jumped into a 30 Day Challenge after just 3 hot yoga classes. You hot yoga women ROCK!

And speaking of Rock, Riverflow hot yoga student Kathy Lightfoot is actually Kathy Sledge, lead singer of the R&B group Sister Sledge ("We Are Family"). In May, Oprah Magazine voted Kathy one of the top Ageless Women in America! Meet Kathy in hot yoga class, you'll know why: she is gorgeous, inside and out.

Kathy just started hot yoga this month but she is already hooked, using hot yoga to heal a bum knee and stay young and gorgeous. Way to go, Kathy!

Here's her story, from Oprah Magazine:

As the youngest member of the R&B group Sister Sledge, I spent my girlhood surrounded by family. I was the lead singer, but I never thought of myself as an individual. There was so much comfort standing there with my sisters.

But at 29, I began a solo career. For once I could choose everything from my musical style to my clothing. As much as I'd loved sharing the stage with my sisters—with our '80s outfits and big hair perfectly coordinated—moving out on my own was the step I needed to take. I performed by myself for the first time at a concert in Miami. As soon as I finished my opening song and the audience stopped cheering, I noticed something: silence. In the group, I'd always relied on my sisters to talk to the crowd. It sounds silly, but that night I had to find my voice.

Each time I've performed solo over the years, I've grown more and more comfortable standing out front in the spotlight. Now I have the confidence not just to sing my old songs, which, of course, I still do, but to set bigger goals for myself, like producing and starring in a musical about jazz legend Billie Holiday. I'm working harder than I have at any time in my life, so I'm especially grateful when fans come up to me and say, "You look better now than ever." Beauty is an attitude. And I suppose I have a glow offstage and on because I'm doing exactly what I want to do. That's why I'm embracing every moment of this decade even as I look toward the next.

Kathy, we look forward to having you enjoy every moment of those decades with the help of your hot yoga practice!

Comments

[Nikki]

You go girls! Hot yoga is so great physically and mentally, nothing better!

Nikki
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