A funny thing happened in Hot Yoga class....

"Pranayama began. I was compressing my belly exhaling, taking big balloon belly breaths. I imagined absorbing energy into my organs with each breath. In my mind, I was doing a great thing, really helping my body heal itself. 

Then... I felt like vomiting

I was dizzy, nauseous, worried about how I would exit the full class without stepping on someone to get to the ladies room to throw up..."

You come to hot yoga to get toned, lose weight, loosen up, stretch out, relax, de-stress, but...

One day you fall apart.

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Is Hot Yoga Awesome?

Sticklers argue that overuse of the word “awesome” has dumbed it down. 

“Awe” is defined as an experience so life-changing, it alters your perceptions; your worldview actually has to expand to accommodate it. Following an experience of awe, people experience an expanded sense of time; suddenly you have a lot more of it.

More time? OK, that's awesome.

And it explains beautifully what I tell students who lament their lack of time to do hot yoga:

Get yourself to hot yoga and the time will show up. Not just for hot yoga, but for everything.  Hot yoga has the potential to change your time/space reality, because hot yoga is fertile ground for awesome experiences. Here's how that works...

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