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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Why Hot Yoga will outlast us all

Will hot yoga outlast Peak Fitness and other crazes from aerobics to step-class?

For years I experimented with different forms of physical conditioning - everything from swimming at the Y to weight training at home (an exercise physiologist friend prepared a personalized weight training regimen tailored for my size, shape and age.) 

What they all had in common: I was bored.

I dreaded doing it. I played music, put on the TV, anything to distract me from the drudgery (now I see people riding stationary bikes or treadmilling-it at the gym while watching little personal-sized TV screens. I feel their pain).

I was tuning out while I was trying to tune up. Something about this just didn't fit my idea of whole-self health...

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