Who's that wimp in hot yoga class?

There you are, smashing through Standing Bow Pulling.

The mirror confirms how rockin' you are today - finally, these asanas are easy.

This hot yoga is a snap. Your Cobra pose is hissing. Your Standing Stick is straight on. Even your Camel doesn't make you want to puke.

Meanwhile, that poor guy next to you is wheezing and gasping on his knees, trying his best to breathe in and out through the nose. And, hey, isn't that your teacher in the back in secret Savasana?

Guess who's the wimp in hot yoga class today? You are.

The key to hot yoga is to try 100% correctly, folllowing the teacher's detailed instructions for every pose. A Whatever-It-Takes attitude is the yoga of this yoga. And that may be exactly why that guy beside you is down for the count for now; he just gave it up at hot yoga class. while you're sitting - or standing pretty. To the untrained eye, it may just look like he's the one who wimped out, but...

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Is yoga stressing you out?

Can yoga be stressful?

Sounds funny but...

The yoga teacher is telling me to meditate, to empty my mind in yoga class and... I CAN'T DO IT! And now I have one more thing on my To Do list: EMPTY MIND. Arghh!

Maybe I'll just quit yoga so I don't have to feel like a failure. But wait - isn't that why I started yoga in the first place?

Let's be honest: it takes enlightened beings lifetimes to learn to empty the mind...do they really think you'll do it spontaneously, while you're resting after yoga class?

Women tend to stress about everything, even those things that are supposed to be enjoyable. If you've ever fretted about finding time for yourself, you've worried about... relaxing.

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Angry Hot Yoga!

Isn't yoga supposed to make you feel calm and serene?

Not if you've got some surpressed anger. Hot yoga is sure to bring up whatever you've been keeping down. And that's a good thing: because when those emotions are finally ready to come up, they're ready to be done.

Hot yoga is a science of letting go: a set sequence of 26 poses done in a very heated room with specific instructions offered to keep you safe in the heat, to occupy your mind so it doesn't wander, to take you

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The yoga of owning it

I heard a successful entrepreneur speak recently about "Owning" everything in your life. I love that and apply it to own up to that at Riverflow Yoga.

When you walk into Riverflow Yoga, a teacher greets you. Let your To Do List go undone. Take your hair down and unwind. Get into the hot yoga room and get out of your daily grind.

If you have questions or concerns, come to us. We are here to teach you, yes, and to listen and hear your issues about hot yoga (and sometimes about other things). When you are here at Riverflow Yoga, you are our responsibility.

Your Riverflow yoga teacher takes charge so that you can relax. In hot yoga, we guide you step by step through each pose. Even if that means we must lovingly but firmly keep you on track, following the pose instructions when you may want to do something else. Or give up. We will comment and compliment

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