Om Shanti: A Yoga Blog

I’ve been teaching lately at a studio where “hot yoga” is all the craze. And it’s not just here, but all over the country that heated yoga classes are taking off in popularity. Basically, hot yoga is any flow or Bikram style yoga class where the practice room is heated well above normal room temperature; frequently humidity is added as well. The temperatures can get over 100 degrees in a hot yoga class, and you can be pretty certain that you’ll sweat buckets. But is hot yoga really good for you? Is it safe and/or beneficial to be doing yoga at such extreme temperatures? What’s the point? (more…)