hot yoga

some people say it is good....

some say it is bad.....

thoughts?

[miss.myra]

Honestly, I love it and I think I am addicted to it.

I can't describe it with words, but the feeling you have after you get out of a hot yoga class is better than I've felt after any workout ever.

where do you go for hot yoga?

i have just started going.

i went to a bikrams but decided that i hate carpeted yoga studios, cause that is just gross.

so now i go to west coast in yaletown. but the room is far hotter than bikrams.

i am going to go for the next week and see how it goes.

i am more curious about the debate that hot yoga is bad for you.

[Phrenetic]

Originally Posted by Avana

i have just started going.

i went to a bikrams but decided that i hate carpeted yoga studios, cause that is just gross.

so now i go to west coast in yaletown. but the room is far hotter than bikrams.

i am going to go for the next week and see how it goes.

i am more curious about the debate that hot yoga is bad for you.

just dont do anything like it if you have a heart condition, recent surgery or anything like that.

[TrixX]

Originally Posted by Avana

i am more curious about the debate that hot yoga is bad for you.

hmmm, i wouldn't mind knowing as well. i've only ever heard good things. but thats coming from people like myra that love it :)

[robyn]

careful of your cartilage guys!

When Does Flexible Become Harmful? 'Hot' Yoga Draws Fire - New York Times

[hardstylin]

what makes it "hot"

you are doing it in a sauna.

[TrixX]

so my dad does personal training and massage therapy and he said his only clients that come in for yoga injuries are doing bikram yoga.

for the same reasons listed in the article that robyn put up, just over stretching. mainly back injuries are what comes through the clinic. now he says it isn't "bad" for you, but you need to know your limits. its really about baby steps when it comes stretching muscles but in that kind of heat its harder to tell where your limit is.

i guess when i go i'll just need to be careful, i can't touch my toes :( lol

[miss.myra]

It's funny because most of the people I've met who have a strong aversion to hot yoga has never done it before.

Yoga is like ANY OTHER SPORT, and with it COMES A RISK OF INJURY. I don't think hot yoga makes you more vulnerable to injuries than marathon running or volleyball. People who get injured doing hot yoga because they over extend themselves are obviously going to a class with a shitty instructor because a good instructor will always always tell you that if you begin to feel a lot of strain or lose your breath to take it down by 20 degrees or so or to even just go into a rest position.

[TrixX]

^^^its just knowing your bodies boundaries........it speaks to you pretty cleary if your straining yourself. for me like i said, its all baby steps lol.

[esoter1c]

There were some christian preachers on cnn debating whether or not yoga is satanic.

I haven't laughed that hard in a while.

[miss.myra]

haha totally, cos that is totally 'news'

haha. cnn.

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by F*r*a*

I honestly don't think its the yoga positions in it self that pose as much of a possible risk of "injury" or "illness".
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Right, but you're wrong, because the risk is there just as much as with other sports. Again, it all comes back to the person, and the quality of the instructor imo. A lot of postures pose a risk of injury, they can only benefit the practitioner if your body is alligned properly- which a good teacher can ensure.

The heat can actually be beneficial in the sense that more heat in the body allows for deeper and safer stretching- many studies have proven this. The heat also has cleansing properties that are very beneficial to practioners of hot yoga. In my experience, I only have had one person who got sick during class, and that was a mistake on their part as they admitted that they hardly drank any water, and of course that is going to cause problems...doing ANY sport and not aqequately hydrating yourself will make you sick.

[starbright]

it's way more dangerous to stretch cold muscles.
the warmth just allows people to push themselves further than they would normally be able to. makes sense that those who (are less familiar with their body's limitations and) tend to push themselves too hard will be provided with a greater possibility of injury.

i've recently started an unlimited package at a studio that doesn't have the heat and i'm going back to yaletown once /week cuz i miss it so much. i feel there is an extremely valuable aspect to the cleansing an hour and a half of concentrated breathing and sweating provides.

see you in class on monday, if not sooner, myra :)

[Ragga_Wh0re]

yoga is a religion.

only dirty hippies do yoga.