First Yoga Class!

[OakLeaf]

Haha, 90° is considered "warm" yoga (and I do sweat buckets). I've never done hot yoga, which is 105° for Bikram, or some styles go even hotter.

[indysteel]

Oak, lol! I have to admit I would probably not enjoy "hot" yoga. I am hot natured enough without having to sweat buckets in a 90 F room.

Catrin, did you meet with a PT for your health issue?

Our yoga studio is intentionally kept rather warm for certain "hot" classes. Not quite Bikram hot, but warm. At first, I wasn't sure if I liked it. Now I can't stand most "normal" classes. I just find myself feeling too cold.

When I first started practicing yoga, I took classes from a very experienced and much loved teacher who really worked her student into a sweat. This was before the studio purposely overheated the room. Even so, I would be completely drenched in her classes. I'm not exactly sure how she did it, because it's not that the poses themselves were all that different from my current practice. It's a mystery to me, but I found it very satisfying to get that sweaty.

[badger]

I got a fabulous deal - $30 for 5 weeks of unlimited hot yoga. I've done Bikram before, but I haven't done hot yoga (or any yoga for that matter) for about 5 years now.

I probably should've started with the 75 minute 30C class, but I really didn't want to be doing that at 8pm, so went for the 90 minute 40C class. I surprised myself at being able to do all the poses, but the last 30 minutes was SO hard. It was just so darn hot, my face felt like it was going to explode from the heat, which strangely felt worse when I was lying down. By the time I got out, I knew I was severely dehydrated. Came home and had an electrolyte drink, a banana and some more water and feel somewhat ok now, but still have a headache.

I remember why I stopped going... it's hard work!!