I started practicing hot yoga about a month ago and have seen how great its benefits can be. I have never sweat so much in my life, but it is calming and relaxing activities while still getting a great workout. Our lives are very stressful with school and exams, but everyone need that chance to have time to relax and enjoy the calming atmosphere of hot yoga.
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Benefits of hot yoga:
- Lots of sweating which removes toxins from the skin
- Heat allows you to stretch and go deeper into poses
- Higher heart rate which allows you to work harder
- Gives a more intense workout
- Strength, tone, flexibility, and cardio workout
- Heat helps relax the body, improves breathing, and focuses on the mind as it helps develop better mental concentration
- Helps with weight loss
- Muscles become stronger and at rest burn calories at a faster rate
- Detoxifies body
- Helps circulatory system and increases metabolism
- Controls ones apatite
- Increases calorie loss without adding extra stress on joints that running would do
- Increases oxidation of fat cells
- Decreases stress and tension
- Reduces anxiety through doing exercise and deep breathing which is the number one cause of emotional, physical, and endocrinal issues
- Hot yoga is extremely helpful during stressful times like exams!
- Promotes healthy joint movements reducing stiffness and soreness
- Stretching warm muscles prevents likeliness of tears that happen more when stretching muscles that are cold
- Helps people heal from earlier injury
- Risks of hot yoga:
- Dehydration
- Heat exhaustion
- Dizziness, fainting or strokes
- You must be hydrated when practicing hot yoga because the liver and kidneys are key organs that eliminate toxins, which are released a lot through sweating that may compromise these organs.
