Infrared Hot Yoga Benefits

  • The heat will allow you to safely reach new levels of personal flexibility in postures, which is therapeutic for your body.

  • With the added element of the heat, you will be forced to find your breath in order to keep up! If there is no breathing, there is no yoga. It won’t take long before you learn to breathe in a full and controlled manner.

  • Your heart can work the same way doing yoga postures in a heated room as it does when running a mile, and you never even leave your mat. Particularly in postures when you are balancing and contracting your muscles at the same time. A 60-minute class can burn up to 600 calories. The way you stretch and compress your internal organs and glands also stimulates metabolism so you are burning calories quicker outside the room as well.

  • The primary purpose of this yoga is therapy. With a regular practice, these postures can help to heal old injuries and also prevent them in the future. This is especially true for, but not limited to, back pain. Don’t skip the postures that are slightly uncomfortable. *Hot Yoga is also know to reduce symptoms of conditions and illnesses including diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure, depression, arthritis and obesity.

  • The heated room helps you to stretch more and get your cardio, AND it also helps you sweat. The postures themselves are detoxifying for your muscles, organs, and glands and sweating furthers that.

Infrared Hot Yoga Class Tips

  • Space is limited! Click HERE to pre-register or use the Mindbody Fitness App.

  • You are going to sweat, ALOT. Either a beach towel to lay over your mat, or if practicing hot yoga regularly invest in a skidless, yoga towel (Buy a YogiToes Towel HERE). Many people also like to bring a hand towel to wipe their brow during breaks between flows.

  • Drink lots of water in the hours before class, bring a bottled water into class, then drink tons of water again after class. Coconut water is great for post hot yoga to replenish your body with electrolytes.

  • Come down and rest in hero’s pose, child’s pose or Svasana if you lose your breath, especially if you are feeling dizzy or nauseous.

  • Form-fitting clothing that won’t interfere with movement is ideal. Leggings and tight shorts are both good options. Some like to go with longer leggings as it makes the legs easier to grab onto during certain poses while you’re pouring sweat, but some prefer to wear as little as possible to keep cool.

  • Don’t wear perfume; this can be a distraction to the class, as the heat can intensify the smell. Try not to leave and re-enter the room. Doing so is not only distracting for everyone else, but it won’t help you adjust to the heat and get the full benefits of the practice. Remember to use the restroom BEFORE class if possible.

  • Eating right before class can make you feel nauseous. If you need to eat, try doing so 2-3 hours before class.

  • Get your doctor’s approval before practicing hot yoga. Especially if you have diabetes, cardiovascular or respiratory disease, or a history of heat-related illness.