You all are well aware about yoga. But what is hot yoga? This
is an ancient way of intense prayer, which is now used as exercise to reduce
weight and keep one’s body and mind fit, sharp and healthy. It is kind of body
detox exercise as it helps the body to sweat and muscles to relax, as well to eliminate
all the toxic unwanted chemicals and salts from the body.
Those who have practiced hot yoga say that it has lots of benefits and their lives have improved with this. The most important and prominent benefit is detoxification. Due to heave sweating all the toxins gets flushed off and due to heat the sweat even penetrated deep pores and bring out the bad guys out of your body.
By working in the heated room the heart rate is also increased, which makes body work even harder and stay fresh as blood reaches all parts of body in excess and takes oxygen. This kind of yoga is actually designed for those who want to work harder and want their body in best tone and posture with more strength and power. Due to extensive workout the body relaxes, breathing is improved and the mental abilities are also boosted up, which increase the concentration and power to focus.
Rooms for hot yoga are designed just like you are at the
beach in tropical area with no breeze or wind. The temperature of the room is
set 37 C and they have no windows. The room is embellished with huge mirrors
and you can sweat easily in such kind of surroundings.
Styles of hot yoga
They can be performed in many styles depending upon the need, person and area. The style of yoga called Bigram yoga is the most popular worldwide and is considered to be the perfect and right style for doing hot yoga. In the classes the focus is on the set postures, which are 26 in number and the main purpose is endurance.
Moksha yoga: It is also a very famous style of yoga in which the elements of environment are also inculcated. It was introduced by two famous youngest, whose main purpose was to inculcate natural things in the yoga to make it more close to nature. In hot yoga the natural element added are green which means heat, the floors are sustainable.
Lambert: It is a kind of yoga whose main focus is on energy flow, but it has not gained much importance yet and is practiced in small areas among the world. Whereas Bigram yoga is the most famous one.
Cautions about hot yoga:
No doubt, hot yoga is very advantageous and effective but despite of all benefits it also has some disadvantages, which can be neglected and prevented by adopting some precautionary measures.
Many people believe that hot yoga is not very safe because it makes you stretch beyond your end point and loose muscles, considering the overheated environment. You keep on stretching yourself, which could lead to muscle damage.
Yogis in India perform yoga early in the morning to prevent the body from exposure to the heat and radiations of the sun. This kind of yoga may be harmful for muscles.
