Hot Yoga & The Mirror Stage

Thanks for going with me Nina! i had a blast!

Hey Annabel,

I’m glad that you liked the hot yoga class but did you do Bikram yoga or just a hot yoga class. I go to downtown fullerton maybe you can check my studio out sometime.
I hope you keep going. I love it.

Hmm, sounds like your hot yoga studio is a little weird. Mine doesn’t have mirrors or carpets (hard wood floors all the way!). I get a little bit distracted about halfway through when I realize there is still another 45 minutes to go, but then somehow the second half of the class goes fast. I like the classes when I’m “in the mood” but if I’m in the wrong state of mind, it’s kind of torturous. It IS hot and dripping sweat when you’re not craving it, is not very fun. I think you *may* get addicted though if you go consistently for 20 days. I go once in a blue moon.
Oh and btw, I wore my HRM one time and burnt a little under 300 calories, I think. Maybe if you’re doing crazy head stands and whatnot, you’d burn more.

I’ve done yoga – but never the hot kind. I don’t know that it really appeals to me. I prefer my yoga practice to be sweat free. I do enough sweating when I do my cardio. I like to just relax a bit more when doing yoga. The idea of sweating so much is not relaxing to me.

I have done a few kinds of yoga and even tried the hot one a few times. I enjoyed it since i felt that it did help me stretch further into each pose. I would’ve kept going but just couldn’t afford their asking price. They too had the carpet and large mirrors. I found it a LOT less expensive to take it at a junior college vs a private studio. Anyhow, years later i thought …hey let me drop in and do this hot one again. So i go like mighty woman and it kicked my ass. I had forgotten how HOT it gets, how little people wear, that wonderful aroma, and that i had to be VERY hydrated before taking class. So sure enough, about 1/2 way through i got very lightheaded and dizzy. That’s the feeling i get before i end up in the arms of a stranger staring into my face asking me if i’m okay and if it hurt when i hit the floor. I sat for a good 15 minutes then I tried to stand…and no dice. Then another 15 minutes trying to find my “inner balance” and another attempt to stand….no dice. Then after searching like mad for that damn inner balance and finding nothing but little clouds floating around my head, i decided to just chill for the remainder of my class. I couldn’t even step out…I would’ve had to crawl to the side lines to get my stuff. So i laid there in a dead mans pose pretending to be so enlightened as to not need these silly poses…and no one bothered me. I’m sure they all saw the white in my face. In a sense i was very enlightened and did see lots of pretty colors . Needless to say i wasn’t up for doing more of those. The lady called me later that week and tried to get me to purchase a package and after sharing my experience with her, she said it was just the toxins escaping my body. WTF? This was during my health kick obsession a few years ago where i would eat nothing from a can, no processed foods, all organic, etc. So i couldn’t really understand what toxins where trying to escape my little temple of health. Well after she sensed that i wasn’t buying her bull, she also mentioned that it could’ve been that i didn’t drink ANY water before going. What was i thinking!!! I knew better than that. Well, long story short (too late) I did enjoy the classes, except for that one, and would crazy enough to go back

I’m jealous, I want to try this hot yoga!

BOYS HAVE COOTIES, THEY DO! But I suppose they need them some yoga too so fine, side by side everyone in a single line.

Oh Lucie my dear you had me cracking up with that novel of yours! Yeah, one dude in my class had to stop like half way through and leave because he was feeling sick. I found it so weird though because the instructor insisted that if you felt like crap, to just lay down on the mat, NOT to close your eyes and NOT to leave (very adamant about not leaving…). Was she afraid that someone opening the door and leaving would disturb the aura or balance of the yoga environment? I thought that was crazy.
And yes, hot yoga is ridiculously expensive. $79/month at the studio i went to. I paid $299 for a TWO YEAR membership to 24-hour fitness. After my 20-day trial period is over, if I want to do hot yoga, i will turn on my heater, shut my bedroom door, and do the damn yoga tree till i sweat. i mean seriously.
I was worried the calorie burn wouldn’t really be as high as questionable websites said Next time, I will wear my Garmin and see what it says in terms of calories burned.

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I have only tried hot yoga once and it was HOT! I should really try it again. As for mirrors, I never like them, no matter what I am doing!