Yoga has become a very popular fitness exercise in recent years. Yoga can not only help us regulate our bodies, but also help us calm our minds. It can be said to be both internal and external. But today, I would like to talk about hot yoga.

Hot yoga is also a very common form of yoga practice that can help us strengthen our bodies and relieve stress. The movement patterns and breathing methods of yoga can help us enter peace of mind faster, and hot yoga can better Helps us stretch our muscles, expel qi, sweat and detoxify.

What is Hot Yoga?

Hot yoga, sometimes called Bikram yoga, takes place in a high-temperature environment, typically maintained between 38°-40°C (100°-104°F).

It was founded by Indian Bikram on the basis of Hatha Yoga. It consists of a total of twenty-six stretching movements. These twenty-six postures include: half-moon posture, eagle posture, triangle posture, camel posture, etc. It There are two sequences of breathing exercises. The first breathing exercise is done at the beginning of the exercise. The final breathing exercise is after the pose is completed and is a deep breath through the nose and mouth. Hot yoga can help yoga practitioners promote blood circulation throughout the body and enhance cardiopulmonary function.

The practice of hot yoga has certain requirements for indoor ambient temperature. In a high-temperature environment, as our body temperature rises and blood circulation accelerates, normally stiff muscles can become softer and easier to stretch. For people who usually lack exercise, it is not easy to get injured during stretching.

What Are the Benefits of Hot Yoga?

Accelerate metabolism

Since the practice environment of hot yoga is hot, which exceeds the normal temperature of our human body, our body will mobilize various systems to coordinate and adapt to the external environment to maintain a balanced state.

At this time, the blood circulation speed of the human body will It will speed up and sweat a lot, which can help our body excrete a large amount of toxins and accelerate metabolism.

Improve skin health

The increased perspiration during hot yoga can help cleanse your skin by unclogging pores and removing dirt and impurities. This can lead to a healthier complexion and a natural glow.

The perspiration at this time can also help our skin soften the aging cuticle, making it easier to remove, and the skin will become Ruddy and more lustrous.

Accelerate fat burning effect

When we perform hot yoga postures in a relatively high temperature environment, the body completes the postures in order to maintain balance and stability of the center of gravity, which can help our limbs move better and stretch our muscles. When we are more More and deeper exercises to each muscle group of the body can help our body burn more calories, thereby achieving better weight loss results.

Increase flexibility

For people who are usually inactive and whose muscles are hard and their limbs are difficult to stretch. In a hot yoga environment, due to the accelerated blood circulation in our body, the limbs become softer and easier to be stretched, improving body flexibility. When our muscles can stretch and contract better, we reduce the chance of injury during exercise and increase body flexibility.

Relieve pain

Hot yoga's series of twisting, folding, and stretching posture exercises can better relax the nervous and muscular systems in a high-temperature environment. It can help relieve pain in strained muscles and relieve long-term chronic headaches and waist problems. It also help relieve back pain and improve cervical spondylosis.

In conjunction with scientific breathing patterns, it can better help the body exercise cardiopulmonary function.

Improve emotional well-being

When we concentrate on practicing yoga postures, our body will secrete a substance called endorphins, which can help us cheer up, relieve depression, resist sadness, calm the mind, release psychological stress, and relieve stress, mood.

Tips for Practicing Hot Yoga

  1. The environmentof hot yoga practice is relatively hot. If you're new to yoga, it's advisable to start with traditional classes before attempting hot yoga. For beginners, hot yoga practice once a week is more reasonable.
  2. During hot yoga, you will sweat a lot from the temperature and the practice, so when you think about what to wear to hot yoga, choose workout clothes like yoga bras and yoga shorts that wicks moisture and sweat.
  3. During hot yoga practice, if your hands are particularly prone to sweating, you can bring a towel and place it on the floor mat to prevent slippery hands and physical injuries.
  4. Pregnant women, individuals with cardiovascular issues, poor temperature regulation, or physical injuries should avoid hot yoga. Those with low blood sugar or pressure and frail individuals should practice with caution, preferably under professional guidance and not too frequently.
  5. Since people are more likely to be dehydrated in a high-temperature environment, it is recommended to practice hot yoga after a meal two hours. Drink light salt water or eat easy-to-digest food thirty minutes before classes, and do it in a timely manner during the practice. Pay attention to the replenishment of water and electrolytes.
  6. We should avoid catching cold after practice. When there is a large temperature difference between indoor and outdoor, you should wait until your body returns to a normal temperature. It's advisable to wait for at least half an hour before the next activities or leave the studio.
  7. For female practitioners, it is not recommend to wear makeup before practice. For that you can prevent clogging of pores when sweating and causing skin acne and other problems.