Indeed yoga practices thrive in a heated room and turning up the heat brings a lot of benefits. Let us uncover why a yoga room have to be so hot.
We are asked a lot of questions about our hot yoga classes in Brooklyn. One of the most classic one is – why yoga room has been too hot? As interesting the question is, we have an interesting answer as well. Most of the hot yoga classes in Brooklyn add heat to the room because it acts as a catalyst for transformation. If you practice yoga in a cool room, the body would be more prone to injury, and the postures would be more uncomfortable. As the room is pre-heated, the heat loosens up your muscles and your become malleable, leading to your body being opened up for changing and shifting.
In case you do not understand this, imagine this situation. Think of a blacksmith forging a sword. The first thing he would do is to heat the steel in a fire. Only when the steel is hot, it is ready to be hammered and shaped into a sword. It makes no sense banging a hammer on a cold metal. It may lead to a little change, but would more injury for the blacksmith. Similarly, our bodies become softer and more pliable in a heated atmosphere, reduce the risk of injuries, and opens up the possibility of greater transformation.
Stretching your muscles in a hot room when your muscles are warm and nice improves your flexibility and the mobility of your joints. If you want to join original Bikram yoga, the ideal temperature of the yoga room should be set to 105 degrees and 40% humidity for a systematic fixed routine of yoga postures.
Plenty of researches have proven that people burn more calories in a hot yoga session. The heat gives your heart and lungs more strenuous workout. When you sweat a lot in a hot yoga class, your body needs to work harder to regulate the temperature and circulate more blood. It increases your heart rate and add a boost to your metabolism in the process.
Additionally, increased sweating improves circulation and increases the flow of oxygen-rich blood to your skin cells. The circulation boost can also give you a more youthful appearance and a dewy radiance.
You may not realize this but practicing yoga in a heated environment will improve your bone density. Premenopausal women who practice Bikram yoga increased bone density in their lower back, hips, and neck.
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