I’ve been doing the same yoga for a couple of years now and decided it was time for a change. Since I had extra time on Thursday night I decided to do a hot Vinyasa yoga class. Normally I do the Bikrams yoga once or twice per week and while it’s certainty hot and I get dehydrated it’s very doable. The Vinyasa class kicked my butt! The poses aren’t particularly hard but the combination of 105+degree heat the second workout of the day conspired against me. At one point I thought I was going to pass out, which would have been a little embarrassing, it was a tough class.
The 6:00 am yoga class that I’m used to going to is very low key, little talking, not many people, serious and most folks are over 40 years old and generally a 50/50 split between men and women. The 6:00 pm vinyasa class is the complete opposite. Everyone was talking, laughing socializing, and three quarters of the class was under 30, female and the studio was packed. It was a totally different experience, and I really enjoyed it (minus the whole passing out thing). I think what surprised me the most is seeing what some of the women were wearing, I realized it’s hot and all but is that really a reason to wear next to nothing? I normally wouldn’t complain about these things but it was pretty difficult to concentrate and I kept falling over. The women didn’t seem to have a problem with what I was wearing, go figure.
The 6:00 am yoga class that I’m used to going to is very low key, little talking, not many people, serious and most folks are over 40 years old and generally a 50/50 split between men and women. The 6:00 pm vinyasa class is the complete opposite. Everyone was talking, laughing socializing, and three quarters of the class was under 30, female and the studio was packed. It was a totally different experience, and I really enjoyed it (minus the whole passing out thing). I think what surprised me the most is seeing what some of the women were wearing, I realized it’s hot and all but is that really a reason to wear next to nothing? I normally wouldn’t complain about these things but it was pretty difficult to concentrate and I kept falling over. The women didn’t seem to have a problem with what I was wearing, go figure.
I think I'll try and make a few more of these classes, it was a lot of fun and well worth the hazards of falling over. If you are looking for a hard workout look up a hot yoga studio.
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