Hot Yoga: Down, but not Out!

I have always wanted to try hot yoga, which is why it made it onto the list of 30 before 30. A few months back, I had purchased a $30 Groupon for 30 days of unlimited yoga classes at Bikram Yoga Northwest. It’s less than a 5 minute drive from my place, so I figured I should really have no excuses. Truth is, I was nervous about going to a yoga class, let alone a Bikram Yoga class- but today, I decided to just do it. Once I completed the 26 hatha yoga postures over the 90-minutes, I asked myself: Why hadn’t I tried this sooner?? I loved it! Thing is, I should have known I would be in my element, considering I hate the cold. I like humidity, and the room is set to 40.5 degrees Celsius! It was definitely a challenging class. Focusing on breathing and my posture was key, and the heat got to me at times. Thankfully though, after 4 rounds of P90X and Tony Horton’s yoga DVD, I was able to attempt all of the moves without crazy mishaps- and that made me very happy. I was even complimented by the instructor that I did really well for my first time :D. And as much as I love the P90X yoga DVD, Bikram hot yoga is much more fun!

So, Hot Yoga, you may be off the list, but you’re certainly here to stay… for another 30 days, at least :). Perhaps I sense a 30-day yoga challenge?? Hmm…