Talk:Hot yoga

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A person would die in "a room heated to approximately 100 degrees." If you insist upon using your antiquated system of measurement, you must specify the units, because the rest of the world doesn't, and they're laughing at you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.4.202.97 (talk) 16:53, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Oh, someone was confused because they thought people did yoga while being cooked alive? Absurd pedantry. MarshallKe (talk) 14:57, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

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Addition of more information
Hi! Perhaps we should add more information regarding safety when it comes to hot yoga for beginner students. This could be information cited from articles and teacher training programs to ensure students practice self-care, especially when doing strenuous vinyasa style yoga. --Casssieandra (talk) 17:28, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Ujjayi Breathing
Hi! Perhaps we should add more information about Ujjayi breathing as breath is a big part of yoga and important to maintain energy during hot yoga. --Casssieandra (talk) 17:30, 5 October 2017 (UTC)

Planning to make edits
Hello fellow editors. I am enrolled in a Technical Editing class at Texas A&M, and I will be editing this article as a part of our Wikipedia project. Please be patient with me as I am still learning. The following is a preliminary list of tasks: I will continue to list major issues as they arise. Do not hesitate to reach out! H Case (talk) 16:09, 28 February 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) Refine lead
 * 2) Condense History where appropriate
 * 3) Organize Precautions, match to like practices
 * 4) Rename Notes to References

Edits were made
As mentioned above, I planned for and integrated many edits to this article. Here is a link to the version before I touched it, should anyone inquire about this particular content. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hot_yoga&oldid=807114085 (A note about the previous content: This is supposed to be an article about hot yoga. While Bikram is the foundation of hot yoga, I strongly believe that hot yoga today is more than just Bikram. Plus, there are already articles about Bikram and its founders.)

Additionally, anyone can easily add types of hot yoga (with a brief description of equal length to the other types, containing plenty of external links). I also think many would agree in saying this article would benefit greatly from a section about benefits. Please reach out with any questions, comments or concerns. H Case (talk) 19:46, 3 March 2018 (UTC)

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Benefits of the Body
There are many benefits to this practice, ranging from over-all body improvements to mind improvements as well. The heat of the room causes your range of motion to increase and stretch deeper. The muscles are more pliable causing less recovery time as well. In a cold environment, your body is more likely to feel the moments from yesterday, so Hot Yoga helps your muscles not be stiff and tense. This practice will help "torch" calories, even when there is no running or jumping involved, the hot room gets the heart going. One study from Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise stated that women burned about 333 calories during a slow-moving 90 minute practice. So a fast moving Vinyasa practice have made the Women's Health list of top calorie-burning exercises.

The practice of hot yoga promotes relaxation and stress-relief, inside the hot yoga room, you focus on your breathing more rather that what is making you stressed. When practiced consistently, your endurance is increased tremendously. This practice generates skills that are needed off of the yoga mat and in the "real world". There are many psychological benefits that come from exercise, sweaty workouts like hot yoga increase endorphins and blood flow, boosting your mood and decreasing tension and stress. https://www.womenshealthmag.com/fitness/a26226148/benefits-of-hot-yoga/ Avocado202 (talk) 16:40, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

POV dispute "Benefits" section.
The recently added edits to the benefits section of the article are written from a point of view which seems to strongly endorse hot yoga for physical and mental health improvement. The claims made in the section are not fully referenced and utilize marketing-style language to argue its point of view. The multiple uncited health claims include the statements that "The heat of the room causes your range of motion to increase and stretch deeper" and that "This practice will help 'torch' calories, even when there is no running or jumping involved, the hot room gets the heart going." The second sentence specifically utilizes unscientific, advertisement-like language such as "torching" calories and getting the "heart going." Beneficial edits would include rephrasing the advertisement-like language and providing direct and scientific citations for the medical claims especially sources which are more critical of hot yoga's health benefits.

It seems the prior editor may have copied large sections of the article from this Women's Health article. This is likely an honest mistake of the editor meaning to cite this article as an example of a primary source opinion on hot yoga instead of as scientific "truth". Correcting the citations here and making it clear the passage is the opinion of the magazine would solve these issues as well.

TLDR; I tagged this as a POV issue as currently the section seems to be unreservedly endorsing the practice of hot yoga and does not present citations for its health claims. Best. Oddnickw (talk) 06:54, 28 November 2023 (UTC)