User:Avocado202/Hot yoga

Benefits of Hot Yoga

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/