Last night 3 friends and I braved HOT yoga. AKA bikram yoga, sweaty yoga, etc. These are the things I wish someone would have told me before I went to HOT yoga . . .
- Do NOT under any circumstances put any lotion on your legs at any time on the day you plan to attend hot yoga.
- A small hand towel is not big enough to mop up the amount of sweat you will produce during hot yoga.
- Your yoga mat can and will double as a slip-and-slide.
- If you are practicing hot yoga next to a friend and you are now on the slip-and-slide, try not to look at your friend, as you most likely will spend more energy trying to keep from laughing uncontrollably rather than holding the tree, eagle, whatever pose.
- Downward dog does not work on a slippery yoga mat - it quickly turns into push-up position. However, if you bring a LARGE beach towel to cover your yoga mat you'll be fine. (This is the key thing I noticed between the "regular hot yogis" and my friends and I last night . . . NOBODY except the 4 of us had tiny towels.)
I really wanted to take a picture of all of us during the session, but figured some of the hard-core yogis wouldn't appreciate my "I need a photo for my blog" explanation. So instead I snapped a post-yoga "we survived" photo
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