Hot yoga!

Ever hear of hot yoga?!

It's a new yoga practice that takes your normal everyday yoga into the sauna!!

That's right... you're basically in a sauna, cooking, and doing yoga poses!! This my friend is not an easy feat!

I'm pretty comfortable with my yoga level... I mean I could use a little more practice, especially if one day I'd like to teach it.... been pondering the idea... but anyway.... one rule of thumb when practicing yoga is breathing!! Sounds simple enough, how can one forget to breathe?! But when your in triangle pose, clutching onto your toe for dear life, you may be holding your breath! And even though is is a no-no, it's an even bigger no-no in hot yoga!!

I believe it was half way through the class when I started feeling very light-headed.... started seeing little black dots in my vision.... the teacher's voice seemed lower and lower... more and more distant... this is when I said... I need to sit!!

I sat out for 5 mins.... and took the poses easy... after all, it was my first hot yoga class! My bendy pretzel yoga partner didn't have a problem though! So if does affect people differently!

Let me tell you one thing though! Oooooh boy was I drenched!!! Wouldn't be surprised if I lost 5 pounds in water weight alone!! And yes, you do get as wet as the pic below! If not more!

What an experience! Definitely will do it again... in fact, every Tuesday and Thursday at least, until April - cuz that's when my 1 month unlimited membership ends!!

Wish me luck!!