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What is Hot Yoga? (aka YHot at YYOGA) | Hot yoga for beginners

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In this practice

Key teachings

The benefits of practicing yoga in a heated environment
Consistency in practice for physical and mental groundedness
Emphasis on alignment in slow, held postures
Balanced approach between structured sequence and personal fluidity

Ideal for

Beginners to hot yoga
Practitioners seeking a structured yet slightly flexible hot yoga experience
Those looking for a 60-minute hot yoga class
Individuals seeking consistency in their yoga routine

Lesson

Instructions

What is Hot Yoga? | What is YHot at YYOGA

YYOGA hot yoga teacher trainer, Lisa Sanson, discusses what YHot is - our signature hot yoga offering - and the difference between our style and other offerings, as well as what to expect when you come to a hot yoga class.

In YHot, expect a set sequence of slow, held postures practiced in a hot room with an emphasis on alignment.

Lisa loves this practice because of the consistency it offers, allowing her to feel it in more of an easeful way. This consistency creates a groundedness in the practice -- and of course, you get a great sweat!

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Lisa is a Yoga Alliance Certified E-RYT-500 with over 1000 hours of additional training in yoga and other complimentary movement modalities including Yoga Tune Up®, The Roll Model® Method myofascial release and Foundation Training®. She is a Registered Professional Counsellor and a Certified Life Coach with a B.A in Psychology and Post Graduate Diploma in Guidance Studies. All of her studies and her personal experiences have equipped her with skills to help you find your way to greater fulfillment through movement, mindfulness and curiosity.

Lisa is a lifetime learner, always seeking to have a deeper experience of being alive. She loves having conversations; juicy, deep discussion with loved ones, inquisitive talk with strangers or chatting over the fence with her neighbours. Being out in nature enlivens her; surfing, SUP-ing, snowboarding, hiking or walking in the forest with my dog. Travel excites her; whether she is immersed in a different culture or on a road trip to visit her folks, it fires her up just the same. Lisa's greatest inspiration is human connection and the exploration of self that is required to develop this connection. She believes this journey encompasses the full spectrum of the human experience and is one of life's greatest adventures.

Steps

Slow, held postures (derived from Bikram's lineage)
Set sequence of yoga asanas
Mindful exploration of optimal pose within guidelines

Benefits

Increased flexibility and range of motion through heat
Detoxification through profuse sweating
Improved strength and endurance
Mental consistency and groundedness in practice
Stress reduction and mental clarity

Mindfulness Fascial Release Ama

Transcript

(relaxing music) - Hi, I'm Lisa Sanson,
and I teach yoga at YYOGA. I teach the YHot Practice as well as all the other kinds of
practices or classes at YYOGA. But today, I just wanna
talk to you a little bit about the difference
between the YHot practice and Bikram's hot practice. Bikram's was the first really,
well-known, hot sequence or hot offering here in North America. And so YHot is actually drawn
from the Bikram's lineage. We really respect the lineage. We just made a few different
changes to make, maybe, the class a little more accessible to some other populations. For example, Bikram's is very structured. They are, it's a 90-minute
sequence, and it's 26 postures and never veers from that
structure and that sequence. And though there's great
benefits in that, for sure, we decided to offer a
shorter sequence, 60 minutes, for people who maybe just
wanna get their sweat on in 60 minutes rather than 90. We also offer, it is a
set sequence, but there's 10% fluidity in the YHot offering, so their teacher will
bring in just a little bit of their own creativity. We also encourage that
students have a little bit of fluidity to explore their
optimal pose within the general guidelines of the
structure that we offer. I really enjoy the YHot
sequence, and I'd love it if you'd come and try one of my classes. I'm, again, at YYOGA
and I teach all classes, but check out my hot class. It's particularly steamy. (chuckles)

Practice summary

Level: all levels
Duration: 60 minutes
Equipment: yoga mattowelwater bottle
Target areas: full bodyspinehipscoreflexibility
Energy: balancing

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