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What is Hot Yoga? The Styles of Yoga Explained

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What is Hot yoga? Learn what makes the intense style of Hot yoga a practice different than the rest, in this brief explanation. Expert yoga teacher, Kristin Gibowicz explains how a consistent series of poses, practicing in high heat and humidity, and mental focus, is what makes Hot yoga unique. Enjoy!

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Bikram yoga, also known as hot yoga, is a style of 26 postures and two breathing exercises. This style is meant to be practiced in a heated environment at 102 to 105 degrees Fahrenheit with 45 to 60 percent humidity. This method was developed by Bikram Chowdhury in the 1970s and become popular internationally. Check out classes in all of these different styles from the talented teachers on yogadownload .com.

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