Hot Yoga and Healing

 This summer has truly been a time of reflection and restoring myself. After an extremely stressful year teaching online while also attempting to survive my first semester of grad school I was definitely exhausted. One of my friends from work told me about her experience with hot yoga and how she felt great after each class. After much debate I decided that I would book my first week of free classes and see what happened. What I didn't know when I got there was that I would find myself constantly wanting to go back. My first class was rough and I have the flexibility of a steel rod so most poses were challenging, along with the 98 degree room. However despite these challenges I kept going back and while I'm not the equivalent to a pretzel, what was hard at first has become easier. Hot yoga has made me more aware of myself and given me a clearer mindset. Each day I'm reminded to show up for myself and give my mind time to take a break from the work. Now I know that life gets busy and this isn't always an option, but even on my busiest days I try to take 10 minutes to sit quietly and reflect. I fully recommend hot yoga to anyone who's on the fence about it, even if you only take the free intro class you'll never know until you try.

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