I have been practicing yoga for almost 2 years and it took me that long to really enjoy hot yoga. I had taken a few heated classes but had only tried a true hot yoga class once. About a month ago Moksha Yoga opened in Minneapolis and they had free classes for a week so I went to three classes and was surprised by how much I liked it. That same week a Groupon was offered for a yoga studio near my house (Yoga Pioneers). I think I paid $40 for an unlimited month, that is a great deal for yoga! Since cashing in my Groupon last Tuesday I have gone to 5 hot yoga classes.
After 5 classes in a little over a week I think I am officially addicted to hot yoga. I understand the order of the poses now, I find myself getting deeper into postures than I ever have before, during final savasana I am able to fully relax my mind and just be in the moment. Quiet and contemplative is very hard for me!
Finding the right yoga studio involves a lot of trial and error, you try a few out and take some classes and figure out which ones work for you. What I evaluate about each studio:
- Cost
- Location
- Parking
- Atmosphere
- Schedule
- Changing area/locker room
- Instructors
- Overall sense of community
In a perfect world I would find a studio that is less than 20 minutes from my house that has free parking, a calm atmosphere with a variety of classes including hot yoga, yoga sculpt, vinyasa, and most importantly be affordable. I have yet to find the perfect studio so I have been attending sculpt and vinyasa classes at the yoga studio that is part of my gym and supplementing with packages from hot yoga studios.
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