Hot yoga
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Hot yoga refers to yoga exercises performed under hot and humid conditions. Often associated with the style devised by Bikram Choudhury, hot yoga is now used to describe any number of yoga styles that use heat to increase an individual's flexibility in the poses.[1][2][3] In colder climates, hot yoga often seeks to replicate the heat and humidity of southern India from where many styles of yoga originate.[4] Some forms of hot yoga include:
- Bikram Yoga was brought to the U.S. in the early 70s and became the most widely known form of hot yoga.
- Forrest Yoga combines yoga asana with Native American spirituality to create as a "yoga sweat lodge" in a heated room.[3][5]
- Power Yoga is derived from Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga and uses heat to replicate environmental conditions in Mysore.[6]
- TriBalance Yoga another trademarked form of hot yoga, performed in slightly warmer but less humid conditions than Bikram Yoga.[7]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Different Types of Yoga Today". Discover Yoga Online. http://www.discover-yoga-online.com/different-types-of-yoga.html#Hot_Yoga. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "Hot Yoga". ABC of Yoga. http://www.abc-of-yoga.com/styles-of-yoga/hot-yoga.asp. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Koreans are crazy about Hot Yoga". Korea Health and Body. http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=188725821165170. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ Clark, DPT, Danielle. "What is the Real Buzz behind Hot Yoga and Bikram Yoga?". Boston Sports Medicine. http://bostonsportsmed.blogspot.com/2010/11/what-is-real-buzz-behind-hot-yoga-and.html. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "About Ana T. Forrest". Mossy Knolls. http://www.forrestyoga.com/about/. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "Ashtanga yoga, Power Yoga or Ashtanga vinyasa yoga". Holistic Online. http://www.holisticonline.com/yoga/hol_yoga_poweryoga.htm. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ "Hot Yoga – How Hot Is It?". Namaste Yogacharya. http://namasteyogacharya.com/types-of-yoga/hot-yoga/. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
