ホットヨガ レポート

ホットヨガ、あまりにも気持ちよかったんでレポートにしました。このビデオ見たいな感じでした。一度だけやったパワーヨガとも全然違いました。



I had heard a lot of good things about hot yoga and finally I went there to see what it was like. Hot yoga is not just yoga. It’s yoga in a very hot room. Since I had no idea which school was good, I picked one near downtown Wonderland which had class times that were convenient to me. It was a rainy day. I brought water and a full-size towel along with a t-shirt and shorts to the yoga class. While signing up in the reception area, I saw a mostly naked man who was wearing just a pair of shorts sitting behind me. Wondering what was going on with this guy, I entered the yoga room. Soon, I realized why the man was almost naked. It was extremely hot and humid! In the room, several heaters were running full blast. I immediately took off my t-shirt too. Even with hardly any clothing on, I was sweating. Later, I read that it was more than 100 degrees. I attended this class on a weekday around 2:30pm. Because of the time and location, there were not many people present. There were around 10 people in total, 7 females and 3 males. They mostly seemed to be in their 40’s and 50’s. They also seemed to be kind of affluent, yuppie-type people. The room was dark and no music was playing. Before class, everyone was lying on a yoga mat in the dark room, so I did that too. On the previous day, I had done some strenuous exercise, so only lying on a mat was no problem for me. It was a very strange feeling. People are used to an environment being bright and hot, but this room was dark and hot. Here is what I understand about hot yoga. Yoga originated from the country of India, where it is very hot all year round. If you learn yoga in a manner similar to the environment of India, you will be able to learn yoga more efficiently. It seems somewhat plausible to me.