I Did Hot Yoga

"Okay so there's this hot yoga class I've been wanting to try..." my friend Maddie had texted my friend Danielle and myself. 

 Originally we had just planned on getting ice cream at our favorite place in O'Fallon and talking in Danielle's car like we did so many nights in high school. Obviously with this text it was a simple yes or no. I could've easily said no and we could have been on our way to Baskin Robbins. However, this class kind of intrigued me so I said yes.

 The cost? $7 for the class itself and $2 for a yoga mat rental. When we walked into the place, though, everyone looked like a Barbie doll in their sports bras and highwaisted yoga pants. So I definitely felt out of place.
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Upon walking into the workout room, it was already super hot. "How much hotter could it get?" I asked myself-- surely not much more (I was wrong, the room ended up being 99 degrees). Throughout the class I thought about how much I hated it but also how much I loved it. I have never sweated that much in my life, and I have been in my fair share of workout classes, Crossfit sessions, and triathlon practices during the hot Missouri summers. 

 The class encompassed all levels of yoga. Some people had much more experience, while others like myself had no experience. The instructor made it clear to do what you could handle and that it was okay to take a break at any time.

The instructor broke the class up into parts: the warm up, the cardio-intense portion where sections 1 and 3 were "upbeat/challenging" and the 2 and 4 were "cool down/breaks", the core section and finally the stretching at the end. Before we left, the instructor gave everyone a super cold lavender towel to place on our foreheads and mediate for a few minutes. 

 I never really knew how to feel about yoga, but this was a really positive experience. The class challenged me, it was a new and fresh addition to my workout routine. My only fear came afterwards when I thought about how the trigger for my migraines is dehydration so I made sure to drink A LOT of water when I got home and this morning I woke up just fine.

 Looking at the class overall I would definitely say I would do hot yoga again. I probably wouldn't go every week but if someone wanted to go again in a few weeks I would consider it.

 Until next time,
Taylor xx

 PS: We still got our ice cream afterwards which may be counterintuitive but it tasted beautiful.
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