My First Experience with Hot Yoga

Friday I had a regular doctor checkup and I found out I had gained weight. Only 3 lbs but it still spooked me a little bit. The main reason it scared me was because I was basically eating vegetables and fruit since I moved in with my dad. So I decided to try out the local hot yoga studio that I've had my eye on for a while.

I was supposed to go to the 8am class on Saturday and that didn't really work out haha. I woke up at 8:10. But I knew there were was another class at noon. That one was Vinyasa though so it was a little faster than the regular class. I had never done yoga before so this was actually my first yoga class ever.

I brought a large bath towel and a small hand towel. I wore a pair of my Moving Comfort mostly cotton spandex shorts, a tank and my sports bra. I walked in and since it was my first time there I got a special discount, $25 for the first week. I had to rent a yoga mat ($2) also because I couldn't find my little brother's.

Well they don't call it hot yoga for nothing I walked into the room and it was muggy and 110 degrees. Everyone was sitting or laying on their mats getting used to the heat and relaxing so I followed along.

It wasn't as fast as I thought it would be. The instructor was really nice and I didn't catch her name (of course.) There was music on and the instructor began by talking us through our breathing.  The instructor helped me re-align on one of the first moves and I didn't get embarrassed at all.

I had problems only during one pose which was (I think) called Chatarunga which was essentially a push up. And the first one I actually fell down on my chest haha. I just laughed it off and kept going. I definitely sweated a lot. Sweat was dripping off my face, arms, legs, and my shirt was soaked through by the time the class was done. I was definitely glad I brought the large bath mat because I started to feel bad about dripping onto the rented mat. And the hand towel was perfect for wiping off the sweat that was effecting my poses and the sweat on my face.

I'm surprised but not once did I feel silly or uncomfortable. Sunday, I was extremely sore in my upper body and the muscles right behind my knees. I have a class later today and I'm really excited to get back to it.