Some like it hot (yoga)

Several of my friends have been trying to get me to try this "hot" yoga. While I do enjoy yoga 1-2 times a week, I've never had the urge to try yoga in a sauna-type environment. Well, until today. After two friends, Laura and Leona, mentioned it on two separate occasions, I decided - heck, why not. Thankfully both were in attendance. The studio was really nice and the yoga room is fairly large with wood floors and two mirrored walls. I was told to bring a beach towel, which I put over my mat. The room is heated to 85-90 degrees and three heat lamps were at the front of the room. Laura and I joked that we felt like we were in an oven. About 10 minutes in there is sweat everywhere and in every down dog the sweat slides down your arms and streams down your face and steadily drip-drip-drips off the tip of your nose. It was pretty intense, with a lot of triceps work and since mine aren't exactly the strongest, we'll see how that feels tomorrow. I was complete soaked afterwards, but it was more enjoyable than the soaked feeling I experienced after the 10 miles on Saturday morning. I'd give it an A+.