Why Londoners Are Falling in Love With Sweat!

You might be wondering how anyone could possibly be persuaded to sweat through 90 minutes of yoga at 40°C… and then voluntarily return weekly, or even daily, for more?

Londoners are discovering, along with millions of other yogis worldwide, the many benefits of the 26-pose Bikram yoga sequence, which is completed in a heated room at around 60% humidity.

Hot Bikram Yoga, with its studios in Balham, London Bridge and Fulham, has become one of London’s hot spots (literally!) for experiencing the total mind and body workout. Be warned, it’s addictive.

Founded by Bikram Choudhury in the 1970s, each pose has been crafted to work specific parts of your body to provide a full-body workout. The heat is designed to warm up the body, which allows you to safely achieve a greater stretch. As well as improving posture, easing back pain, increasing flexibility, energy levels, and releasing stress and tension, HBY also flushes out the toxins that build up in the bodies of city-dwellers!

Whilst the first class is very challenging, HBY assures that this practice is for everyone, from beginners right through to expert yogis. Attempting each pose with determination ensures that a sense of great achievement is felt during the final relaxation pose, or ‘savasana’. HBY’s teachers, all trained by Bikram himself, encourage beginners to pace themselves and focus on simply adjusting to the heat.

By combining strength, flexibility and balance, HBY is a fantastic form of cardiovascular exercise, and practising regularly will assist with weight loss. With all these benefits, it’s no wonder Bikram yoga is London’s hottest obsession.

As well as feeling an immense level of personal satisfaction upon completion… your skin will literally glow.

Want to experience the HBY challenge and find out why you should #loveyoursweat? Visit www.hotbikramyoga.co.uk

Hot Bikram Yoga offer beginners an Introductory Pass, which for £35 entitles you to attend an unlimited number of classes in 20 consecutive days at any of their studios (see website for full T&C). They also offer Beginner Workshops for enhancing your understanding of the practice.

HBY Locations: Balham, London Bridge, Fulham