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Endurance is a physical and mental discipline. When practiced consistently, both hot yoga and running offer the powerful reward of endurance. In a recent study it was found that over 7.2 million Americans are active runners and over 20 million practice yoga. The same study found that people who practice one activity have started
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Ever notice when you are working out, or especially when you are in the hot yoga room, your sweat smells, tastes or feels a certain way?

Sweating is a natural function of the human body, and is very important to the body health. The first function is to cool
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Set Your Gaze. Focus Your Mind. Discover Your Balance.

As we all know, where the eyes are directed, our attention follows. When our gaze wanders, so do our thoughts, and we become distracted. This is why control and focus are fundamental principles in yoga. When we can calm the mind and become centered
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It’s officially summer and time to put serious thought into your daily hydration routine. Proper hydration is extremely important in dry climates like Arizona and especially during the hottest months of the year.

On a daily basis, it is recommended that you drink half your body weight in ounces of water to stay properly
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Have You Lost Your MIND?  This is typically the reaction I get from non-yogis when I shared my passion for HOT yoga in the summertime. 

Believe me, I was more surprised than anyone when HYA opened last year and I had the opportunity to practice in my beloved Ahwatukee community in the
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Earth Day is Friday, April 22nd. Did you know that Hot Yoga Ahwatukee made a conscious decision NOT to sell bottled water? Plastic bottles are a major source of landfill waste – at Hot Yoga Ahwatukee we have a filtered water station for everyone, it’s part of your membership and part of our commitment
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A Gesture as well as a Word

The final word the teacher speaks to their students before leaving the yoga room is “Namaste“. Namaste is both a word as well as a gesture and can be used together or individually to convey the same meaning.

Namaste is used as a respectful greeting and also
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The yoga room is intentionally heated and humidified to create a healing environment for your body. Once you step into the yoga room, you will immediately begin to feel the benefits.

The heat facilitates improved flexibility by warming your muscles and allowing for a full range of motion in muscles, joints and ligaments. The
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Flow, also known as Vinyasa, is incorporated into both the Hot Yoga and Hot Flow classes.

In the Hot Yoga class, we begin warming up the body by doing Sun Salutations and Moon Salutations. These sequences link High plank, Chaturanga push up, Upward Facing Dog and Downward Facing Dog into a continuous flow style.

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Help Save the Planet, Buy a Reuseable Water Bottle

Did you Know?

Americans buy an estimated 29.8 billion plastic water bottles every year.

Nearly 90% of plastic water bottles are not recycled and wind up in landfills where it takes thousands of years for the plastic to decompose.  

Recycling a single plastic bottle can
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