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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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Hot Yoga is the perfect lifetime fitness program and totally different from any other kind of exercise. Hot Yoga, a style of Hatha Yoga, is the physical form of yoga designed to bring balance and well-being into your life. Our Hot Yoga is built on many of the poses and
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Honor your Studio, your Teachers and your Fellow Students     Please try to arrive at least 10 minutes prior to the start of class giving you time to prepare for class and set up in the room.   Front row students are responsible for setting the visual example for everyone in the room. Honor your
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Does your mind ever go totally blank when the instructor asks you to set an intention for the class? Does it make you feel a little stressed before the asana part of class even starts?

Setting an intention before and during your practice can be a very powerful tool in keeping you present and
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As featured in the Ahwatukee Foothills News

Click on the link below to read the Business Q & A with Hot Yoga Ahwatukee Owner/Director Sandra Lassiter and the two Co-Directors Helena Whitney and Karen Strauss.

http://www.ahwatukee.com/news/business/article_7d089c7c-c754-11df-a953-001cc4c03286.html

Drink before, during and after your Hot Yoga class

Did you know that coconut water has 15 times more potassium than that found in other sport drinks? It’s also naturally loaded with the five key electrolytes: potassium, magnesium, phosphorous, sodium and calcium. It’s what you need to stay hydrated. Coconut water is 100%
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