hot yoga

Today was my first day of hot yoga. Warning, if gross sweatyness talk makes you queasy, you might want to skip this.

I had prepared myself for it. I wore short shorts and a pretty form fitting shirt. Brought my mat and towel. Drank tons of water...you know all the things I was supposed to do.

I've had some hard work outs before. I've sweated a lot when working out before. This was 10 times more than anything else I've ever done.

My whole body was sweating. My hands, my knees, legs, MY EVERYTHING was soaking wet. I was so sweaty that it was hard to grip my feet, legs, etc. In the middle of the workout, my stomach started growling as if I hadn't eaten all day long. There were a few times I just wanted to lay on my mat in the corpse pose and not move at all. If it got to be too much, I would just stand there and wipe the sweat off and drink some water. Did I mention I was sweating a lot? I was in a room around 100 degrees, with 40% humidity. By the time it was over and the instructor dropped the cold cloth on you to cool you down, you really felt like that was what you came for. 75 minutes of grueling hot yoga all for a cold cloth soaked in lavendar scented water.

But you know what? It really was awesome. I bought a whole month unlimited. Hopefully this is what I need to get the extra weight off and to lower this damn blood pressure and get off the medication!

If anyone wants to join me, you can go for free by printing out the coupon from www.thenashvillefaxline.com and clicking rivergate/madison.

The place is called The Hot Yoga House and it's close to Rivergate Mall. When I came in, the instructor knew me right away since she had added me to facebook last night. I think it's always nice for someone to know your name and not just treat you like another person through the door paying your paycheck.