I've noticed that I eat less, and I'm more conscious of what I eat. I've done away with the sweet and salty snacks that I used to rely on in the late evenings. I also fill up faster. My stomach doesn't have to work so hard to digest. Less eating also means fewer calories.



My digestion has always been slow, meaning that it takes its sweet time. This sometimes leads to unwanted pounds, no matter what I try. I read that hot yoga helps increase pitta, and that decreases the kapha affects on my digestion. Proper bowel movement is sure to help burn more calories.

Another answer I have for why I do yoga is for stress relief. Modern times can be very stressful. It seems like the pace of day-to-day life is accelerating. Dealing with your job, your kids, the phone calls, the crazy schedules, it all adds up to a lot of stress. The meditation involved in yoga truly allows you to focus and unwind. I find yoga to be a great balance to pilates memphis all the stress in my routine. And as you know it's been proven that increased amounts of stress leads to health risks such as heart attack and strokes. So anything you can do to reduce your level of stress is worth its weight in gold.

If you're like me and plan on saving your stretching to after your weight routine, you won't stretch very much. But, when I incorporate stretching into my weight routine, I get 10 to 15 excellent stretches that covers my entire body and all the main yoga moves.

#1 Good mind body haus mats are slip resistant. Meaning that whenever you sweat like crazy (whether or not your doing hot yoga), your still suppose to be able to stop yourself from sliding. If you have an old, cheap mat then this probably isn't the case. You probably start your session out OK, but by the time your half way through your mat is soaked and your sliding across the room ( a slight exaggeration).

Some of the hot yoga mats out there have a bumpy texture. This can greatly reduce the amount of slipping and sliding you do. Some even have an adhesive type texture that is great for staying stable. You probably wouldn't care for the adhesive texture during normal yoga, it's mainly for helping with a lot of perspiration.

This brings me to the somewhat tricky part writing about the Tony Horton's 10-minute workout "10-Minute Trainer" and it's "yoga flex" program. My favorite yoga program bar none is the P90X "yoga x" workout. If you haven't done P90X or another Beachbody program before, you probably will have no clue what I am talking about when I bring up the "yoga controversy".