What are the taboos of hot yoga?

As the name suggests, hot yoga is to do yoga in a relatively high temperature environment. Yoga itself is a very flexible sport, especially suitable for white-collar workers who often work in offices. If you sweat during exercise, it can also eliminate toxins from the body. Hot yoga is more suitable for people who have just started to learn yoga, but the time should not be too long. So what are the taboos of hot yoga? Let’s take a look together below!

1. Both high temperature and ventilation are required.

Hot yoga has very high requirements for air. When creating a hot yoga environment at home, the indoor air should be kept well circulated, because the high temperature environment will cause the human body to sweat profusely. If the ventilation is not good, the human body will easily become dehydrated. It is best to turn on an air humidifier and exercise in a high temperature, high humidity and well-ventilated environment.

2. Do warm-up exercises before practicing.

Doing some small stretching and twisting first can increase the elasticity of muscles, ligaments and tendons to prevent muscle and ligament strain caused by sudden movement. If you feel dizzy, nauseous or other discomfort during the exercise, you should stop immediately, go to a normal temperature environment, and rest in a place with good air circulation.

3. Do your hydration work properly.

Hot yoga will make people sweat a lot. A normal person can consume one liter of water in one hour of practice. If you don’t drink enough water, your body will feel very uncomfortable and may even cause dehydration and coma. You should drink a large glass of water before your practice and stay hydrated during your practice. Do not drink a lot of water after doing hot yoga, because the heart is under heavy burden at this time, which may cause insufficient blood supply to some organs. Drinking a lot of water will undoubtedly increase the burden on the stomach.

4. Please avoid the inappropriate crowd.

Practicing hot yoga actually requires a high level of physical condition, so people in special physical conditions are advised not to force themselves to practice it. For example, pregnant women, or people with particularly weak constitutions or those who have just recovered from a serious illness are not suitable for practicing it. People with low or high blood pressure or heart disease should not practice, so as not to be able to withstand the high temperature stimulation.

The above introduces some of the taboos of hot yoga. Although hot yoga can lose weight, detoxify, promote sleep and other effects, people who can practice hot yoga are relatively healthy people. People with serious diseases such as heart disease and high blood pressure cannot exercise. Some pregnant women cannot do hot yoga exercises.