most people think that yoga is all about stretching. while stretching is indeed a large part of yoga, it is also about creating balance in the body through strength and flexibility, and creating peace in the mind by forcing the person to concentrate on each pose. hot yoga is seen as more challenging compared to other forms of yoga, mostly because it's performed in a studio that is heated up to 40 degrees celsius and with a high level of humidity. it may be a struggle at first to remain in the heated room for the full class, but it gets easier over time.
while many yoga studios offer some form of hot yoga, the most popular is bikram yoga, named forits founder bikram choudhury. each bikram yoga class lasts 90 minutes and consists of 26 different poses. it is believed that doing yoga in a heated and humid room helps a person to stretch deeper and helps to prevent iniuries. choudhury also claims that sweating will help cleanse the body of toxins and keep the internal organs in good health.