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4 Reasons To Try Hot Yoga

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Marissa LeBlanc
Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Hillary Coombs
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bryant chapter.

 

Hot yoga (also known as Bikram Yoga) is becoming more and more popular.  What is it?  Bikram yoga is a type of yoga which is practiced in a 105 degree room for 90-minutes with about 26 different positions and two breathing exercises. A mouthful. The humidity in the room reaches about 40%, so sweating is inevitable. Since it is becoming the new craze we figured we’d throw some of the benefits to you. Go out there and try it! The closest classes near Bryant seem to be in Providence over at Boiler House Bikram Yoga!

1. Detox: Without a doubt, you will SWEAT, SWEAT, and SWEAT! Sweating profusely allows you to burn more fat. Each session is about 60-90 minutes, so people usually burn 500 to 1,000 calories!

 

2. Flexibility: With all of the stretching and movements, there is no doubt that Bikram allows one to become more flexible.

 

3. Skin and Beauty: Perspiration is a secret weapon for keeping our skin looking its best. Sweating opens up and unclogs our pores, which can help with trouble areas on your face and can keep your skin glowing!

 

4. Stress Management: We’re all busy with school, work, and a social life, so how do you deal with stress? During Bikram, you forget about literally everything, besides the movements and the heat! You become so focused on maintaining the correct pose and the sweat dripping down your entire body, so there is no time to think about those upcoming tests and projects.

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Marissa is a sophomore at Bryant University majoring in management and minoring in psychology. She is the Social Media chair at HC, which she absolutely loves! Her favorite past times are baking (esp. chocolate covered pretzels) and exercising. Marissa hopes to work for a large corporation when she graduates in May 2016.
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Hillary Coombs is a junior at Bryant University studying International Business and Marketing minoring in Chinese and Spanish. She works during the summers at Westminster Tool blogging and updating all social media accounts as well as interning in the International Affairs office. During the fall of 2012, Hillary studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain where she held a marketing internship and perfected her Spanish language. At Bryant, she works in the Office of Planning and Institutional Research gathering crucial university data and presenting it through documents to the President, Deans, and other faculty members of Bryant University. Aside from working and studying Hillary is a member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority and Omicorn Delta Kappa. Hillary finds peace of mind staying active and running in local 5K races.