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The Benefits of Hot Yoga for Students

When you visit our yoga studio, you get to experience all of yoga’s benefits that shape your mind and body. For some students, it’s easy to let your health take a back seat to other things in life. Between a lack of sleep, demanding hours, and poor diet, your body may not be at its best physical and mental state. Practicing hot yoga can result in positive changes that not only make you feel better physically but also emotionally. Read on to learn just some of the benefits of hot yoga for students.

Decrease Stress

If you’re a student, it is not uncommon to feel stressed and anxious. From upcoming tests, presentations, and the stress of being away from home, there are many things that can make you less relaxed than usual. When you experience chronic stress, the endocrine system may release excess cortisol. This hormone can reduce endurance, affect the production of various hormones, influence your mood and impact the functionality of the thyroid. Numerous reports have suggested that yoga can decrease the production of cortisol, and according to certain surveys, just one yoga class may significantly reduce stress for more than two weeks.

Get Rid of Environmental Toxins

When you’re in a hot yoga class, the exercises and high temperature will likely make you sweat. When you sweat, your body is eliminating numerous environmental toxins that accumulate in your cells. Consequently, yoga classes can strengthen your immune system, augment nutrient levels, and decrease the effects of toxins that could induce inflammation. This offers a healthy way to get rid of a late night of drinking or eating unhealthy dining hall food.

Help Your Posture and Spine

When you’re in school, you likely don’t realize that long days or nights sitting at the computer or in a desk can damage your posture. Various surveys have indicated that yoga classes can substantially improve posture, and yoga could considerably decrease the risk of herniated discs. Additionally, the exercises may significantly thicken the lumbar, which is a muscle that is situated in the lower section of the back.

Take Care of Your Joints

You may think that your body can do anything now, but that might change as you get older. When the cartilage of the joints becomes relatively thin, you may experience chronic soreness, stiffness and degenerative conditions that can hurt your mobility. When you practice hot yoga, the high temperature helps get joint fluid flowing and the heat can loosen stiff joints like your hands, knees, and ankles. Additionally, yoga may help increase the density of the cartilage, and multiple surveys have indicated that yoga can reduce the risk of arthritis by more than 35 percent.

Form Social Bonds

When you visit The Hot Yoga Spot, you'll be surrounded by people who share similar interests and values. Numerous studies have shown that social bonds can increase levels of norepinephrine, improve critical thinking, and reduce the cognitive effects of various challenges that many students experience.

Get A Good Sweat

Last but not least, hot yoga is a terrific form of exercise, and can help you build strength, increase flexibility, all while providing stress relief. Hot Yoga is also more aerobic than other forms of yoga, which provides cardiovascular benefits. Whether you’re starting a new fitness routine, or looking for something that works with your class schedule, Hot Yoga can provide a great workout when you’re ready for a good sweat.

Visit Our Yoga Studio and Explore Our Classes

At The Hot Yoga Spot, we offer 200 classes each week between all of our locations, held by 50 skilled instructors. If you have any questions about our yoga classes, view our locations’ schedules, check out our amenities, and read our blog to see all that The Hot Yoga Spot has to offer. Start your next semester off right with a student membership to the Hot Yoga Spot!