As part of marathon training, I’m trying to be more vigilant about stretching and cross training. I really need to make yoga a regular thing. But sometimes I get in the habit of tossing it aside when I’ve already done my workout for the day and would rather stay on the couch instead of go to the gym.
I decided to try a new-to-me yoga studio in Albany, the Hot Yoga Spot! I did like my other studio, the Good Karma Studio, but I wanted to try something different and heard good things about Hot Yoga Spot. They have a wider range of classes that work better with my schedule, also.
I decided to go all out and take the Bikram-inspired class with Bethany. She used to teach at Good Karma and I loved her classes there, so I knew it’d be a great one.
The last time I took a real Bikram class in a super hot studio was over two years ago in Saratoga. This class was very similar to that and just as hot!
The room was a hot 104 degrees and I was sweating buckets. A few times I felt light headed so I just sat down on my mat for a bit until I could get back into the pose. I left feeling great though. I love how the heat and stretching makes my legs feel when I leave–so fresh!
The class was very crowded. I was really taken by surprise since my other studio would have like two or three people in the evening classes…I guess this studio is more popular! I can’t wait to try some other classes.
I love the hot yoga spot! Their schedule works so much better for me. Let me know the next time you go – maybe I’ll join you!
(The classes are much quieter when college is on break too, btw. I think their proximity to the SUNY campus attracts a ton of students)
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I noticed that–I felt really old. LOL.
I’ve been getting into yoga lately too. I bought a Living Social deal a while back for a hot yoga studio, and went a few times (but not enough to make it worthwhile, unfortunately).
We did find a free local yoga class though, and have only been once, but I want to get into going more frequently. Can’t beat a free class.
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I’m so glad you liked it! I really like the flow classes or the core fusion classes, they’re taught at 90 degrees I think, but I’m always sweating my butt off still. I’ve done bikram once with Bethany and definitely would go to another class with you
I’ve done a few of the barre classes too, and they’re not traditional yoga, but they mix either the barre or weights with yoga and they’re a great workout too!
I was just looking at that schedule–I’d like to try Barre too! You should go with me!
Yes, definitely! This week is a bit crazy for me (I have a bunch of appointments and I’m visiting family over the weekend) but lets talk over the weekend and find a class to go to next week
I love hot yoga! Unfortunately the place I used to go every weekend closed down a few years back and there aren’t many studios here offering hot yoga.
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oh no! where do you live?
I’ve never tried hot yoga. Does the class focus more on standing and hip opener type poses?
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the first half of the class was standing–the second half was on the mat. you can see a run down of the poses on the page for bikram yoga:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikram_Yoga
but i bet the other flow classes are different and are more of the vinyasa type.
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