My workout buddies (Kelly and Kamia) got me totally hooked on hot yoga earlier this year. It's AMAZING... you sweat like crazy and leave feeling totally energized. The room is about 100 degrees and 50% humidity. I'm not going to lie, the place does get a bit funky... but honestly... you don't notice the stink of the room after 5 minutes.

I have become crazy flexible since practicing yoga. Just this weekend... I was doing some stretches when I woke up and I touched my forehead to my knees with absolutely no effort whatsoever! This is totally because of the work we do in hot yoga. I can now balance a lot better too... during stretches in bootcamp... I used to place my hand on Devin's shoulder to balance on one foot... now I can even bend forward and balance on one foot like a dancer because of yoga (though I'm not as graceful).

The hot yoga studio that I attend (www.mokshayogahalifax.com) announced they have 3 new instructors that just finished their training in India. The yoga studio is offering practice teaching classes for $5 to help these new yogies to get some experience with students. Since the drop-in rate is $16/class... $5/class is a sweet deal (even if it's with newbies instructing)!

You can be assured... this yogi bear is totally trying to figure out how to squeeze every possible class in that I can at $5 (well within reason... I do have to work too).

Here is the practice class schedule:

Tuesday, April 7th: 8am (60 mins) Megan
Tuesday, April 7th: 2pm (90 mins) Andi
Wednesday, April 8th: 8am (60 mins) Uriel
Wednesday, April 8th: 2pm (90 mins) Andi
Thursday, April 9th: 1:30pm (60 mins) Uriel
Thursday, April 9th: 3pm (60 mins) Megan
Monday, April 13th: 8am (60 mins) Andi
Monday, April 13th: 2pm (90 mins) Megan
Tuesday, April 14th: 8am (60 mins) Andi
Tuesday, April 14th: 2pm (90 mins) Megan
Wednesday, April 15th: 8am (60 mins) Andi
Wednesday, April 15th: 2pm (90 mins) Megan
Thursday, April 16th: 1:30pm (60 mins) Uriel
Thursday, April 16th: 3pm (60 mins) Megan
Friday, April 17th: 8am (60 mins) Uriel
Friday, April 17th: 2pm (90 mins) Andi

If you want to try hot yoga in Bedford, Gina knows of a great hot yoga studio out there too... just touch base with her... but they don't have the $5/class deal!

FYI... hot yoga is FABULOUS for weight loss!