07/23/2026
Hot yoga isn’t wrong for everyone, but it’s not right for most people either.
I talk to women all the time who are doing this, women in my own circle, genuinely believing they’re doing something healthy for themselves. I was one of them. Years of hot yoga and fast paced power classes, certain it was helping, while actually feeling more depleted, not less.
Your nervous system doesn’t separate the stress of a hard day from the stress of a heated, high intensity class. It reads both as demand. The research on recovery backs that up directly.
I wrote about what’s actually happening physiologically, and why I brought Ashtanga to Sanctuary as a real alternative. Real intensity, real challenge, without the tax on your system.
Link to read the full piece below.