I have been to 6 different studios now. If I’m travelling I drop in somewhere.
There is one bit of feedback I have for this community as a whole. There are a lot of things wrong with an above average heat index when the air is still. There are fewer things wrong with a moderate heat index and a generous amount of air movement.
People have all different kinds of metabolisms. Personally, I leak like a faucet onto my towel from the end of that first set of half moon. My heart rate continues to climb all through the standing & balancing series, and if I’m trying too hard to keep up I can’t catch my breath. Even at my home studio, luxurious enough to offer a gradient of heat from one side of the studio to the other, I have to be careful about heat exhaustion.
At studios that run 105F/50%, and keep fans off until the middle of balancing series – someone simply loses access to bikram yoga. Even among accustomed veterans. I truly do understand the desire to challenge advanced members. The cost should be carefully considered.
I have found these kinds of rooms a few times. Each time it startled me a bit and made me wonder why. I can explain the benefit of the heat, so I keep coming back. Turning up the humidity and shutting off the air circulation for more challenge poses real health hazards for some people, and diminishes the practice for others.
