People who are keen on yoga practice know that there are high temperature yoga and room temperature yoga, and in recent years high temperature yoga has become more and more popular and is the first choice of most yoga lovers, so what is the difference between high temperature yoga and room temperature yoga?
The difference of practice environment
Normal temperature yoga is usually done indoors or outdoors at room temperature.
High temperature yoga, as the name implies, is yoga performed in a high temperature environment, with a room temperature of about 38 to 42°C.
The difference between the people who practice
Because of the environment, people with high blood pressure, heart disease, cold, fever, and pregnancy are not suitable to practice hot yoga.
The difference of practice purpose
High temperature yoga: practicing high temperature yoga is helpful to physical exercise and health, the biggest role is detoxification, through the temperature and speed practice, the human body sweat several times more than usual, the excess fat in the body through sweat out, play the role of detoxification and fat elimination; practice high temperature yoga can also reduce facial wrinkles, enhance immunity, balance the mind health; furthermore, when practicing high temperature yoga, the internal body tissues and lymph glands are stimulated under high temperature, the natural chemical and hormonal standards of the body are congested and balanced, and the internal and external functions of the body can be regulated.
Normal temperature yoga: practicing normal temperature yoga can accelerate metabolism, remove body waste, increase blood circulation in the body, make body tissues fully repaired, promote endocrine according to balance, relieve insomnia, headache, back, neck pain, joint pain, make body and mind become soothing and calm.
The difference of movement choreography
Hot yoga: The movements of hot yoga are the basic fixed 26 postures, each practice must follow the sequence, through some twisting and bending stretching movements, directly stimulate the nerve and muscle system.
Normal temperature yoga: Normal temperature yoga has more variations of postures, and the postures can be freely combined under the premise of conforming to the principle of bodily functions, and the content of each practice is not the same.
The difference of breathing style
High temperature yoga requires more oxygen supply in practice, and needs to maintain the balance of oxygen in the body with the help of breath regulation. In the process of practice, we should pay attention to matching breathing, using nose exhalation and exhalation to accelerate metabolism.
In normal temperature yoga, there are more types of breath adjustments and more variations, and the breathing style is adjusted according to the changes in the movements.
The difference of hydration
When practicing hot yoga, the body will lose a lot of sweat, so you should pay attention to replenish water at any time during the practice to prevent the body from being dehydrated.
In normal temperature yoga, the sweat is less, so you don't need to hydrate a lot.
