Warm yoga?

Question

Hi ladies
So prior to getting pregnant I was doing hot yoga regularly and loved how it made me feel! I stopped doing it since getting preggo and am 18 weeks, but found a place that offers warm yoga at about 75 degrees. Anyone have experience with doing a warm yoga class I don’t want to put baby at risk but also feel it will help and it’s not as hot. Any input or thoughts?

Answer

I’ve been going to a studio that’s heated to 85 and am 18 weeks now. Hasn’t been an issue. I make sure the teacher knows I’m pregnant, and take lots of breaks if I start to feel off or tired at all. When that happens, I think it’s just blood pressure from the head going up and down, and actually not from the heat at all. I just make sure to take it easy, I actually barely sweat, and still go through a whole water bottle during class.

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75 degrees is acceptable for a home's temperature, I'm sure it's safe. My dr wasn't crazy about me doing hot yoga (same concept as a jacuzzi) but 75 degrees is reasonable.

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I was an avid hot yogi practicing 1-2 hours a day for the last 8 years. I continued my practice up to 11 weeks, including bikram and hot power, with my doctors support and no issues. I would take my temperature 3 times during classes and never saw it get above 99.3. It also always dropped back below 98.6 within 2 minutes of leaving the room. A lot of that has to do with my body’s tolerance to the environment, but if you’ve been practicing before then you have that as well. At 11 weeks my blood pressure dropped and I found the heat in the studio (and out, I live in south Florida) exacerbated the issue, so I’ve been on a hiatus for the past 8.5 weeks and will probably wait to resume until after birth now. That said, warm yoga is great. I can’t see any reason why you wouldn’t be able to do it. Yoga during pregnancy is amazing. I’m still practicing at home but I definitely miss my heat!!

Warm yoga?

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