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“And I feel the best I have felt in years. I was absolutely drenched in sweat, and struggling through really anxious thoughts at first, but the farther in I got, the more proud I felt that I was actually accomplishing something I’ve always wanted to try. My body feels strong and revived, my head feels way more calm and clear, and I feel so much more at peace. Life has been hard lately, but tonight changed something in me.”

“The woman at the desk, who turned out was our instructor, asked if I’d done hot yoga before. I said ‘no’ she then told me I could modify postures as I needed and to take it easy the first time and that if I felt too hot to simply lay down and not leave the room. “It’s only 99 F in there anyway but Community Classes are more difficult than our beginner class.” All I could think was that just because I’d never done this kind of yoga before didn’t mean I was a beginner. Oh my poor ego. As we hung up our bags in the palatial-sized, slate-lined change room I kept thinking. “Shit, this is posh yoga.” [...] We went in to pick our spots. Little black L shaped marks indicated where to place your mat. I was struck by how close they expected us to be. In my classes at local gyms we had several feet of space between us, this was …well…it felt like a cattle corral, packed in tight.”