Twisting poses in yoga can detox your body!

According to B.K.S. Iyengar, who described their “squeeze-and-soak” action during a twist, the abdominal organs are compressed, which pushes out toxin-filled blood. When you release the twist, fresh oxygenated blood flows into the organs, which is thought to aid in tissue healing and cleansing.

Forward bends, Twisted Chair, Supine twists.

With heat you get double of the benefits.

While most Yoga postures focus on stretching and compressing the body, encouraging the flow and good function of the waste removal departments in the body. These toxins include carbon dioxide, lactic acid and lymphatic fluid. With Hot Yoga, sweat is another way that toxins are released from the body’s pores. In this process your skin converts toxins from fats into simpler and water-soluble compounds, which are released through this excreted liquid. Ammonia, urea, sugar and salts, are among these unwanted contaminants.

Here at Hot Yoga Joy of Lake Stevens we use INFRARED HEATERS to increase the benefits of Hot Yoga.

Far Infrared (FIR) is a form of energy that is contained within both the Sun and all living creatures.

Heating is good for the body especially in ridding infection and the beneficial effects of saunas are well known, but by using a infrared heat you get the added benefits of increased energy production by cells, increasing collagen and elastin production by the skin, increased circulation, burn calories and fat, increase muscle relaxation, speed injury recovery, boost metabolism, and the detoxifying release of heavy metals stored in the body's fat cells.