#HealthBytes: Here's how hot yoga is different from regular yoga

There are various yoga asanas that help in losing weight.

When these asanas are performed at a high temperature, the heart rate is elevated and there is a spike in the metabolic rate of the body.

Any kind of exercise that increases the heart rate will help burn calories and promote weight loss.

Hence, hot yoga is a better cardio workout than traditional yoga.

Warmer temperatures help the muscles stretch and flex better.

The range of motions increases with each pose when performed at a warmer temperature and the muscles stretch better, resulting in better workouts of all the muscles.

Yoga is all about stretching, and performing the asanas at warmer temperatures yields better results than when done at a normal room temperature.

While you might think that working out at a higher temperature can make your breathing stressful, in reality, hot yoga helps increase lung capacity.

Taking deep breaths while performing hot yoga forces the lungs to work more and expand beyond their usual capacity.

This allows more oxygen to enter the bloodstream and hence leads to an increase in circulation.

One of the many benefits of hot yoga is that it helps in detoxifying the body.

Intense physical activity coupled with high temperature increases the amount of sweat produced by the body and helps to get rid of some toxins.

The detoxifying organs like the liver and kidneys also function better and drinking water before the sessions will ensure that these organs function efficiently.