Almost like a sauna. Bikram Choudhury runs this yoga school in Beverly Hills and a growing network of hot yoga classes around the country. While traditional yoga puts an emphasis on spirituality, Choudhury claims hot yoga can help all sorts of ailments, from migraines to multiple sclerosis. I fix them. The theory behind hot yoga is that heat increases the body's metabolism.
Circulation improves, internal organs function better, and muscles and joints become more flexible.
Twenty years ago, Jeannie Graber suffered a stroke that left her partially paralyzed. Now she's back on her feet and says hot yoga changed her life. You're much more limber. You can really get in there and get your nerve-muscle connections back much easier when it's hot. Ted Lehrman tried hot yoga after suffering from a chronic back problem.