In the ten years before the pandemic began, I was regular practitioner of hot yoga. When I first began, the studio offered only ninety-minute classes conducted in a room that was 105 degrees—or more—with 40% humidity, designed to produce maximum...
You Are a Beast
Until the pandemic began, I practiced hot yoga for almost a decade. One day after class a young woman who had been practicing near me approached me in the locker room. She leaned toward me and brought her face close to mine. “You are a beast,”...