And really, it isn't as hot as she had imagined. Yes, the room temperature hovers around 100 degrees, but Girlawhirl, who always loves a good steam or sauna, really doesn't seem to mind. A series of 26 postures are held twice, and while she follows the teacher's careful instructions for entering and exiting the poses, they are in fact, static, so there's none of the ‘flowing' from one pose to another that was tripping her up in other forms of yoga.

The only downside is the accumulation of soaking wet towels in her hamper and the extra laundry. By the time she gets around to it, she's faced with a pile of some still slightly damp towels and others that are dry but not so nice smelling. Her usual detergent wasn't doing the trick so she had to find something that packed a little more punch.