Hot Yoga With Joe

Hot Yoga with Joe is so peaceful, non-​threatening and low key, yet it IS a workout and it does allow you to challenge yourself, but at your own pace. It’s a great destination for your day, a friendly and easy place to go. It’s warm, too! it’s a bridge to your future self, your future more healthy body.

I bought a Groupon for hot yoga with Joe and was looking forward to going. I went for the first time on a Sunday. I enjoyed the smell of tea tree oil and the crystals laid throughout the lobby.
The class was good but not as rigorous as I would’ve liked since it was the only exercise I planned on doing that day, but all in all I had a great time and will be going back.

Having done traditional yoga for many years, I’ve come to really love hot yoga! Yoga has this amazing ability to strengthen while relaxing the body, and adding the extra heat makes it that much better.
Hot Yoga with Joe is not Bikram yoga, and thank god it’s not! In my humble opinion, the strict nature of the Bikram style hinders the very ideals of yoga. At Hot Yoga with Joe it’s more of a moving meditation where you are encouraged to be relaxed and do what feels right for your body. After all, you know it best — so you’ll naturally push yourself when you feel like it’s right — you probably don’t need someone publicly forcing you. If it’s your first time (or even your hundredth time), and you get too hot — that’s cool (ou, a play on words!), just take a big gulp of water that you brought into class with you, and start back up when you’re ready. Keep calm and carry on.
This place is great for beginners through experts. Everyone is very welcoming, and at your very first class the instructors (Joe or Jessi) will explain everything that will go on. You’ll be in the back row so you can watch others and not feel any pressure. I’m pretty sure they let you rent a mat and water for free the first class as well.
All in all, there aren’t very many places I give a full 5-​stars too, but this is definitely one of them! There is no intimidation or judging, it’s a welcoming environment, and it’s a refreshing step into a healthier lifestyle. Do it to it!