Yoga Teacher Training: AFTER
Heating the hot studio
Reliable humidity control for a hot yoga studio
Hot yoga, as well as Bikram Yoga, requires strict control over the temperature and humidity of the environment as it’s designed to mimic the climate of India. Typically, a hot yoga studio needs to be maintained at a temperature of 35°C to 40°C, with a relative humidity (rh) of at least 40%. The humidity level is particularly important, because at 40%rh perspiration won’t evaporate as quickly which prevents the body from being cooled. This increases the amount of healthy sweating, makes stretching more effective and helps to prevent injuries.
Humidity Solutions, a leading independent supplier in humidity control, has been working with many hot yoga studios across the UK to achieve the right conditions for this type of practice. Its most recent customer, Yoga in the Lanes, is a Bikram Yoga school based by the seafront in Brighton. The School is owned and operated by husband-and-wife team Simon and Bridgett Ane (BA) Goddard who both regularly practice and teach. In 2020, just before the pandemic, they moved into their new yoga school and soon realised the heaters they were using to heat the studio weren’t good enough. “When you run a hot yoga studio, the last thing you need is the room not being hot enough” says Simon. The couple soon turned to Humidity Solutions for help.