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YogaVenue is located at 2 Avenue Road Oxford Cowley and owned by Alessandro and Caroline, local Oxford residents. YogaVenue is a new dedicated Yoga studio which offers different styles of Yoga including Hot Yoga.
Hot Yoga is a new form of Yoga which is becoming extremely popular, and as I was later told by Alessandro, Hot Yoga suits those who particularly have problems with their legs and back as it helps to build strength and flexibility, but especially the muscles around the knee. This was my lucky day as that is exactly what I need.....
Arriving I didn’t really know what to expect. I had participated in Yoga a couple of times before, nevertheless Hot Yoga was a completely new concept to me. Walking through the doors I was greeted by my smiling teacher who was very happy to answer all of my questions. She explained that Hot Yoga is a series of Hatha Yoga postures and breathing exercises carried out in a room heated to 40 degrees C.
The YogaVenue studio is great; it has two studios and the interior is elegantly styled portraying a calm and serene atmosphere. You can see that Alessandro and Caroline have spent a great amount of time in providing the highest quality facilities they possibly can for their clients.
I was handed a towel and mat which are available for hire (the mats are cleaned after each class!) and was shown to the Hot studio where it was suggested I take a few minutes before class in order for my body to get used to the heat. Apparently it can be quite common in your first couple of sessions to feel slightly dizzy. This is due to the high temperatures, however, once your body adapts to the heat, you feel amazing.
Once everyone one was in the studio the class began. The teacher talks you through the postures during the 90 minute session. Regular students are generally in the front row so the less experienced students can get visual cues alongside the dialogue. Our teacher was very calm and talked us all through each of the postures step by step, also offering help to those who needed it. I must admit this was a lot harder than I had first anticipated, yet extremely satisfying – I can now definitely see why people become addicted to this type of yoga. Especially with the high quality teachers and the first class facilities, who wouldn’t want to keep visiting YogaVenue?
The classes take place throughout the day, the earliest at 9.30am and the latest at 7.30pm during the week. All Hot Yoga classes last 90 minutes.
YogaVenue also teaches Vinyasa Yoga. The Vinyasa studio downstairs is also very peaceful and has a beautiful brick wall at one end of the room. Here YogaVenue offers Vinyasa classes (a flowing style of Hatha Yoga) everyday of the week. Vinyasa classes are 90 or 60 minutes.
You know what this means don’t you - there's no excuse not to go after work!!! So go grab a couple of towels and prepare to sweat!!!
By Paige Walford |
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