OM Yoga & Lifestyle

What does a hot yoga teacher look like?

Aren’t hot yoga teachers usually thinner? one student asked me while I was setting up to teach. I answered her truthfully: compared to how I looked when I joined the studio where I now teach (YogaVenue in Oxford)… I am thinner!

But, more importantly, I am happier and healthier than I was when I first walked through the doors. If I were questioned directly about my body or my weight five years ago it would have destroyed me. Now I am grateful to the student who posed the question because it has helped me recognise that I

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