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Although many individuals enjoy practicing hot yoga, there are certain health risks involved and the main reason for this is the extreme heat.

Some sportsmen and professional dancers claim to prefer Bikram yoga, because proponents argue it has injury-healing, emotion-strengthening, toxin-flushing, weight-managing, and career-extending effects though no concrete peer reviewed evidence has arisen to back up a single one of these claims.

Moreover, it can also cause dehydration from excessive sweating.

This should be ameliorated by drinking water or other fluids, and keeping up electrolytes.

Some instructors encourage sipping water during the class ; most recommend not eating heavy food 3 hours before doing hot yoga.