Why the Heat
The 26 postures are performed in a heated room (40°C) so that deep penetration can relieve your body's resistance without causing injury.
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Muscles, fascia and connective tissue become more elastic, allowing for greater flexibility with less chance of injury
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Promotes sweating which assists the detoxification process using the body's largest eliminating organ - the skin
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Blood becomes thinner, which clears the circulatory system
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Heart rate becomes elevated which improves the cardiovascular system (heart and lungs)
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Warm muscles burn fat more effectively. When we stretch, the fat has no room to sit so it redistributes to the blood stream, which we then use as energy
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Capillaries respond to heat by dilating. This allows more oxygen to muscles, tissues, glands and organs helping in the removal of waste products
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Higher temperatures improve the function of the nervous system, meaning that messages are carried more rapidly to and from the brain or spinal cord (allowing you to think clearer)
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Improves strength because proteins can be utilised more effectively
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Speeds up the breakdown of glucose and fatty acids
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Provides strengthening of willpower, self-control and determination through the challenging environment
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