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Featured Pose
Forward-fold Stretching
Prasarita Paschimotthanasana |
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Known as the "umbrella posture," this pose tones and stretches the spine, hip, pelvis, pectoralis major and deltoids. It stretches the hamstrings, and relieves sciatica nerve pain. Increases the rotation of the shoulders and neck. Posture draws large quantities of blood to the head, improving complexion, the scalp and texture of hair. As in all inversions where the head is lower than the heart, this pose nourishes the brain.
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Food 4 Thought Protein's Role in a Healthy Diet, Part 1:
What is Protein? |
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Take away the water and about 75 percent of your weight is protein. This chemical family is found throughout the body. It's in muscle, bone, skin, hair and virtually every other body part or tissue. It makes up the enzymes that power many chemical reactions and the hemoglobin that carries oxygen in your blood. At least 10,000 different proteins make you what you are and keep you that way.
Twenty or so basic building blocks, called amino acids provide the raw material for all proteins. Following genetic instructions, the body strings together amino acids. Some genes call for short chains, others are blueprints for long chains that fold, origami-like, into intricate, three-dimensional structures.
Because the body doesn't store amino acids, as it does fats and carbohydrates, it needs a daily supply of amino acids to make new protein.
SOURCE: Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health |
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Hello yogi's and yogini's,
When Huntington Beach Hot Yoga opened 5 years ago, I created a unique hot yoga sequence handed down from my teacher, Bikram Choudhury, along with different styles of hatha yoga. Bikram Choudhury is from the Ghosh lineage of physical-culture Hatha Yoga. His sequence of yoga postures is grounded in a series codified between the 5th and 10th century AD, by the Nath sect. The Huntington Beach Hot Yoga series was created to offer the beginning student an opportunity to experience a wide spectrum of hatha yoga postures.
As the business has evolved, it has become clearer to me that it is time to give our method of hot yoga a name. The Huntington Beach Hot Yoga series will now be referred to as the Dayton Method Hot Yoga. The word "Dayton" is a family name. It is the middle name of my grandfather, myself, nephew, and now my newborn son. My grandfather was a very successful entrepreneur and someone I deeply admired and loved. I feel quite honored to be able to carry his legacy into our yoga studio.
This will not create any operational changes -- same hot, sweaty room filled with hard-working people getting their yoga on. The cosmetic change is the Huntington Beach Hot Yoga logo will now have "Dayton Method" appear underneath.
See you soon on your yoga mat!
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Register at the studio today!
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Student of the Month |
Our June Student of the Month is Mavis McDonnell!
- When did you start practicing hot yoga?
Mavis took her first hot yoga class on September 24, 2003. She remembers the date exactly! At the time, she was an avid runner. A friend brought her to her first class, and she hated it. She remembers wondering when class would end, watching the clock after 30 minutes, 60 minutes... After about 2 months of practicing, she took a 7-month hiatus from hot yoga. But in June 2004, at Jason's encouragement, Mavis returned to HB Hot Yoga and never looked back. Another 6 months later, she stopped running. And to date, she's taken over 530 hot yoga classes!
- How often do you practice?
A couple years ago, Mavis would practice 5-6 days per week. But now she enjoys practicing just 2-4 days/week.
- Why do you practice? What are the primary benefits you experience?
"I practice hot yoga to keep toned, maintain flexibility, and also for stress relief," Mavis comments. She works at a hospital, and sees what happens to people who don't take good care of themselves. So she prioritizes taking care of herself now, with hot yoga, so that she can stay active into her 70's and beyond! Mavis also enjoys the community at HB Hot Yoga, where she meets "people with a similar mindset or perspective."
- How has your hot yoga practice impacted or changed your life?
Mavis is an Ultrasonographer. So she works primarily on her feet, in a hospital. Most of her co-workers get pains in their arms and back. But Mavis credits her hot yoga practice as the reason why she stays pain-free. "My arms and shoulders are more flexible than ever before. My back is a lot better than it was. And my core is strengthened." She's also noticed how hot yoga has dramatically improved her breathing since she first started practicing, when she would often find herself out of breath. Now her breathing is slow and calm. Lastly, she notes, "hot yoga has also really improved my focus and concentration." |
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Frequently Asked Questions |
Do you have a hot yoga question you'd like answered in our monthly newsletter?
If so, please email your question to FAQ@huntingtonbeachhotyoga.com and we'll try to respond in an upcoming SWEAT! |
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There's varying dates, histories and traditions to celebrating Father's Day around the world. Of course, in the U.S., it's fast approaching on June 15th!
One of the driving forces behind the establishment of Father's Day in the U.S. was Mrs. Sonora Smart Dodd. After her mother died, Sonora's father and Civil War veteran, William Jackson Smart, raised her and her 5 siblings. Sonora wanted her father to know how special he was to her, and she was inspired by Anna Jarvis's efforts to establish Mother's Day.
Sonora's father was born in June, so she chose to hold the first Father's Day celebration in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910. In 1926, a National Father's Day Committee was formed in New York City. Father's Day was recognized by a Joint Resolution of Congress in 1956. In 1972, President Richard Nixon established a permanent national observance of Father's Day to be held on the third Sunday of June. So Father's Day was born in memory and gratitude by a daughter who thought that her father and all good fathers should be honored with a special day, just like we honor our mothers on Mother's Day.
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