I took my first taught yoga class at Bichram Yoga Soho in New York City in 2002 and I made it through about three poses of the standing series after which time I started seeing stars I went down on my knees and literally crawled out to the lobby where I proceeded to suck down three liters of cold water and then lie on my

back unable to see your move for the next 20 minutes. I loved it, I hated it, I was hooked.

For the next 380 days I did hot yoga every single day, wherever I was in the world, I even

practiced back then with cassette tapes. This was that long ago. There were

cassette tapes of hot yoga. The reason I mentioned that is because in 2006 I

founded a yoga teacher training school called Absolute Yoga Academy,

and we're one of the largest Hot Yoga certification schools

in the world.

We're based in Thailand.

We have three courses a year, June, October, and February.

And if you are a Hot Yoga junkie if you love hot yoga and would like to teach

perhaps travel perhaps open a studio this is the place to be we have thousands of

graduates teaching right now in over 40 countries and it's been a tremendous ride.

To learn more, please visit teachhotyoga.com.

My soul-purpose. My sole purpose for doing the Yoga Talk Show is to have an excuse to talk to really

smart people, inspiring people, and share what I've learned with you.

I'm a yoga teacher but at the end of the day I'm a yoga student.

I just love learning stuff and some of these shows have a real clear connection to your yoga practice.

Lots and lots of shows have a clear connection to your yoga practice. Lots and lots of shows have a clear connection

to your nutrition and your diet and then some of them are just kind of out in

left field and this would be one that falls into that latter category. I'm

joined today by Conrad Anker who is a world famous

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