How Hot Yoga Broke Us… And Then Fixed Us

2025-03-24

Welcome to another episode of Who Are These Guys – where we take on new experiences, push our limits, and then complain about it afterward like true New Yorkers. This time, we sweat out our egos (and probably a few bad life decisions) in the sweltering inferno that is hot yoga.Jesse & Kurt sit down with Nicole & Chris from Just Breathe Yoga Studio in Massapequa and Sayville, NY. The Who Are These Guys crew threw themselves into a scorching 90-minute session that had us questioning our life choices, our flexibility, and...

Welcome to another episode of Who Are These Guys – where we take on new experiences, push our limits, and then complain about it afterward like true New Yorkers.

This time, we sweat out our egos (and probably a few bad life decisions) in the sweltering inferno that is hot yoga.

Jesse & Kurt sit down with Nicole & Chris from Just Breathe Yoga Studio in Massapequa and Sayville, NY. The Who Are These Guys crew threw themselves into a scorching 90-minute session that had us questioning our life choices, our flexibility, and whether we’d make it out alive.

What started as a casual fitness experiment quickly became an existential crisis—because nothing says "I need to reevaluate my life" quite like trying to touch your toes in a 105-degree room.

We break down:

✔️ The brutal reality of Inferno Hot Pilates vs. traditional yoga

✔️ Why breathing (correctly) is the difference between passing out and making it through

✔️ How COVID changed the yoga world and led to some underground, back-alley yoga sessions (yes, really)

✔️ Bikram’s wild history and how the practice survived despite its controversial founder

✔️ How martial arts, breathwork, and yoga intersect in the pursuit of mental and physical mastery

✔️ And of course, why King Pigeon might be the best boxing nickname of all time

If you’ve ever wondered if hot yoga is a life-changing practice or just a slow-cooked torture method, this episode is for you. Buckle up, hydrate, and let’s get into it.

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00:00 Introduction to Inferno Class

01:00 Facing the Heat

03:29 The Popularity of Inferno Hot Pilates

05:19 Understanding Different Yoga Practices

08:46 Breathing Techniques and Martial Arts

24:23 Injuries and Recovery Stories

30:50 The Secret to Success

31:51 Turning Around Yoga Studios

33:17 Transition from Corporate America

38:15 Building a Yoga Community