Whole Body Balance Hot Yoga🔥
10 November 2025 •
6:15 pm - 7:15 pm
94a New Road Side. Horsforth. Leeds. LS18 4QB, Yoga Studio
Emma Leaf
Emma brings over 16 years of teaching experience and 28 years of personal practice in Yoga and Meditation.
She is fully trained and certified with Sun Power Yoga (200hrs) and Rasa Yoga (500hrs), with additional certifications in Yoga Nidra, Womb Yoga, Pregnancy Yoga, Sound Healing, and has been a Reiki Master Teacher since 2002.
Emma’s teaching style is rooted in traditional Hatha and Himalayan Yoga principles, blending embodied movement sequences with a breath-centered approach. She emphasizes full-body awareness and alignment to encourage a deeper connection to self.
Her classes are designed to uplift, connect, and inspire, incorporating:
Breathwork (Pranayama): A powerful tool to reduce stress and balance the nervous system.
Yoga Flows: Sequences that build core strength, flexibility, awareness, and adaptability.
Meditation: Offering a peaceful space to recharge, ground, and restore balance.
Emma's approach invites you to deepen your practice and experience a sense of connection, calm, and vitality in every class.
Description
Join Emma for this flowy uplifting practice in our main studio.
Step into a warm, nurturing space where heat softens the body, warms your bones, boost your circulation, sweats out toxins giving you a refresh and stills the mind.
This 60-minute hot yoga flow blends balancing sequences, breathwork, and the therapeutic benefits of heat to nourish your whole self.
We begin with grounding pranayama to stabilize the nervous system and enhance oxygen exchange. Flowing asanas follow, designed to activate major muscle groups, improve balance, and refine proprioception. The combination of heat and conscious breathing encourages vasodilation, aiding nutrient delivery and recovery while calming the stress response.
Balancing postures sharpen focus and neuromuscular coordination. Gentle backbends and restorative stretches at the end of class promote parasympathetic activation, helping you transition into a state of deep relaxation.
You’ll leave feeling balanced, revitalized, and deeply connected to your breath, body, and inner stillness — with the added benefits of improved circulation, enhanced flexibility, and a more resilient nervous system.
Important Information to know when coming to our Hot Yoga Classes:
Drink plenty of water so that you arrive fully hydrated - aim for 2-3 litres. You will be sweating a lot! It is always better to be hydrated well before class than to drink a lot in the actual class as this can make you feel sick.
Give yourself at least 10 minutes before class starts, know where things are and set out your mat. It's good to have at least 5 minutes in the space to get used to the heat before we start.
Don't practice on a full stomach. Eat at least 2-3 hours before class. Practicing on a full stomach or very empty stomach may make you feel nauseous or faint.
Go easy for your first class. You need to get used to the heat so take breaks when you need to. Try and stay in the room. Sit down if you feel faint or nauseous and focus on your breathing.
Its a good idea to try and attend at least twice a week so that you get used to the heat and help the detoxification process you have started in the body continue.
What to bring
A yoga mat- we do have mats you can borrow but please clean after use.
Bring a towel. You may want a yoga mat towel.
A large bottle of water.
Wear light clothing that you can move in and your skin can breathe in. Most women opt for shorts and a crop top. Men can just wear shorts. Make sure you have layers for leaving class as you will cool down quickly.
People with certain medical conditions, such as heart disease, diabetes or high blood pressure, or those who are pregnant may need to exercise caution or consult their doctor before participating in hot yoga.
Targeting areas in our body that feel trapped and going further into stretches like a deep tissue massage are a main component to these later sessions. Feeling embodied and restored enough to drift home and sleep well.