Hot yoga, cool party under one roof

New York

HOT yoga and Pilates have been around for a while. But recently, a few owners of boutique studios decided to add some spice to the heat. They had noticed that for many busy type-A New Yorkers, achieving mindfulness while stretching or building strength in a heated room was simply not enough.

"People want to get everything in one class," said Bethany Lyons, a yoga instructor and a founder of Lyons Den Power Yoga, a heated studio in TriBeCa that teaches an athletic style of yoga. "They want to relieve tension, be physically challenged and get spiritually rinsed."