Rhonda Uretzky

Or you are intrigued by the stories you hear about improved health, flexiblity and....beyond.I won't attempt to explain it in words because words do not teach. True knowledge comes from experiencing.There is a lot to learn about yourself in a hot yoga class. You bring plenty of rich personal content, and hot yoga adds something extra, something unique, something vital.Because hot yoga is more than the sum of its poses.Hot yoga is about claiming your life of fulfillment, satisfaction, joy; expressing how big you can be and how magnificent you already are.But first you find out how to appreciate who you are.Hot yoga is going to ask you some questions:Who might you be if there were no expectations?What you might achieve if you knew your potential was limitless?How much happiness can you stand?How far out of your comfort zone will you go to get where you were meant to be?At Riverflow, hot yoga becomes a platform for living a big, rich life.What do you want for yourself?Maybe you want to explore yoga from the inside out, from poses to spirit. Maybe you want to understand your emotional reactions. Maybe you want inspire others as a hot yoga teacher. Maybe you want keep this experience just for yourself.Hot Yoga has taught me to value what is most important to me.It is my hope that yoga will help you remember who you are and what makes you happy.It may not be all roses. You may find hot yoga challenging. You may find yourself facing obstacles and making breakthroughs every class.Relax; there is great support for you here. The Riverflow yoga community wiill help you succeed in whatever way is most meaningful for you.By the end, you will realize it's just the beginning.It is my wish that as you progress through hot yoga, you find yourself happier than ever with who you are and what you have, and at the same time eager for more, standing on the brink of what is coming feeling anticipation and certainty.That you never again feel like a victim, cowering from the idea of unwanted things pouncing into your life.That you finally understand the freedom of deliberate creation.And that you find yourself on the path to the life you deserved all along.The fact that you are on this page means that something here is calling to you.Can it really be this easy to fly?Are you willing to find out?Because, really, are you all that comfortable in your comfort zone?Hot yoga is a journey to find your way home. It is one of many paths and all are valid.Here's how my yoga journey began:I started back when yoga wasn’t cool. Or hot. Circa 1971 when I was circa 14 years old, in junior high school in Queens, NY.Yoga is ageless.Today, some 40+ years later, I am a Yoga Alliance E-RYT 200 and Certified Radiant Child Yoga Teacher Level 2. I have practiced and taught Sivananda, Kundalini, Kids Yoga and of course, Hot Yoga. I taught yoga for over 30 years before opening Riverflow Yoga, my hot yoga studio by the river in a magical little Brigadoon-wannabe town called Lambertville, NJ.Yoga is still the place I come home to.I have taught thousands of students in over three states, trained more than a dozen hot yoga instructors, written two yoga eBooks...and I am a beginner, enjoying finding my way home.Every day is a beautiful new beginning.My hot yoga classes are intense - a strange mix of total relaxation and absolute Warrior (I was cheerleader Captain in High School...let the jokes begin). And after 40 years and many, many teachers, I have learned some things that make yoga deeply special and I love it when students ask me about yoga...or anything. I continue to learn from everyone.Life can be elaborate. Yoga is simple.Riverflow Yoga is a yoga community. Hot yoga classes, Posture Clinics, Hot Yoga Teacher Training, Hot Yoga Retreats and an Online Yoga Community and Yoga Book Club where we connect with yoga talk any time, from any place. Even from a bunker in Afghanistan (yes, one of our students writes in from there). Yoga shows you that you are bigger than your challenges. Once you get the hang of it, hot yoga can be fun.How you do anything is how you do everything.Hot yoga can seem impossible at first...but once you relax and learn to love it, you also find that you learned how to fully enjoy yourself, appreciate your life, and place everything you want within your reach.