Sumit Banerjee is one of the main reasons Sedona Hot Yoga
exists. Jennifer Richards, Sedona Hot Yoga's founder took her
first yoga class with Sumit. After practicing the Sumits flow
for about a year in Scottsdale, Jennifer was required to move back
to Sedona for her real estate career. Sumit's flow had such a
profould inpact on her health and life which began to fade when
Jennifer was no longer able to regularly practice. Her spine
had degenerated to the point that the doctors were calling for
strict bed rest and immediate surgery. But in Jennifer's
soul, she knew if she could get back to regularly practicing
Sumit's flow she could heal her spine.... and this is how Sedona
Hot Yoga was born.
Sumit's yoga class is based on his own years of experience
practicing and teaching various yoga styles including Bikram and
Vinyasa. His sequence and style of teaching reinforces his primary
objectives as a teacher: helping others to realize the powerful
wellness benefits of yoga including a stronger, toned and more
flexible body and an improved state of mind encouraging relaxation,
self-acceptance and awareness.
Sumit understands the healing aspect of heat. “It’s
simple”, he says, “In a yoga class, you practice poses
that require stretching and compression of the joints, muscles,
ligaments and other supporting structures of the body. Your body
naturally protects itself from physical exertion by generating heat
from the inside muscles outwards. We start with the heat up
front…providing that extra protection from the very first poses.
Another added benefit is that your body burns fat more effectively.
It’s not uncommon for our students practicing regularly to lose
inches of shape in a relatively short time”.
Sumit encourages all students – newcomers and experienced
students alike – to begin and maintain a consistent practice
regardless of the style preferred. “You’ll benefit from class
by your effort regardless of how far or deep you get. As long as
you are feeling it and you are breathing calmly, you’re practicing
correctly”.