Mount Sinai looking for hot-yoga participants for study on heart health

The Bikram Yoga of India has a school at the Netherland Hotel in Miami Beach, Bikram is a style of yoga done in a hot room to help cleans your body. Mariah Schuemann straches in a yoga exercise while the heater warms the room. Raul Rubiera Miami Herald File Photo

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach is looking for people to participate in its hot yoga study. The study will look at the change in a person’s vascular health after practicing hot yoga for six weeks. To qualify, you must be in good vascular health and can attend free hot yoga sessions twice a week at Miami Yoga on Brickell. Contact Beatriz at 305-674-2162.

This story was originally published March 7, 2016 at 9:05 PM with the headline "Mount Sinai looking for hot-yoga participants for study on heart health."

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