If you're naturally hot blooded, carry extra weight, or live in a place where humid stagnation is the norm, then you're all too familiar with the embarrassment of a glistening upper lip, leaking hair line, and a damp back and underwear. If heat is your enemy, sweat your nemesis, if the salty stick of your thighs is a familiar discomfort—then I have, bear with me, a most unusual prescription.
Ironically, the antidote to a hot body is a hot sauna, or better yet, a hot yoga class, where you bake yourself silly, liquid pouring from pores, drops falling like rain with hands and feet slipping, hair clamping down, where you'll leave as wet as the shower that comes afterwards.
You'll most certainly notice the changes. Though you'll leave a soggy mess, the air outside will feel instantly invigorating. You'll bathe in a comfortable breeze, and—refreshed and recalibrated—you'll find yourself calm, dry and cool for hours and even days afterwards. Suffering friends and family will post themselves in front of a fan, while your renewed temperature gauge reminds you that hot is only relative, that sweat can be your friend, and that peace can be found in a stilled air.
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