I took a class with the Simmons family. And after all that stretching, the Def Jam mogul came clean about the controversial Harriet Tubman sex tape parody.
This is Russell Simmons standing in front of Hot 8 Yoga Studios with his two daughters, Ming and Aoki.
Hot 8 Yoga is located in Beverly Hills, and as the name suggests, it specializes in yoga performed in the midst of extreme heat and humidity. Russell loves it.
Oh, and this is me. My name is Erin, and I decided to do hot yoga with the Simmons family.
Full disclosure: I've never done power yoga, or hot yoga. There was a time in my life, when I lived in New York and had a lot of anger about sweaty people on the subway, when I'd taken a few yoga classes. It was nice. It was also air conditioned, though.
Simmons signed us all up for Power Yoga.
Which, per the class description on the website, is "an intensified practice that will flow you through strengthening your body during the entire class ... This class focuses on flow, movement and balance. Room temperature is between 95 -100 degrees and designed for intermediate to advanced levels."
Before starting class, he poured water on the front of his towel, and his meditation beads are next to him.
He wet the towel presumably to keep from slipping.
