Views from the Podium: The Life & Times of a Hot Yogi

The best adventures are the ones you never see coming.

In 2005, Tori Hicks—a sometimes-successful, sometimes-struggling musical theater actress—stepped into a hot yoga class looking for a light sweat and a good stretch before yet another audition. What she found instead was a life-altering shift that would reshape everything she thought she knew about herself, her body, and her purpose.

Views from the Podium is the honest, funny, and deeply personal memoir of how one woman’s unexpected detour into the world of hot yoga became a calling. Told through her own experiences and the stories of five students from all walks of life, this book offers a candid and uplifting look at how yoga can be more than just a workout—it can be a way home to yourself.

This is Tori’s first book: a heart-filled reflection on healing, transformation, and what it really means to show up on the mat. Now a full-time yoga teacher and writer, she teaches her own method of yoga online at www.torig.yoga and lives in Aurora, Illinois.

"You may become a yoga instructor, but you will, first and foremost, always be a student of the yoga. A consistent yoga practice has helped me to become one with myself and in love with my life. It's not about how deep you go, it's about how much you give to your practice, and how often you show up." - Tori Hicks-Glogowski A regular practitioner of yoga since 2005, Tori is a dedicated yoga instructor that believes in the power of this transformative practice. Certified to teach Bikram Yoga, the Original Hot Yoga, after graduating from an intense nine-week, 500-hour training program in 2011, as well as, acquiring 120-hour certification to teach Next Level 90 Intermediate Ghosh Yoga in 2017, Tori is continually excited to teach each day and is always looking for the next learning experience, often taking time away to work with the best of the best in the yoga world. In 2013, Tori realized the need for a positive presence on the web for hot yogis to visit in order to stay motivated to head to the studio day after day. With that thought, she created, Views from the Podium, a blog site that works to inspire and teach yoga enthusiasts across the globe. It is this blog that inspired her first book, "Views from the Podium: The Life & Times of a Hot Yogi."