Followers of Victoria Beckham’s Instagram are often treated to videos of her and David enjoying workouts as a couple in their state-of-the-art home gyms in London and in the Cotswolds – and it transpires that the kids, Romeo, Cruz and Harper, sometimes join in too.
While we’re yet to see the Beckham offspring partaking in Victoria’s famously intense weight training sessions, the younger members of the family have reportedly been spotted joining their parents at Hotpod Yoga in Belgravia, and Victoria even spoke about the class on Netflix, calling the pod in which the class takes place a “tent like a vagina.”
The Beckhams’ family yoga classes are nothing new – they first publicly did yoga together back in 2019 while on holiday in Italy.
© InstagramVictoria Beckham is flexible through her yoga practice
Victoria shared a selection of funny videos of the family trying their hand at yoga, with the fashion icon saying at the time she was “useless,” before lamenting the fact that David was a natural, effortlessly performing a headstand. “FFS!! Of course he can do it!!” Victoria joked, adding: “Who knew he was such a yogi?”.
The Beckhams’ family workout
For the uninitiated, the Beckhams’ yoga classes of choice, Hotpod Yoga, offer yoga sessions that take place in a darkly lit inflatable pod, heated to 37 degrees Celsius. Relaxing music plays throughout the session, with the dim lighting creating a calming atmosphere, even as your body heats up – and gets seriously sweaty.
© HotpodHotpod Yoga is done inside an inflatable cocoon
The cocoon-like setting is supremely relaxing, and the added element of a heated space combined with the challenging workout makes for a heartrate raising sessions.
“The heat allows for a comfortable, immersive experience, turning up the dial on a typicalyoga class and enhancing flexibility and relaxation, but without the more extreme heat that you’d find in other hot yoga practices, such as Bikram Yoga,” explains Nick Higgins, co-founder and Head of Teaching at Hotpod Yoga.
As for the calming vibe, Nick adds that the pods “glow with a special purple hue that takes you deeper into your practice, calming the mind, quietening racing thoughts, and transporting you a million miles from the outside world.”
While VB tends to favour high-intensity workouts, the benefits of hot yoga are varied, building mental and physical strength. Key benefits include building mental and physical resilience, reducing stress, and supporting better sleep – all things a busy businesswoman like Victoria needs in her life.
Hotpod Yoga cites the following benefits, too.
A cardiovascular boost
Adaptation to the heat
Increased flexibility
Better focus
Less stress
Endorphin production
Victoria Beckham’s yoga practice
While VB has spoken extensively about her exercise routine, she rarely mentions yoga, but in the opening scene of her Netflix documentary, the former Spice Girl can be seen performing a yoga-style stretching routine – perhaps a hobby she learned about from her former bandmate Geri Halliwell, who was a famous devotee of the practice in the early 2000s and during her pregnancies.Â
© InstagramYoga is part of Victoria’s strict fitness routine
Though Victoria seemed surprised that David was a natural at yoga, the former footballer has reportedly been practising since 2017 with fitness influencer Shone Vertue – no wonder he pulled off his inversions with skill!