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The Infrared Hot Yoga Map (2026)

Where is America heating its yoga with infrared? We mined the websites and student reviews of 3,286 US hot yoga studios for hard infrared evidence — radiant panels, a named infrared room, students writing "the infrared heat felt so different" — and found at least 1,416 studios with confirmed infrared heat, 43.1% of the directory. Rolled up by state, a clear map appears. Updated 2026-07-17.

Infrared capitals, per resident

The headline: South Dakota is the infrared hot yoga capital of America per resident, with 10 confirmed infrared studios — 10.8 per million people. By raw count the big states lead (Texas 193, California 132, Florida 122), but per resident on the ground, the heat maps differently. Deepest bench relative to its studio count: Louisiana, where 73.7% of all hot yoga studios show infrared evidence.

#StateConfirmed infrared studiosShare of state's studiosPer million residents
1 South Dakota 10 71.4% 10.8
2 New Hampshire 14 38.9% 9.9
3 Utah 27 51.9% 7.7
4 Nebraska 15 65.2% 7.5
5 North Dakota 6 66.7% 7.5
6 Tennessee 48 61.5% 6.6
7 Georgia 70 68% 6.3
8 Texas 193 61.7% 6.2
9 Louisiana 28 73.7% 6.1
10 Colorado 33 32% 5.5
11 Idaho 11 40.7% 5.5
12 Rhode Island 6 37.5% 5.4
13 Florida 122 48.2% 5.2
14 New Mexico 11 42.3% 5.2
15 Oklahoma 21 72.4% 5.1
16 New Jersey 47 34.3% 4.9
17 Arkansas 15 71.4% 4.9
18 Washington 38 36.2% 4.8
19 North Carolina 50 47.2% 4.5
20 Arizona 33 40.7% 4.4
21 Mississippi 13 92.9% 4.4
22 Missouri 27 54% 4.3
23 Iowa 14 48.3% 4.3
24 District of Columbia 3 23.1% 4.3
25 Massachusetts 30 27.3% 4.2
26 South Carolina 23 51.1% 4.2
27 Michigan 39 50.6% 3.8
28 Alabama 19 61.3% 3.7
29 Nevada 12 50% 3.7
30 Ohio 42 44.2% 3.5
31 Indiana 24 54.5% 3.5
32 Wisconsin 21 36.8% 3.5
33 Montana 4 33.3% 3.5
34 Illinois 43 35.2% 3.4
35 California 132 31.6% 3.3
36 Minnesota 19 40.4% 3.3
37 Kansas 9 42.9% 3
38 Kentucky 13 43.3% 2.8
39 Hawaii 4 40% 2.8
40 Pennsylvania 31 29% 2.4
41 New York 45 27.3% 2.3
42 West Virginia 4 57.1% 2.3
43 Maryland 13 46.4% 2.1
44 Maine 3 27.3% 2.1
45 Connecticut 7 21.2% 1.9
46 Delaware 2 33.3% 1.9
47 Virginia 15 26.8% 1.7
48 Vermont 1 11.1% 1.5
49 Alaska 1 14.3% 1.4
50 Oregon 5 13.9% 1.2
51 Wyoming 0 0% 0

Counts are floors, not ceilings: a studio only lands in the infrared column when its own website or its students' reviews prove it. The real number is higher — the evidence just hasn't surfaced yet for every studio.

Looking for an infrared room?

This page is the map; the infrared hot yoga directory is the door-to-door list — every confirmed infrared studio, grouped by state, with the review evidence quoted on each listing. New to the heat? Many infrared studios are especially beginner-friendly, and plenty offer a free first class so you can feel the difference before you commit.

Cite this data

Suggested attribution: “The Infrared Hot Yoga Map” — HotYogaStudios.org, 2026, linked to https://www.hotyogastudios.org/hot-yoga-stats/infrared-map/. The tables are CC BY 4.0: chart them, quote them, publish them — just link back. Want a custom cut (by state, metro, or chain)? Email us.

Download the full CSV Data updated 2026-07-17

Methodology: a studio counts as confirmed infrared when its website or customer reviews contain concrete infrared / radiant-panel evidence (mined and re-verified with each quarterly crawl of our 3,286-studio national directory). Because the flag requires proof, every number on this page is a floor ("at least N"). Population = US Census 2024 state estimates; per-million = confirmed infrared studios ÷ state population × 1,000,000. Share = infrared studios ÷ all directory studios in that state. More data: the state-by-state stats hub and America's hot yoga capitals.