How Your Body Actually Detoxes

She heard the claims about hot yoga and detox. Then she explained why they do not work that way. Paige Held addresses the idea that hot classes or certain yoga poses create a major detox. She explains that sweating through a hot yoga or hot fit class does not meaningfully detox the body, and that movements like pulling a knee to the chest do not massage organs to clear anything out. Real detoxification is handled by the liver and kidneys. When those pathways are supported through proper nutrition and guidance from qualified professionals, the body can do its job. A sluggish system from poor diet or heavy alcohol use will not be fixed by a single hot class. This conversation is not about dismissing movement. It is about understanding that true support for the body’s detox processes comes from consistent habits and professional insight, not from oversold claims about heat or poses. Because sweating harder is not the same as opening the pathways that actually matter. Watch the full conversation on Skin Honest, now streaming on YouTube and Spotify.