New Delhi, April 6 -- A hot yoga instructor in the US has been fired after reprimanding a student for drinking water too soon during a session. Roma Abdesselam, a 29-year-old influencer, shared the incident on social media, explaining that she was attending a class at Bode Studio in New York City when she felt thirsty and attempted to take a sip of water.

As she broke her yoga pose and reached for her water bottle, the instructor, identified only as Irena, intervened. According to Abdesselam, Irena publicly singled her out and berated her in front of the entire class.

"Is this normal?" Abdesselam asked in the video, adding: "I was in the class and I went to go get a sip of my water from my mat and the instructor bullies me, calls me out...