Hello Judi,
I am one of the graduates from Gabrielle’s teacher training, I hope you don’t mind if I respond to your post. =)
As far as I understand the best thing you can do is wait at least 24 hours, preferably 48 hours after donating blood before doing any kind of exercise.
Besides resting enough, the most important thing to do, is to drink a lot of water – especially because we are talking about hot yoga!
Hot yoga requires you to exercise in extreme heat, which results in a lot of sweating…as you know! =) you just need to make sure that you drink more water than you normally would!
Your body needs a lot of water to recover from the blood loss.
Fluid loss can make it even harder for the body to cope with blood loss at the same time!
I think your body just needs more rest and much more water after a donation.
So maybe next time you give blood, remember to be kind to your body- not only to other people =) Allow yourself to rest for 48 hours, drink large amounts of water and then you should be absolutely safe to go for yoga with the same energy level and enthusiasm as you had before!
I hope that helped!
Namaste,
Andrea
