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devika.patankar
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November 10, 2009 at 10:03 am

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#1609

Hi Everyone!!

I have just joined this forum and want to practice yoga to lose weight. The problem is I dont have any yoga classes around and my job keeps me too busy. I would be glad if you all could help me chalk out a diet plan ( I am a vegetarian, not even eggs, no alchohol. Also please tell me if I could pactice the yoga poses given on this site, at home.

Waiting eagerly for your responses!!

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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November 15, 2009 at 3:02 am

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#5820

Hi Devikar

Welcome to the forum.

I am wondering if you’ve already started practicing yet! Sometimes just practicing is the trigger for using your intuition and wisdom to choose what is best for you at any given time. We all lapse into interesting eating habits at some time. I don’t think you should overwhelm yourself with too many rules. You will find that things fall into place. If you need some guidance maybe check out some food combination principles. Many people find that works for them (as I do!).

You can practice the poses here at home. There is plenty of guidance available on the forum so take a good look around. There’s also the timing sheet for suggested times to hold the poses. Have fun!

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Lisafr
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November 15, 2009 at 3:39 am

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#5822

Hi Devikar,

Just wanted to tell you that I fell in love with this type of yoga after my first class in a studio (not during that class, at that moment I thought I would never ever come back…). The feeling afterward made me addicted. I am living in a part of the world where there is no hot yoga/bikram yoga available within at least 2000 kilometers from my house and I decided after 3 classes (during a holiday in Europe) to start practising at home. I enjoyed it so much and my partner also got enthusiastic and started practising as well. We started with a small heater in a room and could only get to a temperature of about 27 degrees. It didn’t matter, we still enjoyed it a lot. After 3 months we decided to insulate one of our rooms and now we have a small yoga room that can be heated (with the same small heater) to a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius easily.

I don’t know if I could have fallen in love so easily when I wouldn’t have gone to any class. I went to 3 classes only and then I had to work from the books (Bikram’s book and especially Gabrielle’s masterclass). Probably I would have fallen in love, but maybe not at first sight!
If you have a chance to go to a couple of classes in a hot yoga or Bikram yoga studio, I would certainly recommend that. It will make your life easier!

And I am a vegetarian as well, although I do eat eggs. What I noticed, is that I really had to increase my protein intake. Not difficult as a vegetarian or a vegan: eat more seitan, beans, tofu, nuts, tempeh etc! Although I have to mention that this is my experience, I am not sure whether that is true for everybody.

Wish you a lot of joyful classes,

Lisa
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