Hi Betty
I am so sorry that you are not feeling as satisfied as you should feel with your yoga practice. Betty, reading between the lines (aka, making assumptions about the way you do your practice because of the types of pain you seem to be experiencing), I can just about bet that these pains are due to classic bikram yoga problems to do with the classic bikram yoga script that you are most likely being taught.
I am thoroughly jetlagged at the moment and so, rather than go into a lot of questions (which I can do later), I suggest you go and look at several of my free videos that will outline some very important generalised practice principles, which, if followed WILL improve your practice and reduce and eliminate pain.
The other thing I implore you to do is to read this blog post.
All 4 of the videos are going to give you some excellent tips. The second one (with the size 3 ball) will also help improve your core strength which will in turn help reduce the pain in your lower back.
Please let me know how you go. I can delve more deeply into technique in a future post.
PS the videos are pretty lengthy so don’t feel compelled to watch them all in one sitting. Just take your time to digest them and follow their directions so that you can get the most out of them.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂
