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Hi,
Thanks for the all the great information provided. I have just started doing hot yoga-today would be my 6th session in row. I noticed pain in my right knee and when walking today. I’m sure it’s due to not doing few poses correctly & “locking my knee” has been really difficult to do !
Can you give me some advice?
Also my session #5 yesterday, I noticed I cannot catch my breath. esp during standing poses..it was so hard to balance my breathing and that affected my balance in all my poses. It was the hardest session ever!
Thanks againHello Tori
welcome!
Aah, knee pain. Can be difficult to diagnose. Let’s try to work this out. I know I ask this a lot, but if you have more information about your pain and its location that would be rather helpful.
In general it is safe to say that locking the knee takes some time to master. Some people can take months or years to *get* it. And at the beginning of your practice you are likely to be so conscious about so many aspects of the class and your inner and outward environment, that some elements of your class will be compromised when you are focusing on the new stuff.
For example you may notice that while you are learning to lock your knee, this focus takes you away from say, lifting up through your ankle to be able stack all your leg joints vertically. As a result of that particular lapse in concentration your alignment and support suffers and may even be the cause of some effects (pain?).
Please be easy on yourself. Allow yourself a learning curve! At the same time if you are noticing pain, you may have to be more cognizant of the issue and back off a bit and focus on alignment.
Please also note whether your knees are hurting in poses which twist the knees. Get back to me if this is happening.
Re breathing:
Your response is very normal. Isn’t that a relief? :cheese: Remember to breathe through your nose. Try to slow and deepen the breath if you can, drawing it ‘into your abdomen’. Often being in the hot moist room, your breath is actually much deeper than normal. The reaction of many new students is one of anxiety and sometimes some fear comes up and the breath shallows somewhat. Observe that, and then just relax your body and breathe again slowly. Sometimes we just get anxious looking at ourselves in the mirror. Notice too how much you engage your thinking mind to analyze problems when you do fall out or can’t manage something. Observe, let it go, do the yoga. Magically your balance will improve when you are not attached to balancing. Hmmmmm…. something to think about (*not 😉 )Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂 -
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