Hello Pat
Good news. If what you’re telling me is THE CLASSIC Bikram Yoga error, then you don’t have to give up your practice!
You can confirm for me please that what you normally do is go into Standing Separate Leg Intense Stretch pose with straight locked out legs. If that’s the case, then worry no longer. It should clear up quickly.
Please take a look at this blog post. It encapsulates the fix to THE most complained about problem in Bikram and hot yoga. This problem is due to teachers using a recited script without deviation and not having been instructed during their ‘training’ as to the way the body works in certain poses. Of course, it could be upsetting if you say this directly to your teachers so just follow the directions and see what difference it can make to you.
There are other poses to which you can apply this technique.
You will find much free information with technical instruction on this forum and of course I wrote a book with step by step photos too. Hunt around the forum first. Do let me know what other poses seem to set you off.
The problem with the heat can be that you may not feel the problem poses during class and feel pain afterward. But if you have a sense of the poses that are causing this for you, then do let me know.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂
