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I just went to my first acupuncture treatment, and the Dr. said some kind of disturbing things. I went there mostly because I got a good deal for a first session online, not because I had strong symptoms I was worried about. When asked about any problems, I said my left shoulder has been tight, as well as my right hip, and I have also been stressed recently due to personal growth and relationship problems. He asked if I had night sweats and I said yes. He then said, “It’s the bikram yoga, its not good for women, you are experiencing a yin deficiency” He recommended that I take some supplements (which I didn’t buy because I couldn’t afford them) and try a new form of yoga, especially during the summer (I live in Austin, TX so it’s regularly hotter outside than it is in the yoga room).
I am wary to take his advice, because although I have noticed more overheating than I’m used to during class (I used to not drink water at all during class, now I have to bring in two bottles of ice water and drink regularly throughout class), I really haven’t been experiencing THAT much negative qualities. Not to mention that I have had night sweats for as long as I can remember (and I’ve only been doing bikram for 2 years). What are your thoughts?
Hi Jr. Member,
The interesting thing is that I also have a tightness in the left shoulder and some nagging pain in my right hip… And also I was practicing Bikram but stopped my practice because I stopped believing in the goodness of what I was doing. I discovered too many contradictions and I could not resolve them so far.
Yes, Bikram was giving me night sweats, by they stop if I limit my water intake to 2 glasses (throughout the class and after). If I drink more than two glasses, I will be waking up in the puddle.
As for my shoulder/hip disturbances, I do not think they are Birkam related, because I know that I used to have those during the time of stress, when I was not practicing Bikram.
This forum doesn’t look as an very active one, so I am not sure if you will get a lot of feedback…I wish you did because I would also want to know what other people think…
As for me, I discovered that Bikram can cause stress, because it takes 90 mintues and if you go every day, then you do not have for anything else and it is stressful. Also the heat stress throws my body off way too much and it takes a lot of time before I can regain my balance. I thought it will pass with the time, but it doesn’t. The only times when I was not suffering from heat were times when I was attending every day, then I would build the heat tolerance, I guess… But as soon as I stop going every day, I lose this tolerance in a flash.
What I found much better for me is to do it all at home. My AC is down and in the summer it gets really warm on the third floor. Not a 100F and not that humid but enough to warm the body and to sweat a lot. Plus the big benefit is the open window so I can enhale the real oxygen and not the heated CO2 from the earlier class. Makes a huge difference. Also I discovered that the absence of mirrors offers me to look differently into the postures and I was able to fix some of the things I was struggling with when I was performing while staring at myself in the mirror.
Hi Sweatheart
Thanks for your input. Hmmm yes, lately there has been a ton of activity on the forum but because I have been on holidays (well deserved I might add) I have an enormous backlog of about 40 posts to respond to.
Stay tuned because this is the most popular and most well reputed hot yoga forum on the planet. So that’s enough with the ad…
There is a lot in your post. Why you don’t practise Bikram yoga (that’s probably quite interesting in itself!) and some very interesting conclusions as per cause and effect with your practice. Thank you.
I was reading your post and thought that it is highly possible that the conditions of the public studio could be way too high for you. And then you found your own solution and practise at home! Good stuff. Injuries could also happen due to poor instruction or lack of instruction in correct technique. (*kinda why I am here!)
As for practise without the mirror: I highly recommend it. It certainly brings a new perspective and allows you to really be in your sensations. The mirror does have some amazing benefits too of course! Sometimes I practise with my eyes closed (actually had a session for 45 minutes the other day). Balance really changes I can assure you.
Hi Stephanie
Long time no hear! I guess I would want to know how a yin deficiency translates to hip and shoulder issues. The other thing I would say is that if you go to a orthopedic surgeon he will want to operate, if you go to a doctor they usually want to give you medication. What I am saying is that if you go to any practitioner they will obviously see things through their model of the world.
With whatever problems you’re having at the moment which seem quite emotionally unsettling I wonder if perhaps something like massage (both enjoyable and therapeutic) wouldn’t go astray. The touch, contact and effects to soothe the body and mind may be not only welcome but would work in with your yoga.
Having said that I know nothing about your hip and shoulder issue. Would you like to share more about that?
Over to you
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂 -
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