Ilyzium

Bonmar that’s not silly at all. In fact lots of Doctors advise women that have bladder issues to do tons of those Kegel squeezes. I admit I should do them more regularly but become somewhat lazy about doing them. And yes that’s good that it’s working for your bladder…maybe I’ll have to try them more regularly than once in a blue moon…

Oh hello Gabrielle,

I agree that the brain is incredibly fascinating and so intelligent as well, and I also believe that the body is also intelligent, knows what it wants and is capable of great healing. I have actually seen that movie: What the bleep do we know and found it quite interesting. And yes that’s true how we create our own reality with our thoughts. I know as soon as I get any type of negative thought, I have to stop myself and make a concentrated effort to switch my thoughts, so as to not “ruin” the rest of my day.
I myself am really into my vision boards, power of positive affirmations, NLP, EFT even, try to avoid all negativity including TOXIC people as well. It’s unfortunate that many people haven’t quite realized that and seem to be forever making these same mistakes over and over. I’m hugely fascinated by quantum physics and have read many of those kind of books, everything from that movie, to Law of Attraction, Wayne Dyer’s books, books by Louis Hays (How to heal your life), The Secret, anything by Esther Hicks. Currently I’m reading one by Gabrielle Bernstein called : How to add more ing to your life. You can hear more about that one on youtube as well. But yes this is a topic I could really talk to death about!

Namaste to you too,
Ily:)

Robert,

Sorry took me a while to respond back to your comment. Interesting that you mentioned the NLP, and no I didn’t know that both you and Gabrielle are NLP practitioners. Yes I’ve actually been going for my NLP sessions in the past 6 mos and found that it helped me tremendously. It’s excellent for reprogramming your mind and getting rid of the old clutter and garbage that we have stored in our subconscious mind.
And the reason I decided to do it back then was because I had been brainwashed by all the negative people around me that as you get older you automatically gain weight and will never lose it. I believed all those inane stereotypes back then, and today I can say that it really helped me to lose 30 lbs in the past 3 months. I actually have a family friend that’s doing it right now. He’s quite overweight, in poor health and believes that he’ll never get better in any way and that it’s all over for him now. Consequently, he’s become extremely lethargic, won’t exercise and eats crap. I know some people view it as some “new age” “mumbo jumo” like my Doctor for example, but if more people were open minded and enlightened they would see it for what it really is.

Anyway always enjoy reading your comments.
Ily:)

Gabrielle,

You’re absolutely right about everything you’ve mentioned. This Instructor must have her own “demons” or some deep unresolved issues, because she is acting like a bully and I know purposely trying to embarrass me! And yes I’m just going to try to go to my class and go to the washroom when I need, because as a grown adult, I certainly don’t need this “cretan’s” approval. True too, that my previous complaint to the owner a few months ago was obviously ignored, as this one likely would be too. I don’t really like this studio very much as I just don’t find the “air” to be very welcoming. Hmmm…I think if the same thing happened at another studio, well to start I would be very vocal about my “problem” from day 1 with both the owner & manager, would mention that as a paying customer I wouldn’t tolerate this kind of “discrimination”, probably would mention that I also work for a local paper as a journalist. I really don’t, but they don’t need to know that. 🙂 And yes as you say, I just have to learn to “zone out” and not care what anyone thinks of me. Thanks again for all your “valuable” advice.

BTW I laughed so hard at that “chamber pot” idea. You know as a “prankster” which I often am, I really like the idea of say just 1 day bringing that darn chambar pot in class, to mock this Instructor. I seriously should do that! 🙁

Bonmar.
Well I’m glad that no-one has ever harassed you about your visit’s to the loo. Thanks for your feedback too!

Hi Gabrielle,

Thank you very much for your feedback. I have a question about that. Ok, now what do I do say, when I’ve done what you said and this rude Instructor still embarrasses me, making me feel like a “naughty child in kindergarten”? I’m always discrete and quiet about it and I know that no other students are bothered by it. What would you personally do? I get really tired of complaining to the owner about this issue, because I feel like it’s falling on “deaf ears”. I just feel like driving to a farther Bikram location and trying out a new studio. 🙁

Namaste
Ilyzium

Hey yogalifer,

“I think that we only gain weight, lose muscle, lose flexibility as we get older because we allow that to happen.”

I absolutely agree with you. sorry had to put your quote in manually as I tried to do it by clicking on quote and I guess I didn’t know what I was doing.

Anyway, Cindy you have the right attitude and I wish I were surrounded by more positive people like you around me! Make you could whip some of those lazy slackers around here into shape!! 🙂 That’s really good though that you’ve maintained your weight, size, are very fit exercising regularly and I’m sure you probably look a lot younger than your peers too i would imagine…I’m 5 10 1/2 and usually wear a size 10 (North American size that is), and now I’m a 12 so just need to go down one more size. Could be worse though because before I had become a size 14 with a very thick waist. Anyway, I don’t have a thick waist or anything, just want to lose more in my chest, hips and thighs. The abs are looking pretty good though, I managed to get rid of my love handles. Well, I used to be obsessed with weight when I was younger, but have learned to be more positive through the Law of Attraction.

I hear you! I love good food and am a “gourmand”. Can’t drink wine though as I’m allergic to all alcohol, chocolate, citrus foods, coffees, etc,

Namaste
tat

Waterwatch or Barb,

Ooh lucky you! I’m so envious that you have your own yoga room set up at home. How fabulous is that! Especially in the dreary days of winter (depending where you live), not always convenient to go to a studio. Do you have other types of cardio equipment at home too?

Well, everyone is different of course but one of my Instructor’s is definitely looking anorexic from teh last time I saw here. She’s almost 6 ft, her face is extremely gaunt, and she is soooo thin. Not only from her daily practice I guess, but she admitted that she’d cut out all dairy, weight, meat and is only a vegetarian. I’m all for a thin physique but she looks really pasty and gangly now.

I try to do the class at least 2 or 3 x/week as well as go to the gym the other days doing power walking/running intervals, some light weights, eliptical machines, etc. I find I really crave the intense “aerobic” exercise because I tend to be on the hyper side so it helps me get my energy out, if that makes sense.

As for weight loss, yes I’m experiencing some but in my case I had other health issues, so now as they’re being healed I’m losing. I’m also eating lots more which seems to be working in my case, because my Doctor told me my body had bascially gone into “hibernation mode” that is packing on weight and not losing, as I wasn’t eating enough for my body. I know lots of other people that have had phenominal results with weight loss from hot yoga though. One instructor in particular never worked out a day in her life, went 4x/week for 2 yrs and lost 35 lbs, after which she decided to become an Instructor. She is in her late 40’s but has the body of someone in their early 20’s.

I just want to mention something else. That I’m so tired of people saying as they get older it’s impossible to lose weight, or that as each decade goes that women gain 10 lbs per decade! That is just @#$%^&*(!! My relatives, most of whom are older are all long and lean, and have maintained their bodies their entire life. Hmm wonder if I should start a sepearte thread about this issue ad it really does irk me. I’m in my lat 30’s and even when I first began Bikram, and wanted to lose some lbs, all these people around me were saying that your body is getting older and no matter what you do, you won’t lose the weight. Can you believe that dribble? Just wanted to get that off my chest! There feel better now…:)

Hello everybody,

Well I’m back again “ranting and raving” this time about the same very issue. Ok. well the other day I went to my regular Yoga studio to take my class. Now, normally I usually see whoever is teaching online, but I didn’t think to check that day. Well, I arrived there and found out that the “spawn of satan” how I think of her, is the one teaching. Trust me, if you saw her teaching style you’d agree. She has this harsh shrill voice,and she shouts (barks) out her commands-very stressful, and picks on people continuously, like I have never seen in a Bikram class.

Many people refuse to go to her class, but she’s still there as she’s the Office Manager. Ok, well I was halfway through the class, when I really needed to go to the washroom, so I stood up and pointed to the door. The teacher was like : “No, no, no, no, no. Do you really need to go? Can’t you hold it? I said “no I can’t need to go now”. Well when I came out i saw the owner there who smiled at me, and I promptly came back when I was finished in the bathroom. The instructor’s reply was: “Oh was John out there?” I replied yes, and she said that “Oh dear well he’s probably not very happy about you now”. I thought to myself here we go again!! I went and complained to him again about his instructor/Manager’s rudeness and how I was extremtly angry, and how I’m plain fed up!

I had already complained to him once before and thought that he’d spoken with her…maybe not i don’t know. All the other Instructor’s are fine with me going to the bathroom, I just make sure to remind them before the class. Well, I guess it’s my own fault that I didn’t pay attention to who was teaching that day. For the record this Instructor has had several complaints against her, however she’s still there as the owner thinks she’s doing a fabulous job. I just feel that the owner maybe doesn’t take my complaints seriously or something as I’d already complained before about that woman. Maybe I’ll be looking into joining a different studio, or be really careful not to ever get this instructor for a class. What would other people do?

So, sorry if I bored some of you as this is really a ridiculous complaint, but valid nevertheless…

Well I actually suffer from a chronic bladder condition and I find that I still need to go to the washroom once during Savasana so I make sure to keep my mat next to the door for quick acess. But I will say that I informed the yoga studio about my bladder condition and they were less than sympathetic you might say. After buying my package at that particular studio, I informed the staff of my condition, and that one day I believe my bladder will improve but it hasn’t happened yet. I mentioned that I need to go only once during Savasana and that I’m very discret about it tip toeing out of the room. Well, once I started doing that I started getting lectures from the yoga manager on how I should try to “control my bladder more and try not to go”, that I am being a distraction. Well, I tried holding my bladder for the entire class, but to do that i can’t drink any water, or hold in my stomach during certain poses, so by the end of class I felt like I was dying and didn’t have a very good workout. Hello? Are we in kindergarten or something. I don’t appreciate being told to not go to the washroom. I was absolutely enraged, complained to the owner and wrote a very detailed letter, stating the lack of customer service of his Manager, feeling discriminated because of my health condition and threatened to never come back. Well he had a talk with her and now she no longer bothers me. Find by me. For the record, many people complain about this Manager to the owner for various reasons, however since she runs the office, he’s not about to let her go.

I would just like to be able to do my practice in peace without being harassed! Just wondered if anyone else has had any similar experiences or am I special? 😉

Good question sma-ll, If I find the answer I’ll be sure to post here. Well, anyway being in that same situation myself, I just wear fitted tank tops over sports bras, and my Shakti yoga shorts. I know it really is a pain to wear 2 layers on top, but really I don’t know where you could find say, full-control tank tops or something. Not quite ready to do just the bra thing on top, as my abs are not quite defined the way I want them to be. I probably could get away with it, but I prefer to wait until I get my “six pack” back. One day hopefully soon…:)

Thank you Robert, very happy to be here and grateful that I came across this fab site! Yes I did have a chuckle over your story of practicing yoga with the hot model behind you. I would have been distracted too had I had a male model practicing behind me. 😉