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in reply to: Share this mat towel to you guys #8400
My gripe with Yogitoes is that it can’t handle the amount of sweat that I sweat out in a Bikram class. However, I do find it useful to take when I travel. I use a Yogitoes towel along with Gabrielle’s dialog mp3.
I personally love the Breathe mat. I now own three of them.
in reply to: Dehydration #8143Hi Gabrielle,
If I were to do a teacher training this year, I would choose your course over the Bikram. However, from an employment perspective, would one be able to work at a Bikram studio if they did your course?
in reply to: Bad Yoga Days? #8110Very normal!
Possible factors: stress, hydration, time of day, fatigue, diet etc
in reply to: Heart rate high, need to take Savasana a lot. #8109I even find pranayama breathing and half moon exhausting! My heart is racing at the end of awkward. I take a bit of a rest in eagle pose by not going deep in the first set and focusing on alignment.
I find standing head to knee and standing bow incredibly challenging due to the elevated heart rate. It’s a good day when I can do balancing stick without falling out. I’m so exhausted for triangle pose that I often collapse out of the posture.
I am young male who has a healthy BMI that has been doing Bikram since July. I sweat like crazy and I know that is what’s stopping me from doing the postures in the hot room. When I practise at room temperature at home, I am fine (but I still sweat quite a bit!).
in reply to: Contact lenses #8087I use contacts all the time for Bikram and my eyes are fine. The only problem I have is that my eyes become bloodshot but since I’ve never done Bikram Yoga without contacts, I can’t say whether the bloodshot eyes are caused by the contacts or the sweat dripping into my eyes.
in reply to: Recommended hot yoga mat #8034I use Breathe Yoga mats. My studio has carpeted floors so I don’t know what it would be like on wood. They absorb sweat but it feels a lot more dry than a Yogitoes towel. They’re on the expensive side but it’s a mat and towel in one so it’s easy maintenance and transportation.
The conventional towel on a standard yoga mat is a really good option. It’s cheap, easy maintenance and it grips wooden floors well. My only gripe with this option is that towels very rarely are the same size as a yoga mat.
I used to get dizzy when rising up from hands to feet. It’s difficult to pin point what I did to stop it from happening. It was either the fact that I was more conscious about electrolytes in between classes and drinking enough water.
As a starting point, perhaps you can have some coconut water before class and see if that makes any difference.
in reply to: improving odeur during class? #8003If your sweat is smelling like ammonia, here’s why. Long story short: you’re not getting enough carbs.
I also find that coffee can make your sweat stink. On the other hand, eating plenty of fresh fruit makes odour more neutral. In fact, some fruitarians don’t use deodorant.
in reply to: Hamstring injury #7667At the time of writing, I’ve practised Bikram Yoga for 2 months and practise about 5 days a week. I had a hamstring injury from Bikram Yoga and after 6 weeks, I’ve completely recovered. Below is what I discovered in my journey to recovery.
Rest is the best thing you can do for a fast recovery. I believe you need to take some days off for your hamstring to recover. However, if you’re like me, you’ll want to keep up your practice. Go easy in the following poses: hands to feet, standing head to knee (only pick up your foot – don’t extend your leg), Standing Separate Leg Intense Stretching Pose (sit out completely or just touch your hands to the floor), Standing Separate Leg Head To Knee Pose (bend your knee as much as you can on the injured side or sit out), floor head to knee (sit out or bend your leg as much as you can – mine was almost completely bent).
I found that I rarely sat out and just pretended to do a lot of the poses with the modifications outlined above. I did this because I felt that it was a less of a distraction to fellow students.
Only go into the above postures when you know that your hamstring is 100% recovered. My injury was at 90% and although I thought I went easy on it in the next class, I had to start the healing process all over again.
There’s still plenty of poses you can work on with a hamstring injury 🙂
in reply to: What do I need to take to a posture clinic? #7633Thanks for the replies! I know that the class comes after the clinic. I’ll ask for an agenda as per Lee’s suggestion.
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