Wendy4012

Juicing is like fasting. It allows you to pump your body full of nutrition while still allowing your body to take a break from
digesting (because fiber is removed) and therefore allocate all its energy towards bodily housecleaning. Deep, hyper-house cleaning.
If you are don’t desire the deep, cellular level of detoxification that comes from juice cleansing, then most definitely–drink
lots of green smoothies. For many people coming off a very poor diet, drinking smoothies still has a certain level of a
cleansing effect and that’s why many programs with fiber/pulp are still named “cleanses.” They are. Just not nearly as deep
of ones as one experiences when on just juice.

Hi Blondiesorganic,

I use the balls they have at the gym. I don’t know what brand they are.
I assume you could purchase one at your local sporting goods retail outlet or at Amazon.com if you don’t have a Retail outlet in close proximity.

Wendy

Excellent! Great feedback. The sweating is PROFUSE and PROFOUND!! The powers that be (Google) ? were guiding you by connecting you to this website before you even did your first class. That’s awesome. You went in with most of your questions answered up front which allowed you to relax more than the usual newbie. Great foresight on your part.

If you haven’t already done so, do yourself a favor and purchase the HOT YOGA MASTERCLASS ASAP! You’ll be light years ahead of those that have been practicing for years in a few months!

what happens when you sit in a dry or wet sauna? not that the hot room is the same as sitting in either one of the above mentioned, just curious.

I’ve been doing the “ball” exercise every other day for about 6 weeks now and I’m noticing a Hugh difference in CORE and LOWER back strength! I’m even noticing some definition (muscle tone) in the Transverse Abdominal region. Me likey! 🙂

Hi Timothy. If you haven’t purchased the MASTERCLASS yet, do it! The more time you can spend with the book before your class the BETTER for everyone. I’m convinced it is the finest, most detailed, data rich reference book available ON THE PLANET for the Bikram/Hot Hatha Yoga series. Not to mention the most visually stunning! It is a MUST have for all SERIOUS students and teachers who are interested in taking their practices and their students practices to the deepest level of understanding and expression. I learn something new from the MASTERCLASS book everyday!

Welcome to the club!
Namaste’

Be sure to let us know how your first class goes!

Hi Heather and Gabrielle. Not sure how I missed these responses… Hopefully you’re still having the same result after having stopped taking the allergy meds Heather. I have still not made the commitment to become my own lab rat. That said, my nose still runs. :down:

Habituary ?? I had just come from a funeral that day and had the word obituary on my mind 🙂 Yes. You are right. The right word was habitual. How could that word have eluded me?

I will ramp up my Himalayan salt consumption.

What kind of sticky mat does your name refer if you are new to yoga sticky mat?
What are the benefits of juice fasting? Just to name a few….:-) Copied from juicefeasting website.

be free of fear of developing one or many of the chronic illnesses that affect many of today’s population?
create a deeper, more joyful experience of life for yourself, free of physical discomfort and pain?
experience mental clarity and freedom from “brain fog?”
enjoy your body more, as it becomes the correct weight for your height?
feel proud of your radiant, glowing, healthy skin and bright, clear eyes?
enjoy eating free from guilt, and in a way that is ecologically and environmentally beneficial?
gain more self confidence?
be blown away by how GOOD it is possible for you to feel?
kiss common colds, flus, headaches, mucus, and more goodbye?
eliminate the need for chemical pharmaceuticals and prescription drugs?
effortlessly move away from the foods that create illness because you now get FAR MORE pleasure from feeling healthy than you ever did from eating sugary, processed foods.
be a powerful example of HUMAN POTENTIAL, sharing your health secrets with the millions of people who so badly need to see and hear about vibrant, healthy people like yourself?
have consistant energy and emotional stability throughout the day?

Hi Jessika.

Your question in asking how a juice fast will affect your practice and energy level is difficult to answer without knowing anything about your current diet, habits, background. One thing is for sure, when you do something, you GO FULL THROTTLE!! Practicing for 6 weeks, 6 days a week, some doubles! :ahhh: And now starting a juice fast..:bug: As you know, yoga is much more than the postures. Yoga is about AWARENESS. The more experienced we are in our practices, the more awareness we have in our postures. We become aware of each postures’ traction lines, how to set those traction lines up safely, knowing which muscles to contract and which to relax. We are aware every moment of our breath, doing our best to never let it get away from us which is how we work our edge. My motto, breath not brahn. This being said, as a yogini yourself, approach your juice fast with mindful awareness to check into how your physical energy is affected by it, how your practice is affected by it etc. You have nothing to prove and everything to DISCOVER! If you’re detoxing too quickly, slow the fast down. Dilute the juice with purified water. Or stop practicing so much. And if you need something warm, make a delicious warm, savory soup in your blender. Gabrielle has a great book out right now GREEN SMOOTHIE MAGIC available on Amazon that could assist you in your fast for those days that you’re feeling it’s ok to have a smoothie if you need more BODY in the diet because energy level is low. I’m excited for your discovery during your juice fast. Here’s something I know FOR SURE about Juice Fasting. It will certainly CLEAR any lingering negative energies that your practice hasn’t accessed yet and facilitate the dropping of these energies from your being.

Love the reference to Rabbit exit Bunni. I’m looking at my Hot Yoga Masterclass Book now to see what the Master, Ms. Gabrielle has to say about it.Every question we have – the answer – can be found there! Namaste!

Nope. You’re not the only one Heather. My nose runs as well and so do other students in my classes. I happen to “think” it is diet related but it would be next to impossible to pinpoint what it is exactly in the diet that’s causing it unless you are interested in becoming your own lab experiment like I’m thinking of doing on myself by eliminating the habituary, (is that a word) foods you eat and liquids you drink every day one by one to see if the runny nose stops. When and if it does you can then start adding back in one by one the eliminated items to see what causes it to start running again. Perhaps a food allergy of some kind might reveal itself? This method seems more intriguing to me then spending $200 on an allergy food test.