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in reply to: Dialogue refers to 14 major joints #9463
And how about “pulling is the object of stretching.” Shouldn’t it be the other way around?
Bikram Yoga works like a hot damn, (no pun intended) but it takes time. So take it easy, stand still, breath, breath slowly, calmly, just try the poses a little bit. If you feel dizzy, slowly kneel down and calm yourself, then rejoin.
It takes at LEAST 10 classes for your body to get used to the heat, and it can take YEARS to master the poses. But, fear not, any little bit that you can do will do you worlds of good.
Keep trying, hang in there and good luck! Report back on how it goes.
in reply to: Triangle Pose #8434Debin – no, I wouldn’t say it’s unusual at all to straddle your mat, it’s just old-fashioned. All the newer studios I’ve been to in the last couple of years have NO carpet and the front of the room is always mirrored, as well as one side. So we turn to the mirrored side to do Separate Leg Stretching pose, Triangle and Separate Leg Head to Knee pose, all the while staying on our mats. That way there’s less mopping up for staff after class ends. 🙂
in reply to: Did you quit your weights for more yoga? #8433Vancouver Canada’s Costco has 12 big cans of coconut juice for 12 bucks. (There’s really no other juice in it besides the coconut) and it has 640 mgs of potassium. yummy, yummy, yummy.
in reply to: Contact lenses #8147I’ve worn soft contacts in Bikram classes for ten years and I’ve never given them a thought. Like Connie says, the sweat comes and goes and is not a concern. But sunblock, now that’s a different story. Holy – talk about stinging!
in reply to: Heart rate high, need to take Savasana a lot. #8146Pamela: You might not know it, but lots of us have hearts racing and just don’t show it. I don’t think you’d ever know it looking at me. I smile, stand very quietly, do each pose slowly and carefully. I’ve been doing it for many years and I guess my mind keeps my body in control. I don’t drink during class, so I have quite a few seconds, up to a minute, after Eagle to feel my heart racing as I stand there quietly while most everyone else has a drink. It’s during this time that I have noticed and wondered why my heart is racing, because Eagle does not seem like a hard pose. My heart races too after Standing Bow and Balancing Stick, but I don’t have time to contemplate it as the poses move one after the other without a break.
I have read elsewhere, though, that the water drinking is what makes people tired around Triangle, their body is now split between focussing on the pose and doing something with the liquid in the stomach.
Anyway, it’s all good. It’s like circuit training, heart pounding, slowing/relaxing, heart pounding, slowing/relaxing. Stand quietly. Smile at yourself. Be proud of how hard you are working and the good you are doing your body.
Also remember too any excess moving will get your heart going, things like sitting down, then getting up quickly. Hatha yoga, which is what Bikram yoga is, means stillness and breath. Take this thought into every class, stillness and breath. Relax, learn to love the yoga, learn to love you – just as you are, at that moment, looking at yourself – good job, girl!!!
in reply to: Hello Im new here to this forum and yoga! #8145That’s kinda like asking if you should learn French before signing up for French class! If you’re going to Bikram/hot yoga, do like the others have said, drink 2 litres, finishing up two hours before class, and just go! have fun! Do report back on how it goes.
in reply to: YogaBody supplement really works #8055Gab, I remember you saying you and Robert both had a harder time one day in yoga and then realized you’d skipped your Yogabody! That was a year ago, I think.
in reply to: Site to buy hot yoga inspired jewelry? #8041Alice, I have often wished for the same thing, some “Bikram inspired” jewellery.
in reply to: The Beginnings of Heat Stroke? #7921How much water/electrolyte are you having in the hours before class?
Vancouver, BC. I practice 5x a week at Bikram Yoga Richmond. Love it!
in reply to: Yogabody supplements #7803Hi, tcbcrews – Yes, I can say Yogabody really does work and is not a gimic. It’s just “greens” per say that we all need. It helps in a teeny-weeny way, not huge gains, but gains none the less, and I will not stop taking it! It also helps with recovery, less soreness after a hard workout.
in reply to: Help me stay motivated #7802Isn’t it funny in life how you’ve never heard or seen something, then once you discover it, it shows up everywhere?!!
This time I’m talking about Tonya Savasta. I’d never heard of her until two weeks ago, then suddenly everywhere I turn her name comes up! Two girls at yoga were talking about her, one had been to a seminar she gave. Another friend was raving about her raw diet, and now I hear about it on this forum! Never ceases to amaze me.
Anyway, I did send for one of her books, which got me dragging my old juicer out of the basement, polishing it up and getting it going again. The reason I put it in the basement probably 5 years ago is I did not like the wastage with all the fiber going out the back end of the juicer.
Then in the same week, actually, the same day we were digging out the juicer, we saw an infomercial by Montel Williams telling us about his wonderful HealthMaster juicer/emulcifier, which has such a big motor (2 hp) that all veggies and fruit are emulicied instantly and nothing goes out the back end. I’ve since sent for one and can’t wait till it gets here! Montel Williams has MS and says he has really improved his quality of life by his juicing diet.
It’s all so very interesting. Tonya Zavasta has written an excellent book dealing with hot yoga and juicing. Well worth reading!
Hi, Jeffrey
May I just say, seeing you behind me in a couple of classes lately, your poses are coming along very nicely! You are developing a very good practice. Keep up the good work!
in reply to: Strong headache after the class! #7650Oh, and ask the front desk where the coolest spot in the room is and put your mat there. At the very beginning you don’t need to see in the mirror so much as finding a cool spot and watching the people in front of you. Good luck!
in reply to: Strong headache after the class! #7649Ten years ago, when I did my first Bikram class, I developed a migraine after class. But my body loved it – other than my head!
What I didn’t know before I went to class is I should have ingested at least 2 litres of water, one with electrolytes, and finished up all that water one hour before class started (so it had time to be absorbed). I had no clue!
I have been drinking sufficient water and electrolytes ever since and have not had another headache! Although one morning recently I thought I could get away with having two cups of coffee and a bowl of granola – no water at all – two hours before class and I had the worst class EVER! Yikes! Live and learn. Even experienced yoginis CANNOT get away with just having coffee before class. Try it and weep!
Yes, your first week will be very hot for you! It’s to be expected. Don’t wear too many clothes. Do you remember that many of the people there were wearing very small shorts and bra tops? Well, the girls anyway. That’s what you need. No t-shirts or long pants. Get that water into you and don’t try too hard. That too will make you overheat. Just take it easy next time you go. But do go back – it is SO worth it, if you can make it through the first couple of weeks, hopefully you’ll love it! Most of us here do, that’s why we’re here!
in reply to: Calf cramps during floor bow #7589I don’t do anything before or after class connected to leg cramps. I’ve always gotten them, even as a kid, if I pointed my toes while swimming.
But I will tell you what I tried last night at class which seemed to work! I completely relaxed all muscles before kicking in Floor Bow, then gently tightened my quads and butt and kept my feet absolutely, totally relaxed. No calf cramps!!
in reply to: Calf cramps during floor bow #7578Okay, today I tried to remember what Gab had said, “Completely relax those calves, relax those toes, and see if you can drive the movement from the thighs upward and the feet backward…” I still got a cramp in the left calf. Eventually I tried to not point my toes but to pull my toes back (facing the back wall), that helped just a little, but it’s still crazy!
in reply to: Help with arm positioning #7543I used to think, a little haughtily, I think, oh, my boobs are just too big for me to do this pose correctly. I won’t even tell you how many years it took for me to realize it wasn’t that my boobs were too big to get my arms side by side, it was that my shoulders were too tight!
Suddenly, one day, I just realized the boobs magically weren’t a problem anymore and the arms were together and I could push my “heart to the floor,” as somebody here mentioned, keeping my arms straight, and it just all seemed to come together.
So, keep on trying and it will happen, one day!
in reply to: Calf cramps during floor bow #7542Funny that you mentioned – could it be mental – the last two classes I’ve had calf cramps in Floor Bow, but on the right leg, not the left. Now I’m wondering…
in reply to: Mat Placement #7528I totally agree with you and I can’t understand why people do this. It’s like any other thing we might be doing in life where we want to see – someone plunking themselves directly in front of you is just plain rude. No, it’s not wrong for you to ask the person to move the heck over!
Dontcha just sometimes wonder if maybe you’re invisible???
in reply to: Calf cramps during floor bow #7525Funny thing is, if I do get a leg cramp, which is probably only once every ten classes, it’s in my calf during Floor Bow as well. Years ago I could get one in Rabbit as well.
How long before class do you have the Emergen-C and water? I make sure I have mine a good hour, hour and a half before class time, so it’s had time to be absorbed and not still in the digestive process.
in reply to: Calf cramps during floor bow #7510Any cramp anywhere and I know I’ve not had enough water/electrolytes before hitting that class!
in reply to: Hip Flexor stretch #7509Hi, Amy. This one was new to me, it’s different than the usual hip flexor stretches which I used to do when running marathons in the ’90s, the bent leg forward and the other straight back then eventually knee on the ground. This one seems quite a bit different to me, even more focussed on the h-flexor. Anyway, new or old, it’s a good one!
in reply to: Toilet Etiquette? #7369One other thought – to totally avoid this problem, I get all my water/electrolytes in and stop drinking TWO HOURS before class, so it has time to work its way through my stomach, through my bladder, into my cells and wherever the heck else it goes – and then I don’t take any into class, so I don’t have any digestion issues. Works perfectly for me.
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