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in reply to: March 30-day challenge #4914
Yesterday was Day 90! I have thoroughly enjoyed the journey to Day 90. I have never been as strong, nor as flexible. I still have a ways to go, though….. Do we ever reach a spot in Bikram’s that is the “finish line”? I think not.
Now I sit here contemplating whether to go tonight or not…
in reply to: YogaBody supplement really works #4900Please, people, keep updating on how the YogaBody product is working/not working… I’ll be watching with intense interest and may give it a try once there’s some further input. Gab and Robert, how’s it going? Interesting that forgetting it one day and you noticed a difference! Makes it seem more like an analgesic?
in reply to: I did it !!! #4855Okay, that’s it – it’s definite, you’re a crazy person!
Just kidding! Congrats on doing what you needed to do! Isn’t that what it’s all about, after all?
Keep up the good work! (And watch out for those toys – both you and Gabrielle tripping up around your kids…) Yikes!
in reply to: How necessary is the heat ? #4854The first time I did hot yoga I had a migraine afterwards. Even though I was at home in bed in agony, the rest of my body LOVED it. I could tell right away I’d be back the next day.
Eight and a half years later, I still love the yoga, love the heat. Although, sometimes I hate the heat, think that I’m crazy, but that’s just monkey-chatter…
I wouldn’t say that it’s ego that makes me love the poses, it’s my physical body that responds and takes me back day after day after day. I have NEVER regretted attending a class, NEVER.
in reply to: Scabs/Rough Patches on knees #4797I’ve had rough skin under my chin and on the tops of my feet for eight years. ha! Small price to pay for all the fabulous stuff I get from hot yoga.
in reply to: Where to go to hot yoga holiday? #4775Or look here and look under “class finder.”
in reply to: Soundless or ujiay breathing? #4766I forgot to say – what a lovely idea – a silent class. I LOVE that idea! I’m going to propose it to my studio.
in reply to: Soundless or ujiay breathing? #4765Why would you need to make any noise? It’s just normal breathing. Would you breathe noisily whilst driving your car? To me it’s the same.
Of course Gab will give you a much more refined answer, but that’s my thoughts on it. It should be silent. It would annoy me too if someone was noisily breathing.
in reply to: March 30-day challenge #4764Yikes, Amy! Glad to hear you are back on your feet and okay!
in reply to: Final Savasana #4757Gummisteph, do you find that your heart rate needs slowing by the end of class? I haven’t found that, not after the final few postures, which are quite relaxing, Head to Knee with Stretching, Final Spinal, Blowing in Firm…
I have noticed the same thing, not many people stay for more than a minute after the teacher leaves. Some teachers say things like, “Do you find you’re doing things like dropping your keys if you rush out of class? Stay, relax, and be a safe driver.”
I’ve tried both ways and haven’t noticed any difference in how I feel after, whether I stay and relax or get up and leave right after the teacher. I rarely leave right after the teacher, maybe I’ve done that a couple of times.
My main reason for not hanging around in there too long is that I usually do the 8:15 p.m. class, so it’s almost 10 by the time I’m outta there.
in reply to: 60 day challenge #4738Wow, congrats, Abelanger! I know you had a bigger challenge than some with your three jobs and your stiffening and sore body. So my heartfelt congratulations on making it to your goal!
What’s next for you?
in reply to: March 30-day challenge #4733I did 60 days in a row (and still counting, actually). But I think you’re probably right, one day off a week would be a good thing for some people. I am semi-retired, so I have the extra time to make it work for me. I wouldn’t even attempt a challenge if I was working full-time.
I am doing the aerobics Mon/Wed nights and Saturday mornings, although I understand in the summer they cut out the Saturday class. I also walk every day with my dogs, about a 35-40 minute brisk walk, I don’t know how far it is though. I also will be golfing probably five days a week now, so I don’t have time for work!
Yeah, the yoga is all about the butt – and the core/abs! The other thing I tighten in Full Locust is the core and abs, that really helps with the lift too!
Now, here’s an interesting thing: Michael Harris, one of Bikram’s teachers, was here in Vancouver giving a seminar last weekend, and now the teachers are telling us all the stuff they learned from him, and one of the comments is that you don’t have to tighten your butt in Camel. Now they’re saying whichever works better for you, tight butt or not, just push your hips forward. I find it’s way easier to arch back with a relaxed butt.
in reply to: March 30-day challenge #4727Yesterday, Wed, May 29th, was Day 60 for me! I reached it and it wasn’t anywhere near as exciting as I thought it would be, mainly because I hurt my back at aerobics on Saturday and it’s been tweaking quite a bit at yoga, so I haven’t been able to stretch and enjoy and work as hard as I usually do. 🙁
I am still considering whether to continue through a 90-day challenge, going through till the end of May. The reason I’d like to continue is up until Saturday I was seeing steady, if tiny, improvement each time I went and I’d like to see how far I can take it – how flexible I can get …
I certainly don’t feel that I’ve reached the peak of my flexibility – does anyone ever? Hm, now there’s a question. I wonder if others feel they’ve reached the peak of their flexibility? Does it ever stop??? I’ve never considered that question before. My guess would be it never stops! There’s always more to be had …
I did do a double one day, at Day 55. I did a morning and an evening class. I was a little disappointed in the evening class, I thought I’d be super flexible, but it was just a ho-hum, ordinary class, just like the earlier one had been. However, the next day’s class was amazing! THEN I was super flexible! Very interesting and unexpected.
Well, I see there’s play-off hockey on tonight, so I’ll be off to a yoga class. Ha!
in reply to: March 30-day challenge #4715Amy, are the pins a permanent fixture?
in reply to: What are the benefits of a 30-day challenge #4708Oh, and re the challenge, today I finished Day 54 and feel fabulous!
in reply to: What are the benefits of a 30-day challenge #4707I find having been doing the aerobics Jan, Feb, March and into April that it’s hard work, but fun. It has made my legs, abs and back stronger – which is wonderful!
I still do my separate ab work, though, so that I work my abs every day, doing Gab’s ball leg-lifts.
in reply to: March 30-day challenge #4706Oh, good lord, you’re right, Gab, of course! Here I’m blathering on about the wrong pose. Sorry, Yogalifer!
Yeah, I agree, Cobra’s a tough one.
in reply to: Love/hate relationship with camel #4694Now how in the world could one look “up one’s nose”??? ha!
in reply to: March 30-day challenge #4693PS, Yogalifer, with Cobra, I’ve found if I follow Gabrielle’s instructions exactly it’s a lot easier. When they tell me to keep my legs together and tighten my butt, at that point I tighten and lift my legs off the floor, ready to go, and then just before they tell you to “lift up and fly” I tighten my arms and back, just an instant before actually lifting, so that everything’s tight before you “fly,” it’s a lot easier to get up there and maintain your lift. Then, once up, I try to relax my trapezius muscles, just at the base of my neck and look higher, and then arch my back. “Bikram Air, flying high…”
Go fly, girl!
in reply to: March 30-day challenge #4692Isn’t it funner, Yogalifer, how one month you love one posture, the next month … well, it’s a challenge? Bodies they are a’changin’, I guess, is the explanation – or maybe it’s the mind, or maybe it’s both. Whatever, I have never had a boring class in eight years. Sometimes I totally leave my brain at the door, though, and I’m then surprised, oh, wow, we’re already at Head to Knee with Stretching pose?! How did that happen??!
My current challenging pose is Rabbit, I just cannot figure that one out at all. A tweak here, a tweak there, I still feel like I’m jammed up and not sure what I’m supposed to be doing.
Oh, well, I’ve got another 20 years at least of doing this yoga, so I’ll figure it out somewhere along the line, I’m sure.
in reply to: Locust Epiphany #4691I actually have two dogs like that, but with both in the picture it gets too small! Millie and Zoe, adorable Bichon Frise. Millie does Downward Dog yoga poses all the time! ha!
in reply to: Love/hate relationship with camel #4675Achhh, Camel is one of my favourites now, on Day 50! I find it so much easier now that my shoulders and chest have loosened a bit so that I actually can lift my chest instead of just pushing forward with my hips. Love it, love it!
in reply to: March 30-day challenge #4673I’ve been losing weight too, soon I’m going to need smaller yoga shorts or perhaps face a potentially embarrassing situation!
Today I finished Day 50 and had a fabulous class. Enjoyed all the postures except for one. I’m getting stronger and more fit by the day. It’s quite amazing!
in reply to: Locust Epiphany #4672Yogalifer, in your picture you look like you’re waiting for the bus to come along to take you to???
I always think you must be going somewhere exciting because you look happy!
in reply to: March 30-day challenge #4643Amy, I’m SO GLAD to hear you are progressing well. This yoga is amazing, isn’t it? It let’s us see how amazing WE can be and how far we can go!!
I finished Day 42 last night and it was wonderful. I am actually feeling some opening in my shoulders/pecs. I didn’t even know they were tight – ha! I mean, after all these years, I had just accepted that’s how my body was. But I can actually now get my arms behind my ears in Half Moon, which I never would have dreamed of trying before. It’s an amazing feeling. Now in Camel I can send my chest skyward somewhat, which is completely new for me. I think I used to have quite a straight back in Camel – well, in any backbends, I guess.
I still hate Rabbit, can’t do it how Gabrielle suggests at all. If I leave my feet lax, I can’t feel anything happening anywhere. I’m thinking of actually getting the instructor to take a picture, so I can try and find out what the heck is going on.
But the rest of the postures rock – well, almost. Triangle is still to be mastered and I haven’t got my head to my knee in Standing Head to Knee, but the postures feel awfully good. I look forward to most of them, besides Rabbit.
We’ll keep on truckin’, Amy, and keep on trying, pushing where we can, backing off where we need to.
Happy Easter to all!! It’s pouring buckets here today in Vancouver, British Columbia. (Home of the 2010 Olympics!!)
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