erinjag

The story about your client in China brings up a good point. I’m an expat living in Indonesia. The temperature stays around low 90’s and the humidity is usually 80+% year round. It’s definitely a change for me. There are fans in the room, but they usually open the doors to cool the room and circulate air. It’s pretty funny to me that opening the door to the outside is a relief :). I think maybe I will start to sit near the door so I can cool off easier during the class.

I looked up all the conditions you suggested. Luckily I don’t think its as severe as heat exhaustion, but I definitely think I could be walking a fine line. I did find many articles on low sodium and what can cause hyponatremia. I never considered my water intake could be causing low sodium. In fact, before moving here I use to run quite often. On long distance runs, while I exclusively drank water, I always took GU gel while I was running. Why I never considered applying this same concept to Bikram is beyond me! I’m gonna try drinking some sports drinks during my practice and see if there is a difference in my sweating and my overall feeling during class. I really appreciate all your help!!!

Hello all,
I see these are old posts, but I’m wondering how the sweating is going? I’m new to Bikram and sweat like crazy for hours after class. If I do yoga at night, I have a hard time sleeping and, of course, I continue to sweat. The lack of sleep doesn’t bother me because I actually feel more energetic in the mornings after yoga. When I do it during the day, I also avoid going anywhere for at least 2-3 hours after class. Even a cold shower doesn’t seem to help much. I mainly stay hot in my chest and in the middle of my back. To clarify, and not to be too graphic, its the middle of my chest that sweats. My breasts seem to be completely unaffected. I am a very healthy vegetarian 29 yr old. Please help!