fraseram

did your teacher see and watch your actual breath technique?? could be posture and muscle but too maybe the way u r breathing could be part of it??

yes this is very common as your core body temp figures out what to do!!!! it is working hard to cool you down in class then about 30 – 60 mins later you can DROP getting chilly and again overcompensating get hot or feverish again. it is like a teeter-totter your body is trying to balance

try challenging your thoughts and feelings….this works wonders for me
asking yourself questions and putting them into realistic perspective about what they r really about

i live in bc and am on coast in humid conditions but i dont own a studio so i am unsure of lagistics. i know i dont feel hot but sweat a lot. i also know the higher the heat the lower the humidity and visa versa

what is your diet and other components to your life style like??? do you sleep well? drink? ect these are things that will all effect your weight as well …..
as for the challenge I loved it and just kept on going…… I did 38 days of consecutive yoga while maintaining my other activities and after that kept going with a 6 day practice and an optional 7th day again with my other sports included too. I did not loose any weight (though I don’t need to) and enjoyed many other benefits

to diagnose …… and get guidance or treatment of any condition should be done by a doc. i’m only sharing my experience and research. your situation may be something totally different.
to treat a low blood sodium i needed less water and more salt and other minerals …… so when replacing fluids i had to take tablets as recommended by my doc.
the long and short is even if you are taking special drinks…. if you are drinking too much reg water on top you will still dilute your blood ( I was taking a drink too )

what I meant to say…. and perhaps did not put it very well was this…
Bloating and hanging on to fluid IS a a sign of acclimatization AND it is also a sign of your electrolytes being off. I would too be concerned and am concerned which is why i suggested she get her levels checked. If it is a normal sign of your body adjusting to heat it should go away after a couple of days to a week after it started if it continues then your levels may be off.
especially if you are drinking A LOT of water (with no hymilain or other sea salts/electrolyte replacements) your blood sodium may be low. In my experience (and that is the only place I am speaking from and not pretending to be an expert 😉 ) that is what happened to me…. I was overly preoccupied with getting dehydrated and drank too much water LOL and diluted my blood. There are lots of things though that can cause an imbalance

Conservation of sodium chloride (NaCl) also occurs during heat acclimatization. The NaCl losses in sweat and urine decrease during days 3-9 of heat acclimatization, resulting in an expanded extracellular fluid volume. Subsequently, NaCl losses in sweat and urine increase toward pre-acclimatization levels, once physiologic strain (i.e., cardiovascular, thermal) moderates. Francesconi and colleagues (1993) recently demonstrated that NaCl losses, during a strenuous 10-day heat acclimatization protocol, were related to plasma renin (PR) and plasma aldosterone (A) concentrations. When subjects consumed a low salt diet (4g NaCl per day) and a moderate salt diet (8g NaCl per day), both PR and A increased during the first four days of heat acclimatization, but decreased during the remaining 6 days of heat acclimatization. The improved cardiovascular stability, which occurred on days 1-4 of heat acclimatization, allowed equivalent exercise performance with both diets and apparently reduced the stimulation and need for large elevations of PR and A. No change in plasma levels of arginine vasopressin (AVP) were observed across time, in either dietary group, possibly because hourly water intake matched the fluid lost in sweat. Usually, AVP synthesis is stimulated by an increase in plasma osmolarity or alterations in blood pressure, plasma volume, and renal or hepatic blood blow. Therefore, it is unlikely that the ability to successfully sustain exercise, during the latter days of the heat acclimatization process, is specifically related to the action of hormones that regulate fluid-electrolyte balance. This is particularly true when salt balance has been achieved

this swelling and retention happens to me when I come back from a break or have a few hot classes in a row. it goes away in a few days to a week

keep trying with arms underneath ……. try to get then to the inside of the hip bone ( I had the same prob ) this way the arms are resting on it

YES the snug fit is the key and the full wrap around the ears I also use clips in my hair to keep it from falling forward.

it really depends on how hot the studio is how acclimatized you are and many many other variables like weight and vo2 max and resting heart rate …….. to give you an idea though
according to my monitor I burn roughly a little less than in a 60 min cardio session depending on how hard i push in class.(thats when I do a do a class in my sauna studio) and it feels like it !!!!! if it does not feel like its challenging you…. then its not ….. use your bodies intuition to tell you how hard you’ve just worked !!!

lol as I get older…. MY boobs just get lower

this mod IS very helpful and one that I have used in recovery from hip surgery. NOT acceptable in a purist studio but encouraged in others.