Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)

Hi Claudia

Please give me a couple of days to get to your post!

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hi Rob

It does seem you’re at your wit’s end. 🙁 That must be so conflicting for you. On one hand wanting it so much and on the other hand feeling … let me see, a guess here, a little defeated and yes, angry.

When I read your post I get a strong sense that you could feel shackled by your purchase of the yearly pass and the compulsion you could be feeling by having to use it. And then there’s that guilt when you can’t use the pass. Maybe this is part of your downward spiral of emotional state that you’re experiencing.

Of course this is a mind-read, but frankly most people who have just spent hundreds if not over $1000 on a yearly pass where they’re not getting the value (for whatever reason) could be conflicted about using it. Given that there is a physical side to the story with headaches and now observations of a less than good mood, there is a need to handle your situation with sensitivity.

Is there any way you can convince your studio to allow you to parlay your yearly pass into a multi-class pass (and refund a portion) so that you can better suit a reduced schedule while you get yourself back on track?

Maybe you’re being bamboozled by promises of “the yoga will fix it” or not. You haven’t said.

OK, on matters not financial, would you please make sure you answer these questions for me?

>> Can you tell me if this is the only heated yoga studio in your area? (If there are have you visited?)
>> Next can you tell me if your sweat stings your eyes?
>> Have you been taking the sea salt, or just continuing with the electrolytes you mentioned before?
>> If it’s just been the electrolytes have you upped the dose? (Or just added the sea salt!)

On the subject of pee! Is it clear all the time? Or pale or straw coloured?

Please answer these questions. There are some physiological issues I am trying to uncover.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hi Elena

Ah yes! You’re right. There is only one movement as a hinge so that is I guess the most important thing. What do you think?

To continue the discussion… the relationship between the 2 leg bones does not really contribute as a JOINT per se so I would not consider that to be a major articulation.

If one were to do that then one look at the wrist in a similar way with the relationship of the ulna and the radius allowing twisting or lateral movement.

Humble heartfelt apologies Elena!

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hi Kelsey

Thank you for joining us!

My questions would be:

>> What exactly were you doing when you adjusted your feet?
>> How were you sitting?
>> Was your bottom on the floor?
>> Where were your knees in relation to each other?
>> What about your feet? What parts of them were touching the floor?

The danger one can get into is for either of us to assume you are approaching the pose correctly. So please indulge me by answering the questions. And work in what Andrea asked too about the “bad movement”.

More information about what, where, when, how of the knee in this pose or any other is what I need!

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hi Eric

Oral temperature is a good guide but it’s not as accurate as other ways to measure temp. You want core temperature… Now the best way to do that is a more intimate measurement. 😆

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hi Lisa

Okey dokey. So I believe some changes may be in the offing.

If I may be so bold as to suggest you take a look around the forum. There is a search box to the top right here. Pop the word “Himalaya” in there and you’ll come up with a number of posts about sea salt, electrolytes and water retention. That’s not all of the of course but it’s a great place to start.

Here’s one called Electrolyte Help where you can begin.

First step is to throw away the table salt and never use it again. You could be electrolyte depleted.

Let me know how you go.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hi Lisa

Welcome to the forum!

Don’t despair. Let’s see where we can go with this. 😉

Can you please tell me…
>> How much water you drink…
* during the day in total
* when you drink it
* do you drink with your meals
* do you drink during class

>> What is your electrolyte intake?
* what electrolytes are you taking (brand or type)
* how often

Muscle shaking can be indicative of many things, so let’s look at the above first. You could be electrolyte deprived (which has an affect on your ‘weight’). Can you also tell me if you shake in particular poses? At the same point in the pose? Is it every time? Or is it just sometimes?

That’s enough to start with

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hi Olga

Your body ALWAYS needs electrolytes. You should not be waiting for a sign of weakness to take electrolytes.

If you read about electrolytes on this forum, you’ll see that I recommend taking sea salt. Do that and you can save on buy Emergen C. And you can spread about 1/2 teaspoon a day on food in water (with lemon juice is great) or in whatever way you like to take it.

I will answer your other post at the other thread now.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hello Liat

Firstly thank you so much for joining us here!

I believe that almost every question you could ever have will be answered by the manual.

You will learn about the poses in a step wise way that will probably change the way you approach them. They’re still the same poses but you’ll be surprised that with the right information you’ll take the struggle out and work with the body instead of against it.

So yes, you will learn how not to make your hands slip in Standing Head to Knee
You will learn how to keep your foot slipping in triangle. You will learn how to breathe more easily in Hands to Feet pose.

You can also come here to the forum to ask for clarification. Also I have quite a number of free tips and techniques (videos included) around this website that will also support you and your practice.

I imagine you have visited the page where you can find all the information about the package. There are some photos of the manual, some DVD snippets, a picture of the poster, and in the video up the top you see me holding and leafing through it (it’s very big! and extremely detailed).

Please let me know if I can help you with anything else.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hi Diane

When it comes to heating, concrete is too cold. You may find it much more expensive to heat your space. Heat is lost very easily. It’s also VERY hard. There are many things that one can choose, but concrete would be last on my list.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hello David Kiser

Thank you for the provenance.

My input would be that it serves or adds nothing and nobody to imply that there are 14 major joints in the body. The deltoids are muscles which happen to wrap shoulders! The shoulders are the joints.

Despite the erroneous information it appears that there are people who continue to say something that is not accurate for absolutely no good reason.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Oui Kofi

Je parle francais, assez couramment.

By the way, thank you very much for ordering those products (and our emails in the interim).

Thank you for your kind words

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂