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in reply to: Heat and Oxygenated blood? #8793
Hi Sweatheart
The situation outside of the room is of course a little different. What you say does shed some light on the situation. It’s possible that you could make some improvements in your breathing technique. You could be creating a little ‘overbreathing’ situation.
I may PM you with an idea or 2. But first let me know if it resonates with you that the trouble could possibly have something to do with your breathing and not just the room itself. I am interested to know.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Feeling faint #8790Hi Kit
Are you still practising hot yoga? With low blood pressure (something that has affected me personally) I find the best way is to work with the breath (as Connie says). Specifically when you come up from inverted poses, like the separate leg poses (stretch and head to knee) let go of the hands from the feet or floor, take a full breath cycle while pretty much hanging in a now relaxed state, then on the next inhale start to come back up again. That works every time for me!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Severe Pain and Immobility #8789Hi Matthew, Edna and Bunni
That is definitely extremely worrying to have experienced such terrible conditions with what appears to be as a result of yoga.
Have you gone back to hot yoga?
I think you’re right. With the information you have given, that’s not just dehydration it’s also got something to do with an imbalance. Electrolytes, heat exhaustion, hyponatremia all come to mind – a combination of more than one of those is likely.
These conditions didn’t happen ONE day, they were experienced after cumulative exposure to high heat conditions possibly with not enough hydration, or maybe even too much water not enough electrolyte to compensate.
I wonder what temperatures your studios were heating to. Do either of you Matthew or Edna have information about the temperatures in the studios? I would be certainly interested to find out what was going on.
Anyway, let me know if your spouses have had a complete recovery and what yoga is being practised. I am able to answer more questions now that I am back from Teacher Training and promise to be more on the ball!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Nerve Damage? #8788Oh Matthew, what can I say? Sorry. You posted when I left for my teacher training in Costa Rica and I completely missed this one. Please excuse me!
Any progress with this?
Please let me know. Then we can move on from here.
Bunni, hi
Try instead to use your ARMS and chest and shoulders to push into the floor, not just your hands. No wonder it’s difficult for you.
Try to press your heart into the ground by creating a platform across the shoulders and top of the chest. If you don’t understand what I mean, we’ll delve further. But by all means talk a look at the posts on Locust because it’s in there for sure
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Building muscle tone & resting #8786Hi Anna
Welcome to the forum :coolsmile:
It has actually become a hot yoga myth that you must go every day. Your boyfriend is right. Your muscles need rest. Your body needs to recover. Some people need one day off per week. Others need one day off every 2 and others every 3.
The other thing that could be going on is that you may need help with your pose technique.
So may I suggest you take 2 days off. Enjoy the fact that your body is regenerating. It also helps you to rid yourself of the guilt feelings that happen if you don’t go every day. I know, I have been there. Force yourself to have a break and be OK with that!
Then try 4 or 5 days out of 6 or 6 days out of 7. Listen to your body. You really should NOT feel that sustained muscles soreness. It’s telling you something important.
Let’s figure out what that is. If your soreness persists, then please do a little homework. Let me know where and when the soreness happens and what relieves it. Perhaps you will find that it hurts in certain poses (for example). We could find out that your soreness could be due to your nourishment. Let’s see
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Heat and Oxygenated blood? #8785Hi Sweatheart and Kristin
Most studios just heat. There are very very few that use what they call ‘make up air’. In some countries make it mandatory. For example in Sweden you must have a system that brings fresh air into the room.
It would be great to have a list of studios that heat well and have a well controlled system. When the air that comes in is fresh it greatly assists the staying power of the students. Anyway, I will be eager to hear from others (and of course you) with your experience!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Buttock pain #8784Hi Jeff
Well that IS a relief. If you have any enlightenment in that (buttock) area 😛 then chime in!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Prolonged Nauseous Feeling in Class – HELP! #8783Hi Lisa
That’s serious stuff going on there!
OK, it seems you were suffering from heat exhaustion and it was probably complicated by dehydration. So you were needing more hydration and more electrolytes but the heat was also possibly too high for you for extended periods of time.
Are you sure that the studio was only heating to 41? Is that what they advertise and how sure can you be that that was where it switched off?
The humidity will definitely make it more challenging as the heat index will sky rocket making conditions risky.
How will you do it in future? Well, you need to dose up on the right stuff (salt, water). You also need to continue to be aware of your own state which you obviously do very well. Nausea and dizziness and then shivering are signs to be vigilant for. Heat exhaustion responds very well to rest, drinking cool not icy drinks, and of course electrolytes. Lying down helps.
You may consider taking a day off if it occurs for the body to recover. Otherwise the situation can get VERY risky and life threatening – all stuff you’ll learn at my teacher training program (gosh I am cheeky! but you already know that :cheese:).
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂Hi Lisa
Thank you so much for your input. I was not commenting about the correctness of the maths but when I read your post I decided to do a little research and reread Marjo’s post (again)!
My comment was actually pointing out that 2% is NOT RARE!!!! It’s a very high percentage of the population to have a medical condition (IMHO!).
It is my belief that there is a little confusion happening. Let me explain.
Marjo has been diagnosed with NORMAL pressure glaucoma. The partner is suspected to have glaucoma. There is no mention of intra-ocular pressure for the partner. Therefore similarities of condition can only be the glaucoma and not the specific type.
If you read what M said the quote is that 2% of the population have HIGH PRESSURE glaucoma (not normal pressure glaucoma).
A much smaller proportion of people have the normal pressure condition.
Thanks for getting me to see what I didn’t pick up first time around!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Electrolyte Help #8781Hi Russ
Thanks for doing the research! Indeed it’s so important to consider these things. Just one little addition so that anyone reading this knows that the amounts are only an indication (and I imagine based on statistics):
The amounts of salt in sweat can VASTLY change from person to person. Newbies to hot yoga will sweat more salt until it settles down usually within a few weeks. That’s a very important time to manage low electrolytes but it’s usually not til one is actually more experienced that electrolytes usually get considered…
AND … there are people who sweat a hell of a lot MORE salt. They are called salty sweaters. So it is really important to monitor what’s going on before during and after class by acquainting oneself with a little knowledge of heat exhaustion signs and hyponatremia and not just base the answer on the text books!
Thanks again, very much appreciated
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂Hi Julia
Thanks Kristin for ‘running with the baton’ ;).
Julia I have a sense of something and want to ask you to consider that when you start getting panicky that the attention is not just on your breath but there are thoughts that are critiquing what is going on… That then starts the cycle.
It seems that you have been able to be the observer really effectively up until recently.
It is a question of where you put that attention and the nature of that attention. Not just the act of paying attention. For example (borrowing a technique from a really interesting book called The Happiness Trap) you could notice that your mind (not you!) has decided to run that old story about heat and panic. So at that instant you say to yourself “Oh, I notice I’m telling myself that same old story about the heat again!, Thanks mind!”
Now that is going to sound trite out of context but if there’s even a kernel of curiosity there then try it. You see, I am guessing that you’ve been attending to the breath, some kind of quality of it has triggered the THOUGHTS that lead to the panic. The heat is there and it’s part of the picture but it is not necessarily the trigger. It’s the escalation of the thoughts of urgency that happen after…
So if it happens again, do that relaxing thing you do like yawning or whatever and for a few moments instead of really attending to the breath, (now this is not really the purpose of yoga but…) be curious about what you see in the mirror, how the light is shining on your body in the reflection, or what you’re hearing, trying not to look around but being curious about your environment. I am sure that within a very short time you can bring your attention back to your breath.
There could be something about the rhythm of your breath which we can discuss but let’s start with the above.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂Hi Jill
Ideal scenario is fitting in some yoga! Even some Pranayama and a Half Moon or 2 is better than nothing! :cheese:
There is nothing wrong with half a class morning and evening. There are other options!
Believe it or not, I have actually put together practice DVDs that have alternative classes. I have DVD volume 1 with double set classes of 40, 60 and 90 minutes and DVD volume 2 with single set classes of 25, 40 and 60 minutes. This is a recording of a live class but is not a video of a class. The images are extremely helpful in these popular DVDs. They have clear images of students doing the right poses, and clear pictures of mistakes and how to fix them, plus some onscreen instruction.
If you have an iPhone or iPad then you’ll find my Hot Yoga Doctor App, which has similar class choices as those mentioned above plus some great information and really fun quizzes for those who want to learn the names in English and Sanskrit and also the order of the classic hot yoga sequence! Most importantly once you download it, you won’t need an online connection to practise. It’s all there for you at your fingertips.
Find the App at the usual place, and find the practice DVDs here!!!
Let me know if you need any more help.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Hip issues and triangle pose #8774Hi Jenny
What scar tissue is, is ‘matted’ fibrous connective tissue. Its function is primarily protection and stabilisation and supports healing. It responds extremely well to lengthening, stretching, movement, breaking it up and reorganising to better function of the tissue.
If you have scar tissue then it will respond very well not only to hot yoga but to some good specific therapeutic massage. Have you tried that at any time?
I can’t tell if your issue with the pose is the result of your scar tissue. It could be! May I ask you to clarify if you are saying that the left leg on BOTH sides of this pose is difficult to position? When it’s bent and when it’s straight?
I am sure I can find more to ask you but please let me know where you’re at now
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Angry with heat #8773Hi Sweatheart
Just wondering, but are you actually looking for a way to get back into your hot yoga? Or are you perhaps resigned to letting it go? I am just trying to work out if you would like some ideas or suggestions… :cheese:
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Excessive Yawning #8770Hi Laura and Della
It is possible that you are exhibiting some early signs of heat exhaustion. You may need to take care of your hydration, your electrolytes and also simply take 2 days off!!!
Della you could just be tired! 😛
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Suggestions for modifications #8769Hi Betty
I am sure we can come up with some great mods for you.
Are you willing to take each pose one at a time? We can either do that here, or possibly better would be to go to each pose and post the specific issue there.
First cab of the rank though is a little homework for you. There are already quite a few scoliosis answers in the forum.
If you would be willing to put the word “scoliosis” up in the search facility and see what you can glean out of those posts you may find some of your answers are already there.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: lower back of steel; not in a good way #8768Hi Paul
I think your solution could be found when you’re at your desk. The yoga will help you fix things for sure. But while you’re at your desk make sure you sit well with your anus off the chair and your back up and chest lifted, shoulders down and back. Well that is a good start. But what you’re missing is MOVEMENT.
So my idea is to – every hour for a few minutes – do a seated roll of the pelvis. Kind of like a cat cow combination on a chair. Inhale sit up arch the back backward, exhale engage core, suck in stomach, tuck the chin round the spine and roll your hips backwards almost as if you would if you were slumping in a chair. Repeat this deliberately about 20-30 times. Aim for 5-6 times per day.
By the way you can do this seated on the floor legs crossed or soles of feet together.
Getting movement back into your spine will start to loosen up everything and the yoga may unstick you even better!
If I am off the mark, just let me know. I am only working on your words here and am willing for some more information or guidance!!!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Hurt wrist in full locust #8767Hi Diane
It’s highly likely your wrist is hurting under your hip. Until it feels better try placing your arms / hands out to the side of your hips or just under from the side, at an equal distance from the midline. Just play with that distance to find some relative comfort. ‘Dialog’ says fingers touching, but just get the arms symmetrical. That should do the trick.
As the wrist starts to heal, just move them in further until they’re back to ‘ideal’ position.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂Hi Marjo
Yes there could be alternative poses that would be almost identical for all but Rabbit pose. Just imagine that Pada Hastasana and Dand. Bibh. Paschimottanasana could be done seated. Basically it would be like your seated Paschimottanasana at the end. You bend your legs and work on straight back as your priority. Arms are straight with your back straight. Then only bend your arms IF and ONLY IF your back is straight as well as your legs. That is, bend the legs and work on straightening them while pulling back on the feet with long arms using the power of your legs.
Do one with legs together, one with legs apart. For Dand. Bibh. Janushirasana and Rabbit pose you would do seated Janushirasana. That will get you a good outcome too.
See the forum for ideas or the Hot Yoga MasterClass Manual or Pose Tutorials for in depth details and instructions.
No one can be sure but I would bet that the yoga is not the trigger. Otherwise we would have heard that before.
Whether the heat and sweating is causing a problem with drainage… That depends on your level of hydration, electrolyte level, and so many other factors, it would be unwise to make an assessment of that. I have no idea of your level of health, your nutrition, your history, your risk factors… so many things.
That both of you could have a similar condition is very coincidental and odd for sure. May I mention that 2% is 2 in 100 and an extremely high rate. 1 in 2500 is 0.04%. (Still pretty high).
Would it perhaps be a good idea to get a second opinion? I would be using Mr Google too and searching for more ideas. There are a great many factors involved.
What are your thoughts?
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: electrolytes #8762Hi bitite
I really love to use Himalayan salt or unrefined unprocessed sea salt. I add it to my food. I add a tiny pinch to water and sometimes add some lemon juice too.
There are so many electrolyte products out there. Some are cheap and others are expensive. Since I have used sea salt I have not taken any other specific electrolyte supplement but I do take a tiny dose of a multivitamin (recommended dose 3 per day, and I take 1)
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Yin deficiency #8761Hi Sweatheart
Thanks for your input. Hmmm yes, lately there has been a ton of activity on the forum but because I have been on holidays (well deserved I might add) I have an enormous backlog of about 40 posts to respond to.
Stay tuned because this is the most popular and most well reputed hot yoga forum on the planet. So that’s enough with the ad…
There is a lot in your post. Why you don’t practise Bikram yoga (that’s probably quite interesting in itself!) and some very interesting conclusions as per cause and effect with your practice. Thank you.
I was reading your post and thought that it is highly possible that the conditions of the public studio could be way too high for you. And then you found your own solution and practise at home! Good stuff. Injuries could also happen due to poor instruction or lack of instruction in correct technique. (*kinda why I am here!)
As for practise without the mirror: I highly recommend it. It certainly brings a new perspective and allows you to really be in your sensations. The mirror does have some amazing benefits too of course! Sometimes I practise with my eyes closed (actually had a session for 45 minutes the other day). Balance really changes I can assure you.
Hi Stephanie
Long time no hear! I guess I would want to know how a yin deficiency translates to hip and shoulder issues. The other thing I would say is that if you go to a orthopedic surgeon he will want to operate, if you go to a doctor they usually want to give you medication. What I am saying is that if you go to any practitioner they will obviously see things through their model of the world.
With whatever problems you’re having at the moment which seem quite emotionally unsettling I wonder if perhaps something like massage (both enjoyable and therapeutic) wouldn’t go astray. The touch, contact and effects to soothe the body and mind may be not only welcome but would work in with your yoga.
Having said that I know nothing about your hip and shoulder issue. Would you like to share more about that?
Over to you
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Buttock pain #8760Hi Jeff
Are you still feeling that pain in your buttock? You’ve been ‘hanging around here’ enough time to know about the proper way to do many of the poses or the differences in approach to keep you safe. A buttock, piriformis or sciatic pain may be a result of something out of yoga or in a pose. I can’t tell right now. So if you’re still in trouble let me know (apologies for the delay by the way ;)) and you can tell me some specifics.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Chronic pain after whiplash #8759Hi Megan and Jenna
My humblest apologies. I know this is going to sound like a lame excuse but honestly, I was in Paris at the time (and more specifically up the Eiffel Tower with one very excited daughter!). I am back now and slowly but surely trying to get to the bottom of the forum post pile. Yours surprised me greatly and I would love to help.
As I was reading and becoming more aghast at the issues what was going through my head was that I have lots of questions for you. And I thought that it would be best to talk directly to Jenna (is that right?).
And yes it also came to me before I read your idea, that we should Skype.
So PM me or email me from within the system and let’s get started. I need more information about the vertebrae that are damaged. I need more information about limitations, what provides relief and more!
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂in reply to: Fever after class #8758Hi Sagou
Are you still having the same issues with itching and irritation? Please let me know how you’re managing your situation right now and if we need to explore this together.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂Hi Susannah
Oh dear! I am sorry that I didn’t remember that you had posted. I was en route to my teacher training program and then I simply did not have the time to answer your question.
Are you still needing some help or some thoughts or advice?
Let me know
Namaste
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