jillian_anne

Hi Mette,

I hope it’s okay that I weigh in on this. It’s interesting that you said you deal with anxiety outside of bikram, and that you encounter the same symptoms (lack of feeling in right arm/leg and noise sensitivity). Are there any consistent triggers between what prompts this in the situations outside of class and the floor positions? Is it quiet situations for example?

Assuming you haven’t already I would really recommend speaking to a professional about this – if it is happening a lot I imagine it would be really frightening and disruptive to your life!

In terms of anxiety, exposure therapy (with Cognitive Behaviour Therapy)is the treatment of choice so depending on your individual circumstances the best thing to do may be to keep doing the yoga – the more experience you have of being okay the easier it will become. It sounds like that class was horrible. The good news is you got through it. If/when it happens again in class, bring your attention back to your breathing and focus on that above everything else, even if that means you just lie there breathing, that is great (hope that is okay from a yoga perspective Gabrielle?).

I hope things start to improve for you soon. Great work on the 10 classes – that’s where I’m up to also!