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in reply to: locust pose #11218
Thanks for the reply Gabrielle, I have been following your advice and tips, but mostly I stop worrying about it for a while. Seems like when I am really concentrating on it, and thinking of the tips, the legs and lower body, seems like it weighs a ton, and I never shift my weight to the front, and its just a power lift and struggle lifting my legs up straight into the air. But when I relax, and picture my legs in the air, in the final destination, my body gets in the right position and it seems like the legs just float up effortlessly, so I am happy to stay here for now.
A side note, when I was little, my mother use to lift, and hold my legs up in the air, while I practice leg stands. When she past a way, and I started doing Bikram Yoga, it would remind me of that time. So in class when I am really enjoy the moment, I say “lift my legs mamma”. So this asana is very special to me and the mental aspects and emotions I have doing it, takes me other places, some times I can smell the food cooking and see my mother (in my mind) holding my legs and the clothes she was wearing that day.
Not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing, because my mind has gone to another level/place and we are suppose to be in the room, in the present…Well I am still in the present, just brought a memory from past to the present and sort of merged them during class..lol.
Take care.
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in reply to: Bikram Yoga and Philosophy #11217Hi I was wondering do you still have the issue with the water loss? Also do you have low blood pressure?
For me, I sweat buckets of water, but show very little weight loss on the scale, maybe 2-3 pounds. I don’t even check no more, not interested. I know if I don’t replenish quickly with water and lemon juice, etc. I am going to eat like a pig in about an hour. Well good luck, this is an interesting post, I ask my self some of these questions and look at people in the studio, wondering am I the only one thinking about these things, everyone is floating on air, and can’t wait to get back, I dare not bring up the topic.
in reply to: locust pose #11123Thanks for responding:
Where are your arms and hands?
Arms are under belly and pinkys are touching per dialogHow are you using your arms, your hands, your fingers?
Begin by pressing fingers hands into the mat, to help shift weight to arms and forward to shoulders.How well seated are your shoulders on the ground?
Slight gap between neck and floor, still stretching forward, but nice base with bottom of chin/neck and shouldersAre you talking single and double leg lift or just the double?
I am referring to the double leg lift.How are you using your breath?
The breath is a mystery for me in this poster,
I try taking deep breath before the lift, and sometimes I hold it then lift, sometimes I let it out 1st, then lift, then breath in, I can’t seem to breath out while doing a steady lift.Thanks
in reply to: Still can’t do toe stand after 3 years #10663Hi Gabrielle, I will continue working on this with your advice. At the point now with hands/finger tips on floor (back rounded) looking for balance.
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This sounds exactly like me last year. 35 pounds overweight, started Bikram, and dropped 5 pounds in 2 weeks, I was so excited. 2 months later, I told the family I am going to do the 30 day challenge and drop the remaining 30. Nope it didn’t work that way. I ended up eating more, dealing with the pressures and anxiety of making it to class, I was more emotionally drained. I relaxed toward the last 3 to 4 days, and got more sleep making the last week the best week. I only lost 3-4 pounds that month.
So after the challenge I cut back to 3-4 times a week. Added more walking twice a day. I stopped eating after 7:00pm and walked in the morning for 30-40 minutes on an empty stomach. Then added another hour of sleep to my regular sleep time.
Not saying you are not doing all of this, but saying this to say, I used Bikram as a part of the equation, and then things started to work for me. (since it made me drink more fluids and eat better).Now the scale has finally started moving. I have lost 25 pounds, with just these small changes. I try to stay away from the stuff with time lines (30 day weightloss tape, 7 day px, or what ever) because the question is what to do after day 31, if you didn’t make life changes. I have a friend that has all of that stuff, and she loses the weight, but the day after, the weight starts coming back and she panics.
Well, in short, make small changes, that you can keep for a long time (with bikram as the base, driving other things) and keep it in balance with family and life. the weight will give in and start to get off of you.
Good luck.
in reply to: Still can’t do toe stand after 3 years #10650Thanks Gabrielle, I am still working on the Toe stand, I and using your tips for )Long torso people like myself). I get to the hands on the floor, and start to work them back to a point, to were I have to straighten up and that is were it breaks down.
The teachers tell me that I am hunched over and lifting my hands up before I have balance and hands at my side. So that is were I am at. Hands about 8-9 inches forward, away from my hip sides, hunched over, and trying to make the jumb to prayer position and back straight, which lands me flat on my but, LOL. Instuctor has be balance on back wall to get the balance, which I don’t know how it helps because I can’t get to that spot, but I will keep doing it, maybe i will get the feeling of what it feels like.
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in reply to: Still can’t do toe stand after 3 years #10484Toe stand…lobsangscat said point toes on resting foot towards your body. My toes are pointing towards the wall/mirrow on the side. Do you mean to try curling them back inwards/upwards? Impossible to turn/aim foot back to body.
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