sowinsis

Hey!
Greet post. Glad that you are thrilled tih Hot yoga. I started in Dec so out of alignment that I was afraid the instructors knew I had scoliosis and a really bad knee they would not let me come back. I have a straight back now and working on straightening out the legs. There is about 15 minutes of posing that I dreaded, but the uphoria upon finishing is well worth the hardest parts. Sowinsis

Kia Ora everyone,

I’m a total newbie to this site, and a relative newbie to yoga – I’ve only been practising Bikram seriously for the last 3 weeks! 🙂 I went a few times before that, but I went back to Bikram after my gym closed for the holidays. Now I’m so addicted to Bikram that I don’t think I’ll be setting foot in the gym again 😉

I’m about 15kg away from my weight goal of 70kgs – a goal which I’ve been aiming for for the last 6 years, I might add. I’ve spent so many hours in the gym, pool, pounding the pavement that I’ve lost count. I know people say it’s a myth that certain people are more ‘suited’ to exercise to others, and, although I actually love working out… it just hurts. That is, of course, until I ‘discovered’ Bikram yoga.

In the last 3 weeks I’ve been sleeping like a baby (sleeping through the night next to a ‘thrasher’ is something I’ve never experienced in the last 3 years! 😆 ), my skin feels incredible, I’m ‘regular’ for the first time in my life, I feel leaner and lighter, I’m more flexible already (I can now bend and touch my toes!) and – best of all – I just feel happier.

I thought I’d make this post to be accountable to someone else, even if no-one reads it. Now that I’m hooked on yoga, I honestly feel like my weightloss goal is firmly in my sight. I’m also doing Weight Watchers points to keep the food side of things in check. So far I’ve lost 2.2kgs 🙂

What else can I say? I’m finding most of the postures OK – not the biggest fan of the standing series, and my least favourites are Standing Head to Knee and the sitting equivalent (not sure of the name…). I just can’t straighten my damn legs! I’m sure it’ll come in time, I just have to keep reminding myself!

I have a question – for the first perhaps… 3-4 postures I feel absolutely exhausted! Is that normal? Something to do with the heat, or what I eat? I normally go to class in the morning, 9.30/10am and eat breakfast about 2-3 hours before I go. It makes me really self-conscious standing there and yawning, 😆

Namaste everyone, greetings from New Zealand,
Pip