Hot Yoga

[VeganBikeChick]

It finally happened. I cried during yoga. Apparently it's a pretty common phenomenon.

The good thing about crying during hot yoga though is that it mixes with the sweat and no one can tell.

[rocknrollgirl]

It finally happened. I cried during yoga. Apparently it's a pretty common phenomenon.

The good thing about crying during hot yoga though is that it mixes with the sweat and no one can tell.

That has happened to me before. Several times. Just bubbles up.

I took a new class last night. It is designed for bone health, which is not why I took. Time slot and teacher attracted me, but I think I have found my new Monday class. Everything is done slowly with a big focus on alignment and the you hold and breathe. It is based on a program that an ortho/yogi guy put together. So once we build up, there will be a warm up and then just 12 strengthening poses that we hold. It was pretty cool and very hard. But I love that whole combo of long holds and lots of focus on alignment.

[emily_in_nc]

Long holds are the hardest! I often start shaking a lot, especially in my lower legs, ankles, feet, making it hard to hold onto the pose. I'm not sure why I shake so much as I'm certainly stronger now than when I started. I've been going to this practice for a year, though I took several months off when we went back to the US for May-July.

My instructor is very, very big on alignment and proper breathing. He is so good about reminding us over and over to breath, and does lots of hands-on corrections to help us open our hips or shoulders or whatever the pose requires.

Yoga is so difficult at times, but I love to challenge myself and am very glad I started going. Don't think I've cried yet, though I know it is supposed to be a way to release emotions. That must happen with other exercise as well, because I sure cried a lot while running or cycling for a long time after losing my dad, but I haven't had too much very sad happen to me since then (and I feel very fortunate since that was 10 years ago!)

[Crankin]

Just came home from a great (and hard) class. The class wasn't hard because of the poses; there was only one I couldn't do. It was the holding and the pacing. And for a couple of minutes, I truly thought I was in hot yoga. I think what's happened is that the instructors turn up the heat a bit, even in regular classes. I started sweating, well, more like perspiring, and during a tiny transition, I drank a ton of water, which stopped the continual sweating feeling. I wasn't dizzy, or anything, but it came on so suddenly, I got nervous. Anyway, it was a different instructor, I liked her a lot. It made me happy that I skipped the group ride. And, I saw someone in the class, that I used to teach with, at a gym, for the first 6 years I lived here. It feels weird to say that I've known her for 25 years... and that's not even from my childhood.
They are adding more yoga, which is good.
And now, I am going out for a hike on the trail, to continue my good feeling.

[emily_in_nc]

We had a guest instructor today -- or someone new to the studio, I'm not sure yet. He was TOUGH! I thought our usual instructor was hard, but this guy took it to a new level. I have never sweat so much, shaked so much, or had to stop to rest as often as I did today. There wasn't as much stretching or meditation as our usual instructor. Newguy held poses forever, and we had very little rest time until the very end *pant pant.*

Afterwards, I was talking to our usual instructor (who owns the studio), and he explained that this class had been "Power Vinyasa"! Uh...who knew? I would have died if this had been my first class. I've been going pretty religiously for 9 months, and I felt like a newbie today.

OTOH, this was a great class for strength. Even my legs, which are strong, were very challenged. I hope this instructor will be returning because what doesn't kill us makes us stronger, right?!?

[Crankin]

I went to a "yoga and weights" class on Wednesday. A new instructor to the club. She was very good, but yoga did not feel like yoga with the addition of weights. She teaches 2 other classes, so I will eventually check them out.
Going to spin today, instead of yoga. So, I had one week where I got to yoga twice, but unless I give up somethig else, I think once might be it. That might change when the cycling season is in full swing, though, in the spring.

[ny biker]

I went to a "yoga and weights" class on Wednesday. A new instructor to the club. She was very good, but yoga did not feel like yoga with the addition of weights. She teaches 2 other classes, so I will eventually check them out.
Going to spin today, instead of yoga. So, I had one week where I got to yoga twice, but unless I give up somethig else, I think once might be it. That might change when the cycling season is in full swing, though, in the spring.

That was the main reason I didn't stick with yoga when I tried it years ago. I would have to give up another activity in order to do it regularly. Maybe someday I will do that, but for now I like my other activities.