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Jun. 4th, 2013 01:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
f4f3Bikram Yoga was described to me as "Like doing yoga in a sauna."
Wrong.
It IS doing yoga in a sauna.
The actual moves aren't too different from those I fail to do in my other classes, but the environment is totally different. The Studio is a nice, white, space, with lots of mirrors and windows. But the windows are closed, and the air conditioners are pumping out heat. I'd take it to be around 40 degrees, and dry. I have never sweated so much in my life. The sessions are supposed to last 90 minutes, but my first two have run a little longer than that. In both of them I've given up, but stayed in the room, when I started to get dizzy. Yesterday was at the 70 minute mark, today around 75.
I feel great when I finish, and have drunk around 2 litres of water. It seems to kill my appetite, and I'll be interested to see if I start feeling any benefit after a week or so. The deal was £20 for 20 days. As the instructor said today "No Bikram yoga studio ever sells a single trial lesson, because no one would ever come back for the second." I can understand why.
In other news, Anna's wheezing seems to have improved after I took her to the vet yesterday, but she doesn't seem to be eating or drinking, so we'll be going back this afternoon. I might ask for her to be kept in and put on a drip. She looks a little unsteady on her feet, although she's in no distress that I can see. She might just know that best way to get an infection out of her system, but I don't like it.
I'll keep you guys posted...
Wrong.
It IS doing yoga in a sauna.
The actual moves aren't too different from those I fail to do in my other classes, but the environment is totally different. The Studio is a nice, white, space, with lots of mirrors and windows. But the windows are closed, and the air conditioners are pumping out heat. I'd take it to be around 40 degrees, and dry. I have never sweated so much in my life. The sessions are supposed to last 90 minutes, but my first two have run a little longer than that. In both of them I've given up, but stayed in the room, when I started to get dizzy. Yesterday was at the 70 minute mark, today around 75.
I feel great when I finish, and have drunk around 2 litres of water. It seems to kill my appetite, and I'll be interested to see if I start feeling any benefit after a week or so. The deal was £20 for 20 days. As the instructor said today "No Bikram yoga studio ever sells a single trial lesson, because no one would ever come back for the second." I can understand why.
In other news, Anna's wheezing seems to have improved after I took her to the vet yesterday, but she doesn't seem to be eating or drinking, so we'll be going back this afternoon. I might ask for her to be kept in and put on a drip. She looks a little unsteady on her feet, although she's in no distress that I can see. She might just know that best way to get an infection out of her system, but I don't like it.
I'll keep you guys posted...
