I have taken a bit of a rest w/ a maintenance practice and am thinking about a challenge myself…. going to see doctor today (to get some levels tested) will talk to him then look inward and feel what is right for me. I will let you know
You’ll get a T-shirt? I can’t get my studio to participate in a challenge at all. The owner says she loses too many people after 30 days. Although I’ve been at the same studio for eight years and have never seen any challenges going at any time. Real bummer.
You’ll get a T-shirt? I can’t get my studio to participate in a challenge at all. The owner says she loses too many people after 30 days. Although I’ve been at the same studio for eight years and have never seen any challenges going at any time. Real bummer.
You’ll get a T-shirt? I can’t get my studio to participate in a challenge at all. The owner says she loses too many people after 30 days. Although I’ve been at the same studio for eight years and have never seen any challenges going at any time. Real bummer.
From what I understand the owner lost lots of folks after a challenge about a year ago.
It is really weird how that happens. I guess folks are intent on finishing something and get it done.
But that is not what yoga is, and for me I see now what a day-to-day practice is and what it can do for you.
Increases the meditative nature of the practice, pushed me beyond what I thought I could do.
I hope you are able to convince the owner there to do a challenge, be it 20, 24, or 30 days. Sometimes the shorter time-frames are good to!
You’ll get a T-shirt? I can’t get my studio to participate in a challenge at all. The owner says she loses too many people after 30 days. Although I’ve been at the same studio for eight years and have never seen any challenges going at any time. Real bummer.
Why not quietly do your own personal challenge? I’ve done challenges both as part of the group at the studio and also just picked a day to start and done it myself. Benefits and differences to each.
You’ll get a T-shirt? I can’t get my studio to participate in a challenge at all. The owner says she loses too many people after 30 days. Although I’ve been at the same studio for eight years and have never seen any challenges going at any time. Real bummer.
Why not quietly do your own personal challenge? I’ve done challenges both as part of the group at the studio and also just picked a day to start and done it myself. Benefits and differences to each.
Take Care,
Lee
I think part of a challenge is Not Doing it Quietly.
There is something about going in and out of there everyday and toward the end doing a countdown with the owner or instructor or receptionist. Sometimes it is nice to hear the instructor mention to the other students that you’re on day 25 or whatever . .
Anyway, tonight I FINISHED!
but are we ever really finished. No we can always do more, stretch further, lift higher !
So, 2 days off for me, and I will be back after a brief rest!
Way to go! Right, 2 days off and then back at it! I agree with you about NOT DOING IT QUIETLY. I guess I’m a groupie, I enjoy doing things in/with a group. I might even change studios to one where they’re advertising challenges. Only thing wrong with that is then I wouldn’t get to do yoga with my daughter, which is so wonderful. It’s a dilemma.
It’s nice to hear others talking about their challenges. I recently finished my 30 day challenge; for me it was extremely stressful. And I felt like my body got stiffer and more stubborn every day. For some reason in the beginning I put in my head that it would get easier everyday but it definitely didn’t. I was considering doubling my 30 day challenge to 60 days because of Bikram’s recommendation in his first book but I had to decide not to. There’s just too much other stuff right now; So, at least for now, I have to be content with my 30 days.
Was your 30 day challenge a 30 day no break challenge or one with a day off every week? As I understand it these new(ish) 30 day challenges do not ‘allow’ the punter to take a day off. I am happy to be informed by anyone as to the modus operandi of the different challenges. The 60 day challenges are 6 days per week and the 7th day ye shall rest. Recuperation and regeneration is very important. Others like you have reported feeling stiffer as their challenge progressed because they were not giving their bodies time to rest and recover.
Well, I’m still continuing with the aerobics, Mon, Wed, and Saturday. Oh my lord, though, it’s making me stiff ...
Course, my shoes are ancient. I’m not ready to quit, though, as I want my daughter to keep going. I’ll get some new shoes and give it another few months. At which point it will be the beginning of my golf season and I won’t have time to fit it in.
I find having been doing the aerobics Jan, Feb, March and into April that it’s hard work, but fun. It has made my legs, abs and back stronger - which is wonderful!
I still do my separate ab work, though, so that I work my abs every day, doing Gab’s ball leg-lifts.
Hi All,
I’m new to this forum and started Bikram Yoga in January. I want to do the 30 day challenge soon but looking at my upcoming schedule it seems not possible for the next month or so. I have a planned trip to NYC coming up so hopefully after that I can really get it together and take on the challenge!
Bikram Yoga feels amazing - I’m amazed at what my body is capable of everytime I leave a class. I love it.
I am restarting after taking a few hot yoga classes 5 years ago and I was interested in this thread because I want to be motivated to stick with a regular practice. I have to say, after reading the full thread; I really question the benefits of not taking a day or two off every week. It has been posted often – by Gabrielle and others – that even the original concept of the challenge was based on taking some time off.
I know this form of activity is not completely analogous to the resistance training workout many people are familiar with, but the fact is you do contract muscles during many of the poses and you are expected to hold this contraction for 30-60 seconds. This does damage to your muscles that only time can repair. I am not as familiar with the “damage” done when stretching a muscle, but it makes sense the some recovery time is necessary. Often one day might be enough, but not every single day.
I’m a newbie so I could be very wrong about this. I’d really like to know the value people get – physically or mentally – from practicing 7 days a week. Part of my problem may be that at 5’11” and 245 lbs, the routine is so taxing on me physically that it probably takes more out of me than others.
Recuperation and regeneration is very important. Others like you have reported feeling stiffer as their challenge progressed because they were not giving their bodies time to rest and recover.
