TheHotYogaDoctor

Hi Ily

You know, this brain stuff is so fascinating. I recently saw the movie “What the Bleep do we Know?”. If you haven’t seen it then it is definitely worth checking out. I watched it - TWICE - and then borrowed the book from the library. I love the book and will now buy it. It definitely explores the possibilities of the mind and how we create our reality. It talks of addiction to our own emotions and how that serves us to rehash the same emotions again and again rather than programming ourselves to find the newness, to be curious and to create something different for ourselves.

Anyway I thought I would share that with you. As I read it I have interesting conversations with Robert and I also am pleased to note that it is giving me a new focus to examine my habitual responses.

So when I read that you have had some resistance from others (including your doctor) about NLP or other mind sciences, I find that amazing that people (including me!) will get stuck in a certain way of thinking.

I’m interested to know if you’ve had exposure to this book/movie/concepts of quantum physics and what your thoughts are.

Namaste
Gabrielle

Oh hello Gabrielle,

I agree that the brain is incredibly fascinating and so intelligent as well, and I also believe that the body is also intelligent, knows what it wants and is capable of great healing.  I have actually seen that movie: What the bleep do we know and found it quite interesting. And yes that’s true how we create our own reality with our thoughts. I know as soon as I get any type of negative thought, I have to stop myself and make a concentrated effort to switch my thoughts, so as to not “ruin” the rest of my day.
I myself am really into my vision boards, power of positive affirmations, NLP, EFT even, try to avoid all negativity including TOXIC people as well. It’s unfortunate that many people haven’t quite realized that and seem to be forever making these same mistakes over and over. I’m hugely fascinated by quantum physics and have read many of those kind of books, everything from that movie, to Law of Attraction, Wayne Dyer’s books, books by Louis Hays (How to heal your life), The Secret, anything by Esther Hicks. Currently I’m reading one by Gabrielle Bernstein called : How to add more ing to your life. You can hear more about that one on youtube as well. But yes this is a topic I could really talk to death about!

Namaste to you too,
Ily:)

Hi there,
I have only been practicing Bikram solidly for the past 5 weeks, and already my body is changing.  Although I haven’t lost any weight from the scales, I’ve lost 6cm from each thigh and 3cm from each bicep.  More than that though is the way I feel inside!  I am relaxed and calm, positive and clear-headed.  All the clutter has gone.  Although weight loss was the main reason I started practicing, that has quickly taken a backbench to how I feel within. 
Best of luck on your journey-
Michelle

I’ve lost 30 pounds in the three years I’ve been practicing Bikram yoga, but I think some of that is due to coming off of some antidepressants that put weight on you.  I still have 35 pounds to go and my doctor says that in order to take off weight put on by those medications, I need to exercise 60 to 90 mins/day, 7 days a week.  I’m not strong enough to do Bikram everday yet and I haven’t lost any weight on the scale in a few months.  But, my clothes are swimming on me and people are always making remarks about how much slimmer I look. I’ve gone down 4 or 5 dress sizes, and constantly try to better refine a vegan vegetarian food plan.  Take heart!

Hi!
I’ve been doing Bikram yoga for about 7 weeks, attending class about 3-5x a week in conjunction with 1-2 cardio sessions (gym or dance classes). I’ve lost about 5kgs and about 2 inches off off my whole body. I think Bikram yoga has made my mental state a lot stronger because I am able to choose the right foods my body needs. I’ve cut a lot of processed foods, sugar, rice and bread and fatty meat out of my diet. I drink about 2-3 litres of water on the days I don’t do yoga and about 4-5 litres when I attend a class.

I’ve got a lot of comments that I loook slimmer and built lean muscle. But the main thing for me is that I can control what I eat better (less cravings for bad foods), my back has never felt stronger in my life and I feel a lot stronger as a person. My only concern is that I hope I can keep this up for the rest of my life!

Gday everybody I’m completely new to this site. How’s everybody doing today? I really like it here! I really hope to learn a lot hopefully even make some new buddies!

hi everyone,

I’m new to this site but love it - there’s so much information here!

I tried bikram a few years ago, but found it was too expensive for me at the time and could never go regularly.

Now I can go and I love it! 

For the past 2 months I was only going about 2 times/week, and trying to do some other gym (cardio/weignts). 

Now I’m doing a 30 day challenge, and I’m on day 18.  I find it too time consuming to fit other gym activities in and I’m worried about that because I am not losing any weight (and I want to).  I’m also not losing any inches (or even centimetres) and I’m getting frustrated.

I want to lose 1 pound a week and in the two weeks of going to bikram every day, I have not lost anything.

I thought I eat okay, snacking less, eating less desserts, but I guess I need to eat better and less?  Maybe I need to make sure I do cardio and weights at the gym too?

I do feel stronger, and I can see a difference in my flexibility and stamina, and just in general I can see a lot of improvement in my postures.  And I love that.  I also love how it makes me fee every day. 

But I also want to see a difference in my body and tone -  I want to be skinnier.  I want one of those yoga bodies…but I don’t know how to get it.

I began hot yoga in October 2009.  I’ve lost 9 lbs. so far, but what I’ve really noticed is the inches I’ve lost.  My clothes feel great and my body is taking on a new shape.  Much leaner!  I love that I found hot yoga.  I’ve honestly never felt better in my life.

I started Hot Yoga on April 1, 2010.  As of June 4, 2010, I have lost 8 lbs. and one dress size.  My body has changed (toned and tightened) significantly.  More importantly, my flexibility has increased dramatically, due, in part, to the Hot Yoga MasterClass DVD that I practice twice a week at home in addition to the studio sessions.