Lack of flexibility

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maggie516
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August 8, 2009 at 8:06 pm

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#1526

I have always been extremely unflexible, even a as child I could not touch my toes. I am about 4 weeks into practicing Bikram yoga and I really love it. I feel good about myself for going and I try hard to do my best in each pose, am wondering though if anyone here was flexibility-challenged and how long did it take for you to see a noticeable change.

abelanger26
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August 9, 2009 at 3:23 am

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#5313

Hey!

my teacher once told me this and I thought it made a lot of sense! yoga is a mix of balance, strength, flexibility and endurance. We have a dominant one and one that is usually more of a problem. With time it will come.

I wasn’t able to bend forward and touch my toes. Now I’m like a wet noodle. Since I’m very flexible now I have a tendency to collapse in some postures. That’s when I know I have to work on my strength!

abelanger26
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August 9, 2009 at 3:24 am

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#5314

p.s. it took me a few months to get very flexible. But bodies are different!

mtcat
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August 10, 2009 at 7:34 am

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#5317

it might make you feel better (or worse), but i’ve been practicing Bikram method for about a year and a half and i’m still not flexible bending forward. i’ve always had issues with flexibility (and i was a dancer?!), especially going forward; my hamstrings and back are very tight. it’s discouraging sometimes but i see tiny improvements each time i go. and the more frequently i go, the more consistent my improvements are. it’s a gradual process, for sure, but i know, in a few years, i’ll be as flexible as i aspire to be – likewise, for you.

hang in there and be proud of yourself for embarking on your new practice! it’s amazing what improvements and strengths you will discover in your body.

Torqued
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August 11, 2009 at 1:22 am

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#5322

I have always been extremely unflexible, even a as child I could not touch my toes. I am about 4 weeks into practicing Bikram yoga and I really love it. I feel good about myself for going and I try hard to do my best in each pose, am wondering though if anyone here was flexibility-challenged and how long did it take for you to see a noticeable change.

Sounds a lot like me!

From my post at the end of June:

I only started practicing Bikram yoga at the end of March… and last night, I completed my 60 day challenge – 60 classes in 60 days.

When I started, I was thinking that there was no way I was going to pick up my foot in standing head to knee like that crazy lady on the podium was telling me to! And fixed firm was pure torture for my ankles!

I’m not exactly sure when my ankles started to open up, but they’re pretty flat now on the kneeling postures.

It took me…

2 months to begin to get my fingers under my foot on standing head to knee…

2.5 months to touch my toes for the first time with the situp…

3 months to get my head on the floor for the first time in rabbit…

And I have seen a LOT of improvement in many of the other poses.

Go frequently and trust the yoga.

I’m going to my 102nd class in 102 days tonight and have only started Bikram Yoga at the end of March.

decatur1945
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November 9, 2009 at 5:07 pm

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#5803

I simply cannot get my hand on the inside of my ankle in Standing Bow. Is it ok to start with just grabbing my ankle on the outside and gradually work around to the inside of my ankle?
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