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in reply to: Night Sweats #8546
I just wanted to report back that I have not had any more night sweats since posting in October (6 months ago). I have continued with my 3 classes per week and have not changed my diet from what I was doing previously. Perhaps my body was just adjusting itself to the yoga in some way.
in reply to: Recommended hot yoga mat #8035My wife and I both have mats from PUR EARTH. Excellent products. They grip well, dry fast and are well made. I have been using mine for about 5 months and it looks and feels like new. Once a month I wash it in the shower even though it never seems to smell. I always use a super absorbent towel over mine just because I sweat so much. So I can’t say how this mat will be without a towel, although the mat is textured for grip. Here is one link to them: http://muscleup.ca/shop/pur-earth-eco-mat-6mm-p-632.html I bought mine at our local yoga studio.
in reply to: Amazing teachers #8023All the teachers at my studio are really good. Some are better than others. But I don’t limit myself to one particular teacher (or rotation of teachers) because they all have their own unique style. Each one brings something different to class. The collective result of all these amazing teachers is a greater personal improvement for myself on a physical and mental level that I could not achieve by having the same teacher each time.
So, to answer the original post, I don’t look forward to going to certain classes based on the instructor. I go based on my schedule and whatever teacher happens to be on at that time is great with me.
in reply to: Wedding ring is breaking my concentration #8010Thanks for everyone’s input! After attending a few more classes I realize now what is happening. It’s all about the grip or specifically what I am doing wrong with the grip in standing-head-to-knee. All along the instructors have been saying interlace your fingers and include your thumbs with the grip. Well I have been interlacing the thumbs as well as pressing the fingers together up to the webbing, ending up with a cupped hand under the foot which caused me to grip too hard to maintain the posture. As a result the ring starts to slide off the finger and it all goes downhill from there.
Last night the instructor called out my name and told me to relax my shoulders and lift my chest higher. As I did this I relaxed the grip a little and slid the hands apart a bit so the thumbs were not interlaced but were still under the foot and eliminated the pocket under the foot. I was able to hold there without the ring moving and I was able to drop my elbows below my knees. I nearly got my forehead to the knee as a result.
So being a little better educated on the proper form for the posture and having corrected my grip and upper body position, hopefully I shouldn’t have any more issues with the wedding band.
Todd
in reply to: Itching and runny nose #7918Do you have any allergies? Perhaps something in the room is irritating your system.
Todd
I’m from Canada. Waterloo Ontario to be specific and I go to a Bikram Studio here 3 times a week. http://www.bikramyogakw.com/studio.html
Namaste,
Todd
in reply to: Night Sweats #7885I don’t take any supplements other than what comes in my protein powder. I believe potassium is one of the minerals listed on the ingredients. I use table salt occasionally on my food and when I do it’s only in moderation. I will eventually switch to sea salt.
Last nights yoga class was followed by drinking 1 liter of water. Due to the amount of sweat I lose during a class I pretty much need to drink that much. However, I made myself a bannana smoothie with protein powder and drank that before I went to bed. No night sweat that time. 🙂
So if this is related to electrolyte loss, are bannanas enough? What other natural foods or beverages can I use?Todd
in reply to: Awkard pose for the upper body?? #7884From my own experience I would say nearly the whole standing series works the arms. There are times when my arms and shoulders just fatigue from all the overhead and horizontal posing. I usually have to let my arms rest at my sides for the second triangle pose set because I simply cannot keep them in position. As a man with larger arms I have to work harder to keep them in the air.
Any pose that involves pulling with the arms will work the biceps. So poses such as Standing Separate Leg Stretching, Wind Removing, Head to Knee pose with intense stretching posture, will all work the biceps depending on how much you are pulling in these poses.
Todd
in reply to: Night Sweats #7877I am a 41 year old man who is experiencing night sweats. I do Bikram yoga three times a week and at least once a week (sometimes more) I wake up dripping cold sweat with the sheets soaked and a puddle of sweat gathering on my chest. I do not recall ever having these before I started going to hot yoga. I had one of these sweating episodes last night coincidentally after I went to hot yoga. I also drank about 1.5 liters of water that night. So perhaps I am drinking too much and should limit my water on yoga nights. My diet is balanced with lots of fresh fruit, vegetables, and lean cuts of meat. I use a protein powder/amino acid/vitamin supplement in my fruit smoothies as well, so diet shouldn’t be an issue. I have heard that men over 40 can get something called “andropause” http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=3018468&page=1 but I don’t have the other symptoms such as depression, fatigue, loss of sex drive etc. and I feel more alive and healthy than I did when I was 20. Hopefully it’s just that I’m drinking too much water before bed.
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