dogdayz

Hi Caryn,

I started Hot Yoga in January twice a week, initially to become more flexible and for a new challenge. I am a personal trainer that has lifted weights for years, and I also love Zumba classes. As I got more into the yoga I started feeling like I needed to do it more often to really get the benefits that everyone talked about. I started adding in home practice a few days a week and after reading about the 30 day challenges, started my own.
I only made it to about day 10, and other than the fact that I did get better in some of the postures, my experience was exactly like yours. On top of that, when I finally stopped the pain never went away even after taking 4 weeks off of everything. New pain kept developing.
Long story short, I am newly diagnosed with fibromyalgia at age 50 after an extremely active & healthy life. I will never know if the traumatic overtraining I inflicted on my body those last few months triggered it, but it sure seems that way.
I would say – listen to your body! I tell my clients that all the time, and I wish I had walked that walk instead of trying to gut it out.
Also, at this point I don’t know if I should return to practicing 2 or so times a week to see if it will help, or just stick with other types of yoga geared to chronic pain relief. I have to really pick and choose what I do these days as my energy levels are waaaay down. Any ideas on this Gabrielle?