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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442      | Hi sima and welcome. You may have acid reflux or you may just have had a bad day  I do have reflux caused by a weak lower esophogeal muscle and yes, food and liquid can "return" in unpleasant ways! Try not to have anything to eat or drink for an hour or so before practice and even then, have a small amount. Best of luck! | ||
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| Well Guruji says that if you practice in the morning, only milk for dinner. If you practice in the evening, only milk for lunch. So it's actually a lot longer than 3-4 hours. Drinking during the practice isn't good because it kills the heat which you are trying to build. You'll get rapped on the fingers for that out in Mysore. I sip water regularly but I don't drink because having a belly full of liquid isn't too good for you. But you're wise to think about your passed eating disorder. There are quite a few very skinny ashtangis, don't get obsessed with it all, just make sure you are comfortable and healthy  Edited by DownwardDog 2007-01-07 6:52 AM | |||
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 Location: London, England | Hi Simona, Just what the others say, really-don't let it become a habit, but if it doesn't happen again, probably don't worry about it too much. With acid reflux, I sometimes (not always) see that the student's breathing is inappropiate-sometimes mis-timed, sometimes weak, or sometimes bad breathing mechanics. It's usually a mixture, typical  As the oesophagus passes through the diaphragm, and the diaphragm has several functions, including breathing and also acting as a spincter around the oesophagus, preventing acid reflux, you can see that if the diaphragm is not contracting appropiately at the same time as the abdominal contents are being squeezed by the abdominals and other core muscles, then the only way for the food to go is up. Partly because of this, I try to teach bandha in such a way that they support the action of the diaphragm muscle, not interfere with it. This is trickier than you might think-see how it is difficult to breathe when you lift your feet off the floor into a handstand, or take your weight on your hands when you lift in the vinyasa-so often, you will hear a student's breath become weaker, or stop completely, whenever they are asked to take their body weight onto their hands. And indeed, in coming from urdvha mukha svanasana to adho mukha, you are adopting a position where you take your weight on your hands. Perhaps try to examine your diaphragm action in the upward dog, and ask yourself if the action is complete, or is dysfunctional because of your body posture. Re-align the body posture to allow a fuller breath in-I am hoping that this will get the full range of the diaphragm muscle-you should see the lower ribs balloon outwards (like when you take a deep breath), which causes the upper rib cage and sternum to elevate-ujjayi breathing. This action should help to ensure that the diaphragm fulfils its function as a sphincter of the oesophagus. Make sure that you do not hold your breath for even a nano-second whilst in up-dog-you don't want the diaphragm to stay at this length and tension, but to allow it to 'eccentrically contract' (means the muscle contracts but still lenghthens, as when you lower a cup of coffee to the table-the biceps lengthens to allow a controlled descent) to control the rate at which you breathe out as you pull back into down-dog. As you breath out, do not simply reverse the process, but again start by returning the rib cage, to its original position. This will, I hope, help to ensure the continued use of the diaphragm throughout your practice Sorry to ramble, welcome to the board-you'll find out I'm the board rambler, well maybe there's a few of us.. Take care Nick | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 8442 | I think everyone has to experiment themselves to find the perfect timing of food and drink before class/practice. Obviously it is possible to eat and drink during exercise as the triathletes do it all the time. Of course they don't generally go upside down unless there are serious problems on the bike ride!  Mostly it seems best to not be too full - a light tummy works best for sure, whether you are going by American or European "metric" hours.  Yes, I think bulimia would certainly be something that could loosen up that muscle. It takes some medical tests to confirm acid reflux but things like your experience happening frequently or waking up in the middle of the night with a suddenly very painful throat etc. are signs that you have it. | ||
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