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| We usually do 10 pranayama breaths in each set (standard, right?) and today the instructor added 2 extra to each set. It totally threw me off.
Then the heat was blazing. The read on the the thermostat was 49 Celsius which is near 120 Farenheit.
I totally ran out off steam, I almost fell over in standing head to knee, I had to skip sit-ups - it was a very disheartening experience.
I really feel strong in my practice, but I want to do Bikram yoga not whatever the instructor feels like. I thought the room should be 105 F and you stick to the dialogue, is there this much wiggle room in the franchise agreement? |
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| Jeez, Saigon, sounds like a hot and frustrating class. I totally understand, especially after the doozy I had last week.
I've noticed that my studio's teachers play around with pranyama breathing a bit. I *think.* Usually I'm so into it I don't count, but I know one teacher who seems to do fewer on the first set and more on the second. Another seems to do more period, and another totally rushes and I can barely keep up. Oh well, it's an exercise in patience, I guess.
I feel ya on the excessive heat, though, but maybe it's a fluke that's a good reminder to work on rolling with the punches. Does your studio's heat usually fluctuate like that? Or was this an aberration? I've noticed my studio's heat fluctuates a LOT. Sometimes, an extra-hot class like that kills me. Sometimes, I surprise myself by how I can take it. Heck, I even have "cool" classes that will get to me! I think that if it's an aberration and not some new philosophy being implemented, I'd try to roll with it and see it as part of the practice.
Just my $.02! I'm sure others have better insights. |
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| Thanks for your thoughts. I am going through a tough time right now and I went to 2 really tough consecutive classes to try to break through my personal hell. It just felt like a kick in the teeth. I think a few of the instructors have decided that classes should be held at 120 + and I literally ran out of sweat (I don't think I had fully recovered from the day before). I am thinking of driving a little further to go to a studio that everyone says isn't as hot.
I just feel like if I can't do part of the class due to heat exhaustion, what is the point? |
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| No problem. And not to respond with a big blog-pimpin' reply, but I JUST wrote about a class like that last week. It can be so tempting to judge ourselves further for having a "bad" class.
I think we should be especially delicate with ourselves when judging our practices when we're going through tough times. Everything is reflected in the yoga room. And heck, even when I thought I was tip-top all around, I've had classes where I sat out four or five entire postures at a time. I figure, if I stay in the room for most of class and try most of the poses, I bet I'm doing much more good than being at home on the couch! |
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Location: Oregon | I practiced at a Core Power Yoga once (same sequence, no dialogue), and the room was up to 114. It was ridiculous. Plus, my studio is probably a couple of degrees cooler than many at 100-102. I just don’t think it needs to be any hotter than that. I’ve heard stories of teacher training getting to that heat, and I’m glad I never went, for that reason alone. |
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Frustrated with my studio
