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 Hot Yoga Can Be Dangerous!!!!!Moderators: Moderators Jump to page : 1 2 3 Now viewing page 1 [25 messages per page] | View previous thread :: View next thread |
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098  Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | dhanurasana - 2009-05-23 2:09 AM danger can be fun! Especially when your stoned,  Me so bad,  | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | Bay Guy - 2009-05-23 3:03 PM Is it more dangerous to do hot yoga or to drive a car? Is that one of them thare trick questions??? | ||
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Expert Yogi Posts: 5098 Location: Somewhere in the Mountains of Western NC | thedancingj - 2009-05-23 5:03 PM You'd have to get stoned in your car - HOT BOXING!! And then do some "hot" yoga while stoned, WHILE driving the car - now THAT sounds dangerous. I just learned what Hot Boxing was recently, boy did I feel dumb, Speaking of stoned, Bikram and driving....anyone ever 'felt' stoned after Bikram and drive home?? I had an interesting time once like this...I had a flat tire on my gravel road...got my car home...it took me all freaking day to change the tire. I would drink a cup of my Jasmine Tea, fiddle with the tire, drink some more tea...fiddle with the tire thing...this went on all day and i didn't even care!!! Totally awesome! That was my stoned driving Bikram moment, LOL!! Edited by Cyndi 2009-05-23 9:56 PM | ||
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Regular Posts: 66 | yogiwebdesigns - 2009-05-24 3:32 PM I'm just wondering do you guys do pranayamas too in that hot room or just asanas? If yes, then I'll again question what kind of air you breath in???? So by your own admission you don't really know anything about it and you've already made your own judgments about it. And you didn't just form these judgments for your own use but had to share them with people who do practice this method. Interesting business practice, cant see how that helps attract customers  Edited by Jar 2009-05-25 12:45 AM | ||
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| Ok, ok... YWD does appear to be sweet and well-intentioned, so I will give a more complete response... yogiwebdesigns - 2009-05-25 12:41 PM I did try one introduction class and did not like doing Yoga in that Hot temperature. In fact, I over stretched myself. There was no Pranayama done in that class so wasn't sure if you do not do at all in Bikrams class. Yep, we do a long Pranayama breathing exercise at the beginning of class, and we close with another breathing exercise. It is one of the most important parts of the class. It really oxygenates your blood, prepares your body for action, and helps your body learn to breathe deeply and fully in the hot room. To my understanding Yoga was invented to clean the mind and body so that we can experience the higher consciousness and I do not feel that Hot yoga leads to that path. Disagree!!! I have been practicing Bikram yoga for years, and I've found that this is PRECISELY the intent of the class. It is a rigorous class, yes, but the purpose is to heal the body from the inside out, to fully exercise it from the bones to the skin, so that once the body is in good condition, the mind can improve as well. Bikram is from a very physical lineage of yoga where they believe that you must clean the body first, then you can learn to clean your mind, and then once the body and mind are healthy and in harmony, you can "knock on the door of the spirit." The reason why we Bikram yogis get a bit tired of people writing articles and posts about how dangerous hot yoga is that it is just misinformation. Articles such as the one you posted are ALWAYS are based on questionable theoretical arguments with NO experimental evidence. In other words, I have seen PLENTY of articles describing how dangerous Bikram yoga is, but I've never seen ONE article supplying evidence of people who actually came some Bikram yoga classes, learned a bit about the system, and then did some horrible damage to their bodies. Plenty of rhetoric, but no proof. If hot yoga is so dangerous, where are all the casualties? On the other hands, there are hundreds and thousands of testimonials from people who have dramatically improved their health and well-being through Bikram yoga. And these are people who I've MET, who I see in my classes every single day. These are real, normal, intelligent, healthy people. Bikram makes plenty of good arguments about the science of doing yoga in the hot room and why it works, and UNLIKE his detractors, he has the evidence to back his claims up: his students are healthy. People can "debate" all they like, but the fact is that one side has solid evidence and one does not, so from a scientific point of view, I don't consider this a real debate. There are soooo many people who go around making claims about Bikram yoga after only taking one class, or after taking a "hot" yoga class that bears little or no resemblance to Bikram. To me, this is like trying to publish a review of a book after only reading the FIRST sentence. You still have NO idea what the book is really about! How could you? You haven't studied it, you haven't even turned the first page yet... I hope this may clear up a few misconceptions. This isn't a full argument, by any means, but if you are interested in the topic I would strongly encourage you to research a little more! Check out some of Bikram's articles, get one of his books from the library, read some student testimonials, or best of all... TAKE A CLASS! Not just one, but a FEW. At least a week. That's the best way to get an idea of what this yoga is really about. | |||
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