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I hope that yesterday when I went off about obesity, that you recognize that it does have a lot to do with this blog. I may go outside the safe barriers of thought but it is important to me that overweight (which I am by 20 lbs). and obese people understand that while there is a segment of the population that stays in shape without effort, the rest of us are really putting time and money into our bodies.
That said, today I was reminded again about how Bikram Yoga is a practice! The poses I can do reasonably easily considering the heat are probably the ones I don't really "need". Today as always my enemies were the first standing balancing pose, with head to knee and the damned Triangle pose. Standing head to knee is so hard so of course, I approach it like that when I relaly just need to take my head out of the equation. I can balance on one leg when my foot goes behind me but not when I am reaching in front of me. 4 years of not being able to stand on one leg is tormenting me. I am so concentrated on my standing knee, locked like concrete, then the ankle wobbles. Then I think about keeping my big toe down and the whole kit and kaboodle goes over to one side! Arggghhhh......Does anyone know if the trick of standing on one foot often during the day works? Obviously I have some weak part of the whole equation.
Triangle I can go into and feel okay and I really try to breathe but it feels so strenuous that bit by bit my leg slips, the hip comes up and I a down for the count. And I must stop breathing somewhere in there because I can usually do just one set of bad triangles. I am envious of those who can go right down and not feel like after this pose they are going to have a heart attack. I know my hips are tight and that is part of it so I am going to try to open them up a bit before class and see if that helps. Any other suggestions are welcomed!!
FYI, the average age in New Smyrna Bikram is around 40-50. Lots of younger gals but also the equal amount of older women who impress the hell out of me. So don't be embarrassed by your age or size, just try it for a week! Try it and be an addict like the rest of us!