Just got back from my second Bikram yoga class at Myaree and now I can say that I have done Bikram yoga! I cannot believe that I could not even sit up to write the 104 after my first class and that was only a week ago!
In a nutshell, you do 26 stretches over the course of 90 minutes in a 38 degree heated room.
To me, the class brings out a natural balance in the body. It makes you focus on your body, on every muscle contraction, the rhythm of your breathing, the sweat cooling your body heat, the pain and satisfaction of every stretch.
It is enthralling.
It felt like I had expanded my lung's capacity and transformed my body into a rubber-like object, twisting and turning slowly to positions instructed by the yoga teacher. She, by the way, was amazing! Beautiful curves, again the celebrity golden brown tan, excellent posture, gentle but firm abs and she held such a calm and soothing tone in her voice.
She explained to us how our bodies benefited from the positions. Where to exert pressure to push the stretch even further. In a non-forceful manner, she made us work. Work really hard.
Enthralling. That what she is.
She said to think of our bodies in terms of three colours. Yellow to indicate the environment where our bodies normally operate. Orange where we have edged out of what we do routinely, out of our comfort zones. Red when we are pushing ourselves past our limit. And she told us not to go into the red.
Thanks to Marie, I found myself completely out of my comfort zone and drenched in the orange. It challenged my brain pulses, sizzling the "NO" stream to a steamy "YES!".
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