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| mynagirl@gmail.com 2006-07-28, 4:27 pm |
| Howdy. Anyone ever build themselves a hut / yurt / shed / outbuilding
of any kind for doing hot yoga?
I want to build a yoga shed.
Here's the deal. I live in downtown Houston now and have the privilege
of practicing with one of the best Bikram instructors on the planet, in
a wonderful and loving studio. But I'm planning to move out to the
country (like way out... horses, goats, and Dairy Queen) and my biggest
fear about this move is giving up my yoga. So I want to make sure I
have my yoga all the time and anytime.
I'm going to be moving onto a big property so my thought is to build a
yoga shed of some sort -- like an outbuilding with mirrors / heaters /
humidifiers / sound system, etc.
Anyone done anything like that? Or lordy is there anyone who
manufactures such a structure? Any constructive advice / experience /
thoughts much appreciated.
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| omjaroo 2006-07-29, 4:27 pm |
| hi, and welcome to alt.yoga :-)
my apologies no one has answered you until now. I don't know why but
sometimes yogis can be a bit short on manners :-)
I personally don't have any experience with building hot rooms or
bikram yoga. I would think any room in Texas, you turn off the air
conditioner in, would qualify as a hot room, this time of year.
Jared
o
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three cents www.omjaroo.com
mynagirl@gmail.com wrote:
> Howdy. Anyone ever build themselves a hut / yurt / shed / outbuilding
> of any kind for doing hot yoga?
>
> I want to build a yoga shed.
>
> Here's the deal. I live in downtown Houston now and have the privilege
> of practicing with one of the best Bikram instructors on the planet, in
> a wonderful and loving studio. But I'm planning to move out to the
> country (like way out... horses, goats, and Dairy Queen) and my biggest
> fear about this move is giving up my yoga. So I want to make sure I
> have my yoga all the time and anytime.
>
> I'm going to be moving onto a big property so my thought is to build a
> yoga shed of some sort -- like an outbuilding with mirrors / heaters /
> humidifiers / sound system, etc.
>
> Anyone done anything like that? Or lordy is there anyone who
> manufactures such a structure? Any constructive advice / experience /
> thoughts much appreciated.
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| On 2006-07-29 10:44:57 -0700, "omjaroo" <omjaroo@yahoo.com> said:
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> hi, and welcome to alt.yoga :-)
>
> my apologies no one has answered you until now. I don't know why but
> sometimes yogis can be a bit short on manners :-)
>
> I personally don't have any experience with building hot rooms or
> bikram yoga. I would think any room in Texas, you turn off the air
> conditioner in, would qualify as a hot room, this time of year.
>
> Jared
> o
> ^
> three cents www.omjaroo.com
>
>
>
>
> mynagirl@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Mynagirl,
The following is a quote from the Yoga Swami Svatmarama's HATHA YOGA
PRADIPIKA, written about 1200 or more years ago. Though the date is
disputed, it is one of the most modern of the ancient yoga texts. The
only ancient yoga text to discuss asana at any great length. It is an
interesting read none the less.
(12) The student of hatha yoga should practice in a solitary place, in
a temple or a hermitage, an arrow shot away from rocks, water, and
fire. The land should be fertile and well governed.
(13) The hermitage should have a small door and no windows. It should
be level with the ground and have no holes in the wall. [It should be]
neither too high nor too long, and clean and free from insects. It
should be laid daily with cow dung. Outside there should be a raised
platform with an elevated seat and a water tank. The whole should be
surrounded by a wall. These are the characteristics of a yoga hermitage
as described by the siddhas, the masters of hatha yoga.
(14) Seated in such a place, the yogi should free his mind from all
distracting thoughts and practice yoga as instructed by his guru.
_________
Jared is entirely correct. Texas has a climate about the same as
India. I suspect an outdoor space like a gazebo would be quite nice
for practicing yoga in the heat. I used to have a yoga teacher in
Santa Monica who taught on her backyard deck. She would come in if it
got too hot. She had a notion that heat was bad for the students.
Apparently excessive heat is connected to dehydration and heart
problems.
_____________________
The heart works two to four times harder to move blood into the
vessels, which dilate as the body heats up," said Dr. Janice Zimmerman,
professor of medicine at Baylor college of Medicine. "Exercising in the
heat places extra stress on the heart and this can be especially
dangerous for those with cardiac conditions."
Exercising in hot weather has also been shown to be less effective.
Excessive heat keeps workouts from reaching maximum intensity, which
results in less conditioning of the muscles. Overheated tissues are
also at greater risk of injury.
Pushing the body too far in extremely hot and humid conditions can lead
to cramps, heat exhaustion, heart attack or stroke.
http://www.bcm.edu/news/item.cfm?newsID=651
___________________________
In India, students of yoga tend to practice in the early morning when
it is cool. The yoga schools have marble and tile wall to keep it
cool. I have been told by a number of yoga teachers that it is better
to generate the heat from within rather that using exterior sources. A
few years back the Yoga Journal had a statistic on how many Bikram
students have been treated for heat related traumas. I don't have the
article anymore. As you may know by now Bikram is being sued because
of conditions at his studio in LA, and he is being forced to leave the
US.
I hope this information helps. It is very difficult to practice yoga
on your own with out a class, it is quite wonderful as well. Hopefully
as you practice you will be able to find your "inner guru" to give you
guidance as to what is best for your journey.
Namaste
--
~Stu
PS. You may want to modify some of that ancient wisdom a bit and shy
away from the cow dung.
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| hrwire@gmail.com 2006-07-30, 2:24 am |
| Hello Mynagirl,
I came acroos this in the faq of Bikramyoga website
http://bikramyoga.com/FAQ.htm
Hope it helps.
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Q. If I can't get to a studio to practice in class, will I get any
benefit from practicing at home in a normally heated room?
A. You must heat the area where you do your yoga. If you can, you
should try to heat it to at least 100 degrees F. You should sweat a lot
when you do your hatha yoga. If your bathroom is large enough, you can
preheat the room with a space heater, and by running the shower with
hot water, leave the water in the tub as this will keep the room hot.
If you have difficulty heating an area to 100 degrees, then you must
wear warm up clothing while you do your yoga. This will keep the heat
from escaping the body.
I cannot overstate the importance of doing your hatha yoga in heat.
Doing your yoga in a cold environment can bring harm to your body.
Remember you are changing the construction of your body as you perform
these postures. Suppose you are going to make a sword. You start with a
piece of fine steel and the first thing you do is put the steel in the
fire and heat it up. When the steel is hot it becomes soft. Then you
can hammer it and slowly you make it change shape to the sword you
want. This is the natural way. Now if you don't heat it up and start
hammering the cold steel nothing is going to happen to the steel but
you'll break your hand, the hammer, your arm and all the connecting
joints. The same thing happens when you do any exercise, even hatha
yoga, in a cold environment. When you do your hatha yoga in the heat,
your body is malleable.
If this is completely impossible to arrange, then move more slowly and
carefully, and breathe more deeply into the postures.
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I haven't done Bikram Yoga myself so I can't comment . But it's not
advisable to do it outside in the sun.
Sharath
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| Well, from the talks going on, I do understand that Mynagirl wants a
hot place, so it is easy to find one, make a HAMAM = a Turkish Bath, so
it costs less and serves for the aim also.
Puma
hrwire@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello Mynagirl,
>
> I came acroos this in the faq of Bikramyoga website
> http://bikramyoga.com/FAQ.htm
> Hope it helps.
>
> /////////////////////////
>
> Q. If I can't get to a studio to practice in class, will I get any
> benefit from practicing at home in a normally heated room?
> A. You must heat the area where you do your yoga. If you can, you
> should try to heat it to at least 100 degrees F. You should sweat a lot
> when you do your hatha yoga. If your bathroom is large enough, you can
> preheat the room with a space heater, and by running the shower with
> hot water, leave the water in the tub as this will keep the room hot.
> If you have difficulty heating an area to 100 degrees, then you must
> wear warm up clothing while you do your yoga. This will keep the heat
> from escaping the body.
>
> I cannot overstate the importance of doing your hatha yoga in heat.
> Doing your yoga in a cold environment can bring harm to your body.
> Remember you are changing the construction of your body as you perform
> these postures. Suppose you are going to make a sword. You start with a
> piece of fine steel and the first thing you do is put the steel in the
> fire and heat it up. When the steel is hot it becomes soft. Then you
> can hammer it and slowly you make it change shape to the sword you
> want. This is the natural way. Now if you don't heat it up and start
> hammering the cold steel nothing is going to happen to the steel but
> you'll break your hand, the hammer, your arm and all the connecting
> joints. The same thing happens when you do any exercise, even hatha
> yoga, in a cold environment. When you do your hatha yoga in the heat,
> your body is malleable.
>
> If this is completely impossible to arrange, then move more slowly and
> carefully, and breathe more deeply into the postures.
>
> /////////////////////////
>
> I haven't done Bikram Yoga myself so I can't comment . But it's not
> advisable to do it outside in the sun.
>
>
> Sharath
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