I'm so happy to see this thread....Brilliant Idiot, please keep it up!
I have been doing yoga about a year and a half. Just at home for the first year using tapes - Iyengar Yoga - Rodney Yee and Patricia Walden. About three months ago I began attending Bikram yoga classes and I am totally hooked. Even though it is sometimes a challenge to find a way to pay for them, I cannot imagine not having those classes to retreat into twice a week. Now, I have read that there is controversy regarding the use of heat in the classes and I was wondering, Brilliant Idiot, what is your opinion of it? Do you think it is too much? I must admit that, sometimes, it is a little much to handle accompanied with the pace and difficulty of some of the poses.....but a part of me really likes it, too. Our instructor is easy-going and very lenient when it comes to allowing his students to go at their own pace, but there is another Bikram studio in town with an instructor that I have heard referred to as the "Yoga-Nazi," lol. Apparently she pushes her students and restricts their intake of water....I have no interest in this sort of instruction. Do you know of any negative effects that "hot yoga" can have if practiced at a manageable pace?
Thank you.
