Bikram yoga pas deux

Bikram two

Session 2 at 10 am this morning 
Studio one (the gas chamber) had an intro offer for $20 you get your first two classes if used within three days.  I went on a Tuesday and planned on going again Thursday.  An unfortunate run in with jello shots on Wednesday night left me a little to wobbly to attempt class on Thursday.  Friday an incredible thunder storm rolled through with hail and torrential rain, I rushed home to rescue my ponies.  They of course were perfectly fine, I think that the worst of it bypassed them.

Found Studio 2 near my home, they have an intro offer, $30 one week unlimited use.  So I signed up for that because Dawn says I really should go 6 days in a row, what she didn't say was and then you die.

Got to say, did not get the same warm and fuzzy feeling from this studio two as I did from the gas chamber.  The instructor was working the front desk just as at the gas chamber, but seemed far to distracted to explain the procedures, me with one whole class under my belt is still not sure of the etiquette nor did he seem able to focus on my questions. 

Once class was underway he offered no corrections, now it could be that I'm a bikram savant and got everything right, but considering he did often say that first timers should just concentrate on getting a taste for it, perhaps thinking that the attrition rate is so high among first timers that he needn't spend to much time with them untill they commit?



I have to say one of my biggest fears or concerns was actualized, not by me luckily, and I no longer have that to worry about.  Coming out of Standing separate leg stretching pose, this large gentleman nearby farted, two, loud wet, blubbery farts in quick succession.  Imagine sweat soaked cheeks flapping in a rippling duck call.  AND NO ONE LAUGHED!  I have to admit that I have been afraid that while concentrating hard to maintain a pose that I might inadvertently squeeze one out, so I now know that I don't need to be embarrassed.  However given the way I sweat, it is not going to be pretty.  Then I had to hold back a giggle...because what I pictured was his shorts ballooning out with the trapped air!  Like mens bathing suits will do when you dive into the water.  I had to cough to hide it.


I did get light headed again, in the camel pose.  I couldn't do them today, and stayed with my hands on my hips but that was the only time that happened.  I remembered Dawn's tips, to smile when it got tough to trick my mind into thinking it was having fun, and to chant, didn't remember her chant exactly but came up with something close enough breathing in "Eeeeevvvvveeeeeerrrrrryyyy cccccccccceeeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllll" breathing out iiiiiiiiissssssssss aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllliiiiiiivvvvvvvveeeeeeeeee".  That worked, and I kept my eyes open, when it was tough I tended to close my eyes, which I think contributed to feeling light headed.

Once again the sweat flowed out of me like the tap was left on, my towel was sopping, I don't know what they do with those floors but I can't imagine it's very clean under that carpet.

Finished up and with the exception of camel pose, did everything and hung in there.  Class 3 is tomorrow, I'm trying for the 8 am because it should be a bit less crowded.