This blog is not going to be about losing weight. Not that I couldn’t stand to lose a few tens of pounds in various regions, but I don’t find weight loss that interesting a subject matter, plus it just isn’t my goal. Now, if I lose weight inadvertently I will not mourn the loss of chunk. I have friends who have been practicing yoga for years and I have to admit, they look good: strong, athletic, lean, healthy. I’d love to look like my friends or the models in the Athleta catalog, but my reasons for wanting to do yoga are numerous and weight loss is truly at the bottom of the list.
The list goes something like this (and the order of importance changes depending on the day and time of the month):
- Back pain due to degenerative disc in lower back (the pain began 4 years ago during my last pregnancy).
- Migraines (sinus/allergy and hormone and barometric pressure-related).
- Mood/PMS (I want to stay married).
- Insomnia (not so bad now, but can be).
- Crohn’s Disease (I’m convinced hot yoga will help. I have a mild-to-moderate case. It’s more irritating than painful).
- Stress & anxiety (my husband says I “have no Zen”).
- Focus (the ADD can be quite frustrating).
- Weight loss (really, toning the stomach muscles weakened by years of ice cream indulgence and two C-sections).
I have a friend who swears by hot yoga. It has helped her migraines and arthritis. She has amazing calf muscles.
So, throughout January I will attend hot yoga classes and tell you about my experience. I will also share research about hot yoga and information about the studio I where I plan to attend classes. Hopefully, I’ll even continue going in February.
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this sounds interesting-look forward to hearing.
i have thinking of doing yoga every day for a week to see how i felt and writing about it on fb, not a blog.
there is some film i saw that might interest you on this
i forget what it is called something like yoga up, a doc where this guy is filmed to see if yoga changes his life, and he goes all over the world, etc.
another one you might like is the trailer for the film may i be frank.
good luck!