Last Monday morning, as I just finished breakfast I saw mom rushing off to what I thought was her weekly swimming class, but instead she was in yoga gear…Hmmm?
She came back almost 2 hours later, red as a tomato and dripping from head to toe…She looked a bit weak but had a rosy glow about her ( Ok, it turned from tomatoe-y to rosy within an hour or so) Perhaps she had been in the sun for Way too long?
She was complaining about the heat and seemed to be lacking energy pretty much all day. She had to take a sudden mid-morning nap which even I’ve stopped doing several months ago! She looked like she was a bit drunk, but in a good mood all day – Just like someone who took a calming drug and was doooiiiinnnggg thiiiinnngs reeaaalllyyyyy slooowwwlyyy….
It turns out she had gone to Jiwa Yoga Bali to try her first class of Bikram yoga. It’s the kind of yoga where they heat the room up to about 38deg Celsius, while you try to execute the 26 yoga postures and 2 breathing exercises. As if it wasn’t already hot enough here in Bali, she had to go put her body up to that challenge! She decided on the spur of the moment and had not eaten since the night before and had not taken plenty of liquids the day before, which is probably why she was so Slllloooowww afterwards.
She was drinking lots of water, Es Kalapa and Pocari Sweats (some kinda of Clear Gatorade-like drink) later that day to replenish her body with fluids. I’d say within 24 hours she’d recovered nicely and was back to ‘Normal’. She started to teach me a few new yoga poses at our daily practices – so that was the fun part for me…
Although her first Bikram class was a bit tough, she liked it enough to go back for more on Wednesday…and she brought dad along too! Don’t know how he survived cuz he sweats so much just sitting there doing nothing…
Well if you’re interested in maximum stretching in extra heat, go check out Jiwa Yoga Bali…Apparently it does a body good and it’ll keep you wanting more…
JIWA YOGA BALI
Jl.Petitenget 78
Seminyak, Bali
Phone : +62 361 841 3689
Email: info@jiwayogabali.com
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