When I started Bikram yoga almost a year ago on Jan 6th 2013, I would feel tired, body aching, knees or some part of the body in intense pain for hours. People would tell me may be I shouldn't do yoga everyday but give the body a break between yoga days so it would do the necessary repair and regeneration.
I ignored these advises and just continued my Bikram practice everyday non-stop (except for the time when I went India for a month - even there I went to Pathanjali Yoga). After many months now, my body has adjusted to my schedule and can deal with whatever repairs are needed.
The body should be subservient to me, not the other way around. If the body tells me it needs 48 hours for all the repair between workouts, I tell the body "listen pal, I ain't giving you 48 hours. 24. Do it in 24." Some yoga instructors tell "listen to your body." Jess, my yoga instructor says, "if I listened to my body, I would still be on the couch."
Even in a 90-minute Bikram yoga session, you are really exercising only about an hour max. In a 24 hour day, at most, we are moving, stretching may be 2 hours, at most 3. The rest of the time, we are pretty stationary. That is only 10% of our day are we really active. It is, of course, different for occupations that involve physical labor.
I ignored these advises and just continued my Bikram practice everyday non-stop (except for the time when I went India for a month - even there I went to Pathanjali Yoga). After many months now, my body has adjusted to my schedule and can deal with whatever repairs are needed.
The body should be subservient to me, not the other way around. If the body tells me it needs 48 hours for all the repair between workouts, I tell the body "listen pal, I ain't giving you 48 hours. 24. Do it in 24." Some yoga instructors tell "listen to your body." Jess, my yoga instructor says, "if I listened to my body, I would still be on the couch."
Even in a 90-minute Bikram yoga session, you are really exercising only about an hour max. In a 24 hour day, at most, we are moving, stretching may be 2 hours, at most 3. The rest of the time, we are pretty stationary. That is only 10% of our day are we really active. It is, of course, different for occupations that involve physical labor.
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