Last week, a guy in his 40’s (guessing) came to the studio to enquire about practicing Bikram Yoga with high blood pressure. What better way to familiarise myself with hypertension than to research and write a post!
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Respiratory partners: the heart and lungs
During Pranayama last night I was shocked at how out of practice, my practice was, after taking time off. I could barely inhale for a count of 2 let alone a slow count of 6.. why? All we do is inhale then exhale, over and over again, 2 sets of 10; coupled with movements of our elbows up & down, and head back & forth. Simple right, but what’s really happening inside? I’ve heard the line, “warming up the body before class” so many times, I’ve even spoken it myself, haha, why do we all repeat the same cliched yoga speak?!