Yoga and its effects on the immune system??????????????????????

Well I had always thought that yoga was a bunch of crap. Honestly. Other than stretching. But I am hearing really interesting things about the immune system and oxygen in the blood and on and on.

So....I only started doing hot yoga for stress. That is all. So that I do not kill anyone...lol. Plus after years of not being able to walk very well and all of the neck pain and back and legs and hips. I wanted to do something that was not high impact. Because after I started working out again after being sick for so long. I hurt so badly all over. It just did not make me feel any better at all. My old workouts made me feel bad.

So I started the hot yoga. All they talk about it how it releases stress....and detox's the body, and how it helps ozygen flow to heal your body and how diseases cannot survive in a body with healty blood with lots of oxygen in it. I was like...????What???

Really???

Okay, so I know that I could not have done Hot Yoga before with all of the abx that I was taking and my high fevers. I would have thrown up and fainted.

I have to say that it does make me feel great, relaxed and it gets rid of the pains in my neck and back. I think it is just a fancy way of stretching..lol

But when I look at the women in my class. They are in such wonderful shape. But they are also a bunch of heath nuts. But since stress is the biggest killer and since Lyme sends our immune system into a mess, and that in turn screws up our central nervous system...well....I think that this is a good thing for lymies. But goole yoga and see what it says. It makes sense to me now.

Managing stress is the most important thing to get better and stay better. No?

I sweat like crazy in the hot yoga and this is what is supposed to detox us. But I could not have done this when I was ill. No way. Not with a fever.
But I am suprised how good it makes me feel. So relaxed, it is like getting a massage and having a glass of wine...lol. I couldn't drink for 5 years with my lyme and the migraines, so....now that I can drink..I am not going to start. Might as well detox and chill a better way.

I became a certified Bikram Yoga teacher in 2001. Bikram Choudry gave me a new spine and
saved my life. Everytime I walk up a flight of stairs i thank God for Bikram. I sponsored the first Bikram school in France in Marseille. I was so grateful to him and there was a young girl from Marseille that spent every penny she had to take that training. She had big health issues and was the most determined thing I had ever seen in my life. Coco deserved that school and the nicest thing that ever happened to me in my life is I was able to give her the funds to build it and keep it going for the first 2 yrs till it really caught on. People in Marseille are not into sweating and exerising. The first students she had were psycholoigist and cardioligists and other medical types and then the room was packed with all types of people.
I saw more courage in those hot yoga rooms while I was teaching in NYC also.

Bikram yoga is like yoga chemotherapy. You leave all the stress and toxins in the sweaty towel.

keep your electrolites up and maintain the rhythm of your breath. The first pranayama breathng series if not rushed will help you to coast through the entire class. long slow deep deep breaths. Even if you have never done yoga before if you keep going you will be able to do everyone of those postures. It is a medical yoga series very specificially designed by posture and order. each posture is done twice . first for the opening and second you get to go there. It is the ultimate discipline
and will change your life.

It is something to really look forward to when you get stronger and then you can get all
the rest of the toxins out of your body and have the best buffed butt you ever had in life.

Good for you MarthaVinyard and everyone else. You just brought back some great memories for me and somehing to look forward to after my treatment.

i can't wait to get back into those hot rooms.


bucci

Dagger...you can handle it if you already know the poses. But not if you are running a fever.
I never thought that I could focus enough for yoga. My attention span is short. But maybe that is what helps.....the heat. I don't know. I have to ask why the heat is better or not. I am not sure.
But if it does have anything to do with detoxing then I am game. I am not going to go back into my super hard cardios anymore. My hips don't respond well to it anymore.
I don't know what or if I got permanent damage to my joints with the lyme. But I bet I did. So I am not going to test that or get set back. You know?

I'm in my second week already. I am at the Mesa place because they took the medicare but it all the same lyme program.
Long Life is Dr K and his wife runs the place and really knows her stuff. Dr. K goes back and forth between envita and long life. I been getting the EDTA and Z antibiotic and OZONE and steam ozone . also the injections in accupunture points and the biomeridian machine routine. also the lymph wand took the swelling out of my neck and jaw. I haven't had one migrane yet which is shocking. tomorrow will be my 3rd abx treatment. Still in pain everywhere and can't walk on my left heel but I limped in that way. Oh and also been getting glutathione and that always helps my liver. My biggest problem is the pain in both feet and I'm a nervous wreck because.....I'm a nervous wreck.. ha ha. It's the brain fog and i can't even blame it on the treatment. I really made it here just in time. There was nothing left of me by the time I rolled up in the car and everyone is very nice and you can see some were sick at one time so they really get it and believe in what they are doing.

Be careful in the hot yoga ....electrolights....you can burn out. Bikram used to say the yoga really works in the savasana.
So the day off can be just as powerful. It is funny too. I used to teach on 48th st in manhattan and the front row was all dancers. ( they love the mirror especially for that standing bow) and then the fire men are in the back row with their slipped discs. miracles happen in those rooms. Even though they tell you not to eat before class try to make sure you got some protien in your body at one point earlier. It is an intense class.

you are so full of gratitude now it's like Jimmy Stewart in "It's a Wonderful Life!" really great !


bucci

Theres a place that acutually takes medicare?????  Seriously???

Martha,

It really is great at relaxing and letting go of stress...  if I dont go for a couple of days, my son (whos 6) says "Ah mom, maybe you should go to yoga"  I seem to have much more patience :)  My skin looks great too, except now Im breaking out which is telling me that "crud" is really comming out of my lymph system.. 

:)

I wouldnt reccommend it if your on heavy duty antibiotic treatment, but even if you do feel just awful, racked with pain, if you can get there, and just be in childs pose and breath, I think it will really help.  I was so sick when I started 40 days ago, neurological issues, pain, spine issues, and I still went...  I had to atleast try as I am so tired of giving all of myself to this darn disease.  I am by no means in remission from my endeavor, but I am very hopeful I am on the right path,,, when I tell you I couldnt sit because of my hips, I am not kidding... that is no longer an issue... we put so much emphasis on these powerful medicatons to cure this illness when in my opionion, once its gone on for so long, the chance of curing it with antibiotics is nill.... (My opinion). 

At least thats where I'm at...  and I will let you all know how I fair in the upcomming months... Martha, thank you for starting this thread...  Im assuming you live in Ma, that is where I was born and lived most of my life..  Westport area..  I now live in Pa and guess Im really greatful for this yoga studio as people travel like an hour just to  come to the classes cause no other yoga touches it...  I even tried a yoga class at the Y, and it didnt even compare... the heat is awesome and my body really likes it... Thanks again for starting this thread :) There are no coincidences

Hi I have been reading about the yoga you guys are talking about. If I am a newbie to yoga what should I start with? I have never heard of hot yoga before and I dont want to hurt myself while trying to make me better. Someone mentioned you could get burned? Any info would help greatly. Thank you!

Martha's Vineyard,

I don't mean to change the topic here, but did you also get acupuncture and use a biomeridian machine at envita. I didn't see you post about it. My fibromyalgia doctor is treating me for lyme and does some mild acupuncture on me, but it doesn't last very long. I live on pain meds. I am looking for a new doctor because my doctor does not know what to do with me anymore. I was diagnosed with Lyme a few months ago...

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Thanks Martha's Vineyard. I have fibromyalgia and pains everywhere in all of my joints. My fibro. doctor does some acupuncture which helps, but she is not a lyme doctor and has done all she could for me. I am hoping to find another doctor that does acupuncture for my pain and Lyme. I live in Arizona so I may just go and check out each of the clinics. I was under the impression they were the same, but it seems they are not. What is an oxygen tank? Is it something filled with water that you sit in??