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many festivals in the Austin area selling her creations, but she felt the need to set up this webstore to
reach a much broader, demographic area.
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for Truth Seekers .
Brenda originally started Designs by Brenda as an outlet for her creative projects. She participated in
many festivals in the Austin area selling her creations, but she felt the need to set up this webstore to
reach a much broader, demographic area.
She started Shy Moon Productions to market her book Curiosity Expands Your Mind, a Resource Book
for Truth Seekers .
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| Brenda's Thoughts April 18, 2010 Bikram Yoga |
Bikram Yoga.
My co-worker talked me into doing this. After a year of talking about Bikram Yoga (BY), she finally wore me down, I said yes to make her happy. Figured I would go to
one class, say I tried it, it wasn’t for me, and not going ever again. Well, that was until I got there. A class is $15, so for two it’s $30, right. They run a special for first-
timers. For $39, I would be allowed to go as many times as I liked within a 30-day period. Thought I would give it at least a week, which would be three classes for
me--3 out of 7 is a week to me. I had been to yoga before and figured this wouldn’t be toooooo difficult. Wrong! I forgot to mentioned that I am way out of shape,
round is a shape but not the best shape to be in. First of all, the room is 105-degrees, ugh. Yes, you will sweat without even doing any of the poses. I know because
this is what happened to me. The 26 poses, that are done twice, were a lot more difficult that I had imagined, but that may be because I’m really not physically fit
anymore. I was at one time, a long, long time ago. If I wasn’t already sweating enough, doing the poses caused me to sweat even more, ewwww. I was sopping wet
after the 90 minute class. Of course I couldn’t do any of the poses correctly or even do some of the poses, except one. The Savasana or Dead Body Pose is the one I
had no problem doing, lying down and being still. I would attempt a pose, lie down in savasana or just sit, then attempt another pose, sit down, etc. Most of my
poses were either lying down (savasana) or sitting--this doesn’t have a pose name, darn. But it’s nice that the poses are done twice, as it gave me time to attempt to
do it at least once. Well, some of them I didn’t even bother getting up, ugh no way was my body going do it.. I was so exhausted when I got home. Took my bath,
passed out on the bed.
The next morning, expecting to have all kinds of aches for what I did to myself the day before, I felt great! I have fibromyalgia/myofacial pain syndrome, plus I was in
a really bad wreck 11 years ago, so I have all kinds of aches, pains, fatigue, blah, blah, blah. I noticed that even after just one class, my body, or mind, craved this
yoga (the mind is a funny thing). I did some research, found out that through BY you will release the toxins stored in your body, you release any stress, and it is
known to reverse the effects of diseases/syndromes/conditions in your body, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, etc. I’ve been going for a little
over a month now, about two to three times a week.
I don’t crave sweets like I use to. I sleep better. I’m not stressed out. I don’t have the aches and pains like I use to via fibromyalgia/myofacial pain syndrome, which
for the past 15 years has caused me much pain, aggravation, and depression. From my wreck that happened 11 years ago, the tendons in my lower back and hips
were messed up, the tendons are in big knots and this caused much HURT in this area of my body. I had tried everything over the years to relieve this lower back
and hip pain through acupuncture, chiropractor, water aerobics, taking heavy-duty pain pills, etc., which some of the pain was relieved for a short time, but nothing
really worked totally or for long.
After one month of Bikram, I no longer have the knots in my lower back and the other knots on my hips are much, much smaller. My tendons are going back to the
way that they are suppose to be. I am now much more fluid in my movement, I can even touch my toes! I also have glass in one of my arms from the wreck. Yes, it’s
been there for 11 years. I’ve noticed that the glass is starting to move around from doing the poses, which causes sharp/stabbing pain when I raise my arm. But,
both of my arms are firming up, not so jiggly now. As a matter of fact, my whole body is firming up, my clothes fit better, lost two dress sizes, yippee! Firming up my
all-over jiggly parts.
So all in all, Bikram Yoga is the best thing that has happened to me. So thank you to my co-worker who wore me down and made me partake in this 90 minutes of
torture (as BY is referred to), three-times a week, to having a more happy, pain-free life. If you can put up with the sweaty bodies and the aroma, which after a while
you stop noticing both, Bikram Yoga is the way to better health. Your body, mind, and spirit will thank you for it.
Overview of Bikram Yoga: Classes are for 90 minutes, with a series of 26 poses, repeated twice. Two of the poses are breathing exercises, out with the old, in with
the new. BY is conducted in 105°F (40.5°C) heat, with 29 - 40 percent humidity. Doing the poses in the heated temperature and humidity, enables you to stretch
without causing harm to your muscles and tendons. It also will ensure that you are ridding your body of toxins, cleansing your organs, tissue, lymph nodes, glands,
etc. Just take it easy and enjoy the class, this is the main thing to do. http://www.bikramyoga.com/
My co-worker talked me into doing this. After a year of talking about Bikram Yoga (BY), she finally wore me down, I said yes to make her happy. Figured I would go to
one class, say I tried it, it wasn’t for me, and not going ever again. Well, that was until I got there. A class is $15, so for two it’s $30, right. They run a special for first-
timers. For $39, I would be allowed to go as many times as I liked within a 30-day period. Thought I would give it at least a week, which would be three classes for
me--3 out of 7 is a week to me. I had been to yoga before and figured this wouldn’t be toooooo difficult. Wrong! I forgot to mentioned that I am way out of shape,
round is a shape but not the best shape to be in. First of all, the room is 105-degrees, ugh. Yes, you will sweat without even doing any of the poses. I know because
this is what happened to me. The 26 poses, that are done twice, were a lot more difficult that I had imagined, but that may be because I’m really not physically fit
anymore. I was at one time, a long, long time ago. If I wasn’t already sweating enough, doing the poses caused me to sweat even more, ewwww. I was sopping wet
after the 90 minute class. Of course I couldn’t do any of the poses correctly or even do some of the poses, except one. The Savasana or Dead Body Pose is the one I
had no problem doing, lying down and being still. I would attempt a pose, lie down in savasana or just sit, then attempt another pose, sit down, etc. Most of my
poses were either lying down (savasana) or sitting--this doesn’t have a pose name, darn. But it’s nice that the poses are done twice, as it gave me time to attempt to
do it at least once. Well, some of them I didn’t even bother getting up, ugh no way was my body going do it.. I was so exhausted when I got home. Took my bath,
passed out on the bed.
The next morning, expecting to have all kinds of aches for what I did to myself the day before, I felt great! I have fibromyalgia/myofacial pain syndrome, plus I was in
a really bad wreck 11 years ago, so I have all kinds of aches, pains, fatigue, blah, blah, blah. I noticed that even after just one class, my body, or mind, craved this
yoga (the mind is a funny thing). I did some research, found out that through BY you will release the toxins stored in your body, you release any stress, and it is
known to reverse the effects of diseases/syndromes/conditions in your body, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, fibromyalgia, etc. I’ve been going for a little
over a month now, about two to three times a week.
I don’t crave sweets like I use to. I sleep better. I’m not stressed out. I don’t have the aches and pains like I use to via fibromyalgia/myofacial pain syndrome, which
for the past 15 years has caused me much pain, aggravation, and depression. From my wreck that happened 11 years ago, the tendons in my lower back and hips
were messed up, the tendons are in big knots and this caused much HURT in this area of my body. I had tried everything over the years to relieve this lower back
and hip pain through acupuncture, chiropractor, water aerobics, taking heavy-duty pain pills, etc., which some of the pain was relieved for a short time, but nothing
really worked totally or for long.
After one month of Bikram, I no longer have the knots in my lower back and the other knots on my hips are much, much smaller. My tendons are going back to the
way that they are suppose to be. I am now much more fluid in my movement, I can even touch my toes! I also have glass in one of my arms from the wreck. Yes, it’s
been there for 11 years. I’ve noticed that the glass is starting to move around from doing the poses, which causes sharp/stabbing pain when I raise my arm. But,
both of my arms are firming up, not so jiggly now. As a matter of fact, my whole body is firming up, my clothes fit better, lost two dress sizes, yippee! Firming up my
all-over jiggly parts.
So all in all, Bikram Yoga is the best thing that has happened to me. So thank you to my co-worker who wore me down and made me partake in this 90 minutes of
torture (as BY is referred to), three-times a week, to having a more happy, pain-free life. If you can put up with the sweaty bodies and the aroma, which after a while
you stop noticing both, Bikram Yoga is the way to better health. Your body, mind, and spirit will thank you for it.
Overview of Bikram Yoga: Classes are for 90 minutes, with a series of 26 poses, repeated twice. Two of the poses are breathing exercises, out with the old, in with
the new. BY is conducted in 105°F (40.5°C) heat, with 29 - 40 percent humidity. Doing the poses in the heated temperature and humidity, enables you to stretch
without causing harm to your muscles and tendons. It also will ensure that you are ridding your body of toxins, cleansing your organs, tissue, lymph nodes, glands,
etc. Just take it easy and enjoy the class, this is the main thing to do. http://www.bikramyoga.com/
http://www.bydaustin.com two B.Y.D. locations in Austin, Texas
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