My fellow Bikram yogis are going to think I’m crazy, but today I actually wanted the instructor to CLOSE the window. Our instructors are really great about being attentive to the temp in the room and open the windows and doors when appropriate.
Now that I have discovered the benefits of letting the sweat run, not wiping it, and staying as wet as if I just walked out of ocean, I also discovered the disadvantage of having the sweat dry before the class is over. Today we had another one of our new instructors, and while her class is awesome – she delivers her dialogue in a clean, solid, manner making the class so beneficial, she’s really too nice to us and opened the window next to me half way up. Now, it being only 28 degrees outside, my body immediately dried in spots during the sivasana. When it time to resume the the floor poses, the dry places felt super hot and had to start sweating all over again. It was kind of uncomfortable and took precious energy to have to resweat (a new word?)
Now opening the windows is going to cause anxiety whereas up til now, worrying if they were EVER going to open that window caused major heart fluctuation. My task now becomes finding balance, so I can be ok either way. Once again, mind over body shall prevail.
As another day goes by, my car is happily being serviced, I am seated by a comfortably cool window, and … I have written.
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