I did the Master Cleanse while continuing my yoga practice, last year I think.... after day 3 or so, I COULD NOT complete a Bikram class. I got extremely lightheaded, and any posture in which you'd be head-down, I'd almost pass out.

I think you need lots of real fuel for your body to be doing Bikram.

Good luck though! If it doesn't kill you, it'll make you stronger...right?

Any and all of those symptoms can just be from going raw if you have been on an unhealthy diet and if you are off of coffee the coaffeine detox causes severe headaches. i did the master cleanse for five days and practiced a couple of times. it was pretty difficult. i was down on the mat alot cause I would get dizzy. The rest of the group who were cleansing did not have trouble with the practice like I did. I have freinds who would master cleanse for two weeks straight and practice every day and they LOVED it. Go figure.

So, it looks like this is going to stretch to a 31-day challenge. I think the person that put this together set it up that way to squeak one more day out of something she really believes in... which is actually pretty cool. Wednesday will be my last day on the challenge.

This morning all of the people participating in the diet/daily bikram yoga challenge did a silent class. If you've never done one of these, I highly recommend that you check one out- in a community that you've gotten to know. During these past few weeks I've gotten to know many of the people that were doing this cleanse and when we were all together in the studio- with no one else present, the energy and connection was tangible. Not once did the instructor have to say, "change," to have us move from one posture to another. We syncronized and it was amazing.

As I come out of the challenge later this week, I'll be preparing food for a long weekend camping trip and trying to navigate making my own meals again, so now's a good time for reflection.

This has been difficult. It has brought up a lot of toxins- literal toxins from my body and those stored in my emotions. This has happened to all of us doing the challenge. The benefit of the daily yoga and raw/vegan/organic diet has been that I feel more alive, aware, and centered.

A documentary is being made of our experience. We have been filmed in class and in our support groups. The film makers anticipate the editing to be done in enough time for submission to the Portland Film Festival (Portland, OR). The class of challengers have asked to be able to screen the documentary before it is release publicly, so we'll see how they do. I can't even imagine how difficult it will be to express in that medium what our journeys have been like, but I'll be excited to see what they come up with.

As for me, I feel like my journey has just begun. I feel like I am back to being the real me and I am ready to experience and create the best of what life has to offer.