Have most of you given up alcoholic beverages?
Because of yoga? or do you find no reason to not drink because of yoga?
Because of yoga? or do you find no reason to not drink because of yoga?
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Re: drinking and bikram
Sun, April 8, 2007 - 1:01 PMI stopped drinking alcohol a couple months before I started yoga...and there were a few times where I had the craving but because I knew I'd be in the hot room the next day I decided not to drink. I was just having a conversation with someone the other day about this subject, and I haven't even had a craving for it in probably 6 months. (I work in a bar-so thats saying something). It's funny, because when I first stopped I'd have the urge, like oh that would taste good...now the smell even grosses me out. There was one day, about 6 months into my practice where I had a couple drinks the night before--and it just made me feel irritable and icky--the next day in my practice my balance was all off and I just saw how it didn't benefit me. I think I've kicked the habit, which is good...yoga and the hot room definately helped me do it.
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Re: drinking and bikram
Sun, April 8, 2007 - 3:18 PMI don't drink alcohol (or at least very rarely). I heard people talk about getting a drink after class before and that seems crazy - more for the dehydration factor than anything else. I'd like to give up coffee for this reason (and other reasons too).
I've done other *things* (I don't want elaborate) before class and I've thrown up. Bikram doesn't go well with toxins. I imagine that alcohol would fit in that catergory -
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Re: drinking and bikram
Sun, April 8, 2007 - 8:22 PMSince practicing Bikram, initially I almost immediately stopped drinking coffee, tea and alcohol. After a year now, I don't drink ANY coffee at all. This is pretty remarkable because I was something of a real coffee addict. I don't drink caffeinated teas. I don't seem to need that caffeine boost that I used to be addicted to. I do drink non-caffeinated medicinal teas.
I NEVER drink alcohol before a class. That's just crazy. I will sometimes have a drink a few hours afterwards, but not right away. When I first started doing Bikram, alcohol tasted repugnant to me. I think my body has acclimatized somewhat to the hot yoga, and I can tolerate alcohol now in moderation. I really have no desire to get intoxicated from alcohol though.
An interesting question is whether it makes any sense to try to detox a hangover with hot yoga. I've never tried that. I don't know if it would work or not. It seems like you wouldn't have the energy or concentration to be able to do anything. I think alcohol intoxication is dehydrating, so it would probably be dangerous to go into a Bikram session in that condition.
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