Bikram Yoga and IBD

[David]

Out of curiosity, has anyone here done Bikram Yoga? If so, how has it affected your IBD, if at all?

For those that don't know, Bikram Yoga is the heated yoga where everyone packs into a 105 degree(f) room with high humidity and then is taken through the same 26 postures. To say that it is physically, emotionally, and mentally tough is an understatement, at least for me.

I've been practicing Bikram for about 6 weeks now after having practiced traditional yoga for 6 or so years. While I can't say that Bikram Yoga has helped diminish my pain at all, it certainly hasn't made it any worse and my overall energy levels, mental clarity, emotional balance, and overall feeling of well being have gone up quite a bit.

Any other Bikram practitioners out there?

 

[glum chump]

In my neck of the woods, Bikram yoga ("Hot Yoga") is quite expensive ($7.50/session) and since heat is counterintuitive for MS, I'm not able to do it. For a long time, I would see ads for "Hot Yoga" and I assumed it was yoga for good looking people and didn't know if I'd be bounced out of the class if I showed up. It took me forever to figure out they were referring to the temperature. Doh!

Not attractive AND stupid are not exactly the winning combination one aspires to, right?