AMONG THE ORPHANS OF YOGA, the most desperate are those of “hot or Bikram yoga”. Practiced at about 40 degrees it makes the body supple. But how do you reproduce the atmosphere in your home?
Welfare
It is always yoga time
by IRENE SCALISE
The “New York Times” reports in an editorial how the orphaned Americans of Bikram yoga are organizing themselves. For them, Zoom is not the solution because what is missing is not only the teacher’s voice, but the temperature. For them, yoga is not just stretching, twisting, strengthening. It involves doing these things in a heated room.
So last fall, in one of the most creative fitness bouts imposed by the lockdown, many turned into yogis in and around the bathroom. Early in the morning diehards light up a small heater in the bathroom; alternatively, they run the shower water at very high temperatures. So for 10 minutes, then they close the room for at least a quarter of an hour and go for a coffee. Upon returning to the bathroom the miracle happened: all that remains is to spread the mat and light the scented incense.
Welfare
Yoga, I do the retreat on Zoom
by Irene Scalise
The important thing is that the bathroom is not too small otherwise there is a risk of bruising. The newspaper also tells of a lady who set up a yoga room in the basement, using a heater for 24 hours to bring her body and mind into the right meditative state thanks to the heat. Result? Bill to the stars.
Another practitioner told of turning on both the heater and turning on boiling water by rolling a towel under the door. All this creativity to recreate a desert microclimate worries yoga schools: how will it be possible one day to reconcile warmth, social distancing and oriental practice?
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