Hot Yoga
Hot Yoga
I have had RLS all my life and it has worsened with age, contributing to insomnia, PLMS, and (potentially) sleep apnea. After trying 8 rx strength medications and several otc's, and out of sheer desperation, I tried hot yoga. I have done 10 classes and have had no RLS symptoms on the nights I do it as long as I take 1 Mirapex, too. This is unheard of for me. I get symptoms, bad ones, EVERY night, no matter what medication I take. The classes are intense and tough (and I'm in very good shape). But, to get away from the symptoms for a few nights a week, it's totally worth it.
I miss living close enough to the city to be able to take advantage of classes like that. I love yoga, of any sort (do sessions at home everyday), but hot yoga provides a special challenge. I can't say I ever drew a correlation between that and a reduction in the RLS but am glad to hear that someone else has found something that works for them. Praying that your relief continues.
Betty, very simply hot yoga is regular yoga in a hot environment.
The temperature, and usually the humidity in the room are increased so that it is like you are doing yoga in a moist air sauna. As if a good yoga class wasn't challenging enough...
For an hour and a half all I am thinking about is my breathing and the poses I am being asked to perform. I find that it is a wonderful workout and a wonderful release from everything else going on in my life at that time.
The temperature, and usually the humidity in the room are increased so that it is like you are doing yoga in a moist air sauna. As if a good yoga class wasn't challenging enough...
For an hour and a half all I am thinking about is my breathing and the poses I am being asked to perform. I find that it is a wonderful workout and a wonderful release from everything else going on in my life at that time.
Re: Hot Yoga
jfp wrote:I have had RLS all my life and it has worsened with age, contributing to insomnia, PLMS, and (potentially) sleep apnea. After trying 8 rx strength medications and several otc's, and out of sheer desperation, I tried hot yoga. I have done 10 classes and have had no RLS symptoms on the nights I do it as long as I take 1 Mirapex, too. This is unheard of for me. I get symptoms, bad ones, EVERY night, no matter what medication I take. The classes are intense and tough (and I'm in very good shape). But, to get away from the symptoms for a few nights a week, it's totally worth it.
do you have to do the class before bedtime or does it help if you do it any time of the day?