Bikram 60 Day Challenge - 54 - Breathless

Okay, I've heard about Joani, but this is the first time she has instructed one of my classes. She is very good, very detailed, and seems to hold the postures what seems like an eternity.

There were times during the standing series I could hardly catch my breath, I felt like I needed to gasp for air, but breathing in though the nose and out through the nose it was impossible to do any gasping . . . It started from the very begining First Breathing Exercise Standing Deep Breathing - Pranayama breathing - I was breathing in so much air (maximum lung capacity and more) there was no way I could breath everything out in the 6 seconds she gave us.

Literally there was several times during class I looked into the mirror and into my eyes and was literally pleading with myself focus, focus, that spinning in your head do not even think about passing out. Have I not been getting enough electroyltes replaced??? or is it just her taking us past our comfort zone, way past our comfort zone. I glanced in the mirror at the reflection of the clock after the standing series was done 52 minutes . . . I now understand why they call Posture 13 Dead Body Pose or Savasana . . .