things that help ES / Bikram yoga

Hey ESers,

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, or if my boyfriend has, but
Bikram yoga has been really really helpful for both of us.  We've both
struggled a lot with EHS, he more than I, and live relatively normal lives
in Seattle now.

Hopefully when smart meters are everywhere around the city it doesn't tip
the balance, but for now, with a Bikram practice every day to every other
day, we're good.

Try it!  It's miserable in class (you feel like you're going to explode),
but then you feel so good (and you realize that that's what normal is
supposed to feel like).

Tips:
Use antennasearch.com to find a studio that's not, you know, on a block
that has 3 wimax antennas
Almost all studios have wifi, so find a spot in class farthest from the
front desk
Work hard but not so much that you compromise your breathing - breathing
evenly is your focus, and yoga is a meditation
Drink lots and lots and lots of water - coconut water will also help
replenish your electrolytes and have a cooling effect

If you do try it and find that the studio having wifi is too much, maybe
try a sweat lodge?  I think there's something special about this sequence
of postures and working through this kind of heat, but sweating alone could
improve things to a certain degree.  Maybe enough that you could go back to
try the yoga again.

(Just to be clear, I am not in any way affiliated with Bikram yoga.)

Other helpful things we've found
1. heavy metal detox
2. e-power (by the chi machine company)
3. grounding
4. meditation
5. multi-polar magnets
6. ultraclear plus ph medical food
7. avoidance when possible, but we all know that one...

Take care everyone!  And sorry if anyone has asked me anything on this
board - I don't have the time or energy to sift through all these emails
anymore.  Anyone here is welcome to email me personally if you have a
question that doesn't get answered when posted to the board.

Best,
Amanda


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Thanks for sharing. Do you feel any thing special with E Power machine. I did one trial for 20 minutes and did not feel any thing or effects.
--- In [hidden email], Amanda Kolter <kolama29@...> wrote:

Hi Amanda,

We have yoga classes at the gym I go to. I don't know which kind. Does it have to be "Bikram'? If so, why? How is this different from the other yogas? I feel very comfortable at this particular gym - no emf issues for me there that I am aware of.

Thanks,

Cheryl



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 From: Amanda Kolter <[hidden email]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 2:13 PM
Subject: [eSens] things that help ES / Bikram yoga
 

 
Hey ESers,

I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before, or if my boyfriend has, but
Bikram yoga has been really really helpful for both of us.  We've both
struggled a lot with EHS, he more than I, and live relatively normal lives
in Seattle now.

Hopefully when smart meters are everywhere around the city it doesn't tip
the balance, but for now, with a Bikram practice every day to every other
day, we're good.

Try it!  It's miserable in class (you feel like you're going to explode),
but then you feel so good (and you realize that that's what normal is
supposed to feel like).

Tips:
Use antennasearch.com to find a studio that's not, you know, on a block
that has 3 wimax antennas
Almost all studios have wifi, so find a spot in class farthest from the
front desk
Work hard but not so much that you compromise your breathing - breathing
evenly is your focus, and yoga is a meditation
Drink lots and lots and lots of water - coconut water will also help
replenish your electrolytes and have a cooling effect

If you do try it and find that the studio having wifi is too much, maybe
try a sweat lodge?  I think there's something special about this sequence
of postures and working through this kind of heat, but sweating alone could
improve things to a certain degree.  Maybe enough that you could go back to
try the yoga again.

(Just to be clear, I am not in any way affiliated with Bikram yoga.)

Other helpful things we've found
1. heavy metal detox
2. e-power (by the chi machine company)
3. grounding
4. meditation
5. multi-polar magnets
6. ultraclear plus ph medical food
7. avoidance when possible, but we all know that one...

Take care everyone!  And sorry if anyone has asked me anything on this
board - I don't have the time or energy to sift through all these emails
anymore.  Anyone here is welcome to email me personally if you have a
question that doesn't get answered when posted to the board.

Best,
Amanda

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Hi all,


--- In [hidden email], Amanda Kolter <kolama29@...> wrote:
It's miserable in class (you feel like you're going to explode),
but then you feel so good (and you realize that that's what normal is supposed to feel like.

I am glad that Amanda has benefited from Bikram Yoga, but it is not for everyone.

I tried Bikram Yoga in Seattle, which is kind of a fad here, and found it to be quite aggressive.  I am not in such great physical shape that I could sustain the pace that the rest of the class did.  So I tried working more at my own pace, but I still managed to pull about every muscle in my body.  As a form of Yoga, it is one of the most aggressive, and I have practiced Kundalini & Hatha Yoga in the past.

If you are new to Bikram Yoga, and you have Fibromyalgia or are not in good physical shape, I suggest you work up to it very slowly.  If you have Fibromyalgia or the like, I recommend starting out with a mild Hatha Yoga before diving into Bikram.

Also, I have MCS, so I found that heating up the entire room to high sweat lodge temperatures was too toxic for me because the rooms they hold these sessions in are not designed for being heated up.  In other words, heating the rooms up releases all kinds of odors and chemicals in the wall board, in the people's clothing, in the flooring material, and what have you, that you normally would not be smelling,  Then they require you to start deep breathing so you really suck in all these nasty odors.  If you are healthy enough that this does not affect you, you are lucky.  I got ill and had to flee the room.  Now, add the additional problem of microwave exposure in these rooms, and it would really be an hour of hell for me. 

But I agree, yoga stretching and sweating is good, but at a pace that works for you. 

As far as the e-Power goes, I had to give up all my Electronic Massage tools and my Chi Machine after I tested them with my Gauss Meter and found the EMF's were though the roof.  I wonder if the E-Power Machine emits significant levels of EMF and how it causes your cells to vibrate 70,000 times a second without exposing you to some kind of electricity.  The website says:

http://www.chimachine4u.com/epower.html

<snip>
"The E-Power does not directly expel the electricity to your body. It creates a cell vibration of 70,000 times per second which is best suited to your body, relaxing you, whilst stimulating your cells into action.

SPECIAL TIP:
If you take a fluorescent light bulb or tube, it will light up on its own when you hold it. If you pass the bulb or tube over your body, the areas where the light is dimmer, indicate the areas that need to strengthen and heal."

Wow!  What is that about?

The E-Power sounds similar to the Power Plate, which I used to use to improve my bone density. I used the original model from which all the successive lower grade knock offs were copied, which is http://www.powerplate.com/us/
Power Plate North America in Northbrook, IL  1-847-509-6000

With the Power Plate, you stand on a vibrating platform for only 1-5 minutes, and it oscillates 30 to 50 times per second. Each time, it vibrates the entire body, stimulates the nervous system and creates a reflex in the body that causes the muscles to contract. If the machine is set to its lowest level - 30 hertz - it means your muscles are doing 30 contractions a second.  I never did measure the Gauss levels on that machine, but I am sure they were significant.

With the E-Power Machine the belt apparently vibrates instead, which I think would produce a higher level of vibrations in the abdominal area than other body areas. 

Can anyone explain how the E-Power machine causes the cells to vibrate -- is it just simply the vibration of the belt? And if the machine emits significant EMF's?

Also, if Amanda reads this, what kind of grounding methods do you practice that you have found helpful?


C. Johnson
[hidden email]
Wireless Refugee










 





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