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alexagk
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 Posted - Jan 20 2014 : 8:37:24 PM
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Hello all,
Very grateful for all the wisdom in this forum. I'm a longtime athlete and dancer, recently developing a regular yoga practice (a daily practice for 10 months now), studying with a variety of teachers and styles. I recently began an ashtanga teacher training as yoga is close to my heart and I would like to share it with others. The problem is, I often have an issue with burps during class. the problem isn't that [font=Tahoma][font=Courier New]I'm burping too much; the problem is that the air forms and there's a lot of pressure in my chest/throat, but I'm unable to push out the burp unless I move out of the asana. I have tried not eating or drinking close to class (as much as 3 hours prior to class), but this has not helped. I sip liquids slowly, and I eat consciously and slowly. My nutritionist/herbalist has suggested it may be a hiatal hernia, but I am doubtful as the problems don't seem to arise from eating very often-- I don't match the symptoms of someone with GERD/heartburn. It's just this problem with burps not being able to come up during yoga practice. Has anyone had a similar issue? Have some insight? It makes it very difficult to talk while teaching, and also means I have to come out of postures. Many thanks! -Alexa |
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dave
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Posted - Jan 21 2014 : 07:56:53 AM
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There's a lot of compression postures and inversions in ashtanga so if you have some gas your going to feel it. I burp occasionally after coming out of Marichyasana D.
The first thing that comes to mind is that you might be pushing too hard into the asanas and having a lot of tension in your body. I would try having a softer practice with a focus on more relaxed breathing.
If your nutritionist/herbalist suggested you might have hiatal hernia I would certainly get it checked out to just to make sure that's not the problem.
My teacher last monthly topic was Bhujapidasana, which is supposed to be a good asana for the hiatal hernia. She posted an article here http://www.befityoga.com/wp-content....13-pdf.pdf. There's a breathing exercise and some other information on how to treat it holistically.
Hope this helps.
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