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 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[3]
