Acne and Bikrams

Hello

I will attempt to summarize what I remember was posted from a number of people.

There was advice about eating.
But really I think the hygiene factors are probably more relevant here.
We practice in a room that has lots of microbes in it, that love and multiply easily in the heat. So understanding a little more about habits and activities in the room will help a lot.

1) Wash your face and hands before class, even wash your feet if you can. There are a number of poses where you hold onto your feet. Most people have an unconscious habit of touching their face.
2) Be conscious of minimizing any contact of your (dirty) hands on your face. One of the actions most students have at some stage is to move strands of hair from their faces. So use a bandana or expandable hair band and or learn never to adjust your hair. It is such a distraction, acne or no acne.
3) If you have sweat that stings your eyes (and that is the only reason I will allow students to wipe their sweat 😉 ) then only wipe it with a fresh clean face cloth that is brought in for that specific purpose and nothing else.
4) Remember that you have walked across a dirty floor before standing on your clean towel, so it will be contaminated when you lie down in Savasana. Have another clean full size towel to place across the top of your mat in a T form (probably sliding down the other towel to clear the space) and use that for the floor series.
5) It would therefore also pay to make sure your hair is clean or simply rinsed for class.
6) Wash your face after class if there is no shower at the studio. But I would recommend having a shower. It only takes half a minute to wash the sweat off you and clean your face.

I hope that does it. Feel free to contribute.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂