Rash ??

Hi Kristin

Any updates? What other solutions have you tried? (Apologies for not getting to this sooner. I hadn’t realised that nobody had responded to your question.) What concerns me most is that it is the areas not covered with clothing that are affected.

So now a couple of questions:

>> Is this a strict observation that ONLY the areas exposed are affected?
>> How clean would you think this studio is? So for example, do you smell the sweat in the air that has not cleared from the studio simply because of a preceding class? Or is it that the studio has wet patches of carpet that have not been attended to? Stuff like that. Your studio may have a wooden or rubber floor. Perhaps we can know a little more about that.
>> Maybe you can tell me whether you have any awareness about how hot the studio is. I am not sure it is heat related because of the position of the rash but I don’t want to discount anything. Sometimes the best way to know if it is too hot is a) if you have NO indication of the temperature (studios can hide a gauge), b) windows and doors are constantly being opened or closed during class to ‘manage’ the temperature, c) regular students and not just newbies are taking time out of class, unable to get through a whole session without stopping for a break.

I hope it’s not too late for you to enter back into this thread. I will look out for your reply

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Hi Kristin

Well, that is interesting about the bare skin contact!

The 105 temp must be quite constant. That’s good that the thermostat is publicly visible. I am of the opinion that 105 is a little high! but it does depend on the humidity factor. Do you know what the humidity % is? (Have you heard of ‘heat index’?)

If, on contact you are getting a rash then the studio floor is not clean. It may look that way. Maybe they are using a mop to wash the floor. Some floor mops are just good at spreading the dirt around!

Perhaps you can ask the studio what they are actually cleaning the floor with and ask to see the actual bottle.**

2 Questions for you:

1 >> During which poses is the floor contacting the skin?
2 >> Have you ever thought of using a super-sized towel to avoid contact with the floor?

Smelling sweat in the air is normal for a studio particularly following a class before the room has been aired. If you go to class in the beginning of the day and the smell is strong then that may be significant. Perhaps you can suss out how they air their studio between classes and overnight. If they have no windows and only one door they would have to have some pretty heavy duty fans. But I am very limited on what I currently know about the space! Baby steps eh? See what you can glean from the situation.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

**Tea tree, lavender and eucalyptus oils are great cleaning. Anti mold, anti fungal, natural antiseptics that smell fresh and clean. I spray my yoga mats with a solution of a mix of any combination of these oils.