Sweat a lot, difficulty to hold postures

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Therese2010
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January 13, 2010 at 12:23 am

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#1666

I just love to sweat, but it is hard to hold postures. What can I do… ideas, tips?

Thanks

Therese

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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January 13, 2010 at 1:40 am

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#6185

Hi Therese

To help me out a little, would you please tell me what exactly you find difficult? Which poses?

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

Therese2010
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January 13, 2010 at 3:07 pm

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#6195

Hi,

I don’t have difficulty with the poses (when I don’t sweat), but in HotYoga I am very sweaty, so my hands can’t have a proper grip, I just slip.

Thanks for your help

Therese

tannahit
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January 13, 2010 at 5:03 pm

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#6196

I recommend using a yoga mat towel! They work great!

Therese2010
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January 13, 2010 at 5:20 pm

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#6198

Thanks, so in other words, I have to hold the whole class a small towel in my hand? I am curious how other people handle this… I was thinking of putting my cycling gloves on LOL

Thanks anyway

Therese

tannahit
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January 13, 2010 at 5:48 pm

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#6199

No. The yoga mat towels aren’t small. They fit the length of the mat and are made from microfibre. They work really well. I used to slip around no matter what mat I used and no I use a towel and hardly slip at all. A lot of places make yoga mat towels. I use the yogitoes towel.

http://www.yogitoes.com/index3.php?l=shop

Therese2010
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January 13, 2010 at 10:15 pm

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#6200

Sorry, maybe I expressed myself wrong. I have all the mat towel, hand towel, this is not the thing. Where I slip on my sweat is where I have to hold my leg like in head to knee pose or standing bow or the bow pose or others. Meaning, I have to hold for example my ankle, or my feet. Because my hands and feet (actually the whole body) are wet I slowly lose my grip. I see this in my hot yoga studio a lot. I am a yogi for some time now, after I retired from my professional classical ballet carrier. I love everything with exercises, now I am a hard core road-biker, I just need this fix. To relax my mind and work on my body I decided to go for hot yoga which I like, it is amazing what your body can do in a warm environment, not this unqualified yoga I get here in the gym.

Thanks for putting up with me, I hope I could explain it a little bit better.

With regards
Therese

Robert Scanlon (Webmaster)
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January 14, 2010 at 1:48 am

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#6201

Hi Therese and welcome!

How often do you go to class and how long have you been practicing hot yoga?

Many of us “heavy sweaters” have had this issue and the thing to do is to gradually train your hands and fingers to become stronger – but also precision alignment in the poses makes a huge difference, as does not trying to over-achieve depth until you can sustain form.

Both Gabrielle and I both used to use small handtowels/washcloths for wiping and gripping in our first few months of practice – but once you realize what a “prop” they are and that you are robbing yourself of developing strength … it is worth persevering with a bit of frustration for a few weeks or months to move past that.

🙂

Robert

Therese2010
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January 14, 2010 at 3:51 pm

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#6206

Hi Robert,

thanks for your replay. I am in hot-yoga for about 2 weeks. Yes I agree, with time probably I will not slip anymore, I guess I have to be patient.

With regards
Therese

Robert Scanlon (Webmaster)
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January 15, 2010 at 2:08 am

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#6212

Thanks Therese,

Yes in that case, you should see quite rapid improvements in your grip (depending on how often you practice). Just do what you can to stop using any towels for grip (even if it means you slowly lose the grip) as this is the fastest way to move through the issue!

Cheers,

Robert

RandomFemale
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January 15, 2010 at 7:03 am

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#6217

I have nothing to add content-wise to what Robert said, only to say, “What he said” 🙂 I slipped around a lot the first few months. My teacher started encouraging us to lose the little hand towel often used in standing bow, etc, and now the only one I use it on is wind-removing pose for the both arms part. (My excuse is that I’m little and have kind of stocky legs, so there’s simply no way for me to grip with the forearms without slipping and losing the integrity of the pose. But I am working on giving the towel up for that one too!)

bubba
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January 17, 2010 at 8:40 pm

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#6238

Hello. i’ve been reading this forum for awhile. this is my first post. i’ve been doing hot yoga for over 2 months now.
i was so excited, bc i read this thread yesterday, and i was thrilled bc i ‘got it.’ didn’t realize i’d need to “gradually train my hands and fingers to become stronger.” so i went back today and really applied this. (knowing that this was do-able and i was (sort of) in command and really grasped my parts. I was less at the mercy of the sweat. i felt like the sweat-whisperer. (haha)

many thanks!
: )

Gabrielle (The Hot Yoga Doctor)
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January 18, 2010 at 1:20 am

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#6239

Hi bubba

Thanks for your insight (and for graduating from lurker to poster :cheese:)! It’s amazing how different things are with a twist in one’s mindset.

Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂

robinc.tucker
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February 7, 2010 at 10:43 pm

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#6397

Hi All,

i am a newbie and this forum has been so helpful. As for the hands slipping i noticed i was having same problem. These posts taught me that ALL parts of the body need to become stronger and am confident that with practice that this too shall pass….thanks to all of you….

robin
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