Micherie

my instructor recently told us that in time the toxins will leave your body and the sweat will sting less if at all…. and we’ll be less slimy. i’m looking forward to that day!

It took me almost 3 months to truly acclimate. Now I actually feel cool in the room by the time I’m on the floor, which still amazes me. It’s not like that every day, but I’d say at least 80-90% of the time. The days I feel hot I drank less water or forgot to supplement my electrolytes.

I have a really, really hard time keeping my belly tight, hips tucked. Maybe it’s still cause I’m so new at it and I find myself distracted by trying to remember to breathe right and not keep my ‘armor’ up…. I have a real problem with holding tension in my upper traps all the time… but I have noticed that I’m getting better at it during pranayama at least! I can finally see my ribcage on the inhale :cheese:

complementary towels!! omg. where’s your studio? maybe i’ll move there!! :wow:

I’m glad for this thread for two reasons. The first day I went, if I hadn’t already paid, I may have turned around and walked out. First from the blast furnace heat (somehow I didn’t really think it would be that hot, funny!) and from the lovely nutty, hot brine smell, as I’ve come to call it. It really is pretty gross and if I think about it too much I’ll get creeped out by it. So, I guess the brine smell is normal then. I can’t say that I notice ‘unhealthy’ odors, but there is carpet in there and no one turns their towels or their mats and from what I’ve seen, the room is not aired out between classes so I just don’t know how safe it really is. I do know that people walk around and shower barefooted there and to me that’s not hygenic, but they wont let us wear shoes of any kind beyond the foyer. I wonder if all studio’s are like that.

Second…. slipping! I sweat a lot and am ALWAYS sliding out of position and one day it caused me to get stuck with my forehead on the floor in the spread leg position, not ready for it yet either mind you, and I pulled a hamstring. It also happens in warrior/triangle. If I am sweating particularly heavily, I slide out and have to constantly re-scoot back into place which interferes with my concentration and effectiveness, and sometimes I have to put my hands on the floor to get out of the position because I’ve slid so far out. It always makes me nervous about injuring myself. I’ve heard about these yoga socks that are supposed to be non-slip, but if you’re sweating, they are just going to slide around on your feet, too I’m guessing. Has anyone tried those and if so, did they help?

I sweat a lot too and was concerned about electrolytes… but I don’t like the idea of drinking Gatorade several times a week. I am also concerned about all that water flushing out all the good stuff in my body. I drink anywhere from 2 litres to a gallon a day on days that I go to class and 1-2 litres on days I don’t go. It is my one and only fear about hot yoga. If I drink less, I have a tendency to get dizzy in class. Can anyone recommend a better, healthier method of replacing electrolytes and other nutrients?

Cold sores and fever blisters are an outbreak of the herpes simplex virus and can be caused by many things, including excessive heat. If that is what you have, then you should know that outbreaks are predominantly caused by stress, menstruation, excessive sunlight, and a weakened immune system from colds, flu, or other illness. To help with outbreaks, you can introduce more natural Lysine to your diet and/or get a prescription of Zovirax (Acyclovir) or Valtrex (Valcylovir) from your doctor. Zovirax is better for treatment of outbreaks, Valtrex is better for prevention of outbreaks. Abreva is a good otc topical. The important point to bring up is that it’s important to not touch the sore, then touch your eyes. That’s hard to do when you’re sweating profusely.