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  • Therese2010
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    January 14, 2010 at 4:04 pm
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    in reply to: How much does everyone sweat? #6208

    Head band is doing the job, but I use the sweat gutr band sweatband, which I use her in Texas when I road-bike in the heat. It works for me.

    Hi! I try not to wipe the sweat, but it burns and burns and I have sensitive eyes, especially since my lasik a few years ago. I’ve tried to get used to it, but my eyes burn to the point where I physically can’t open them. Kind of hard to know what to do — practice with eyes screwed shut and watering as if I ground a chili pepper in them, contrary to “keep your eyes open” commandments during the class OR blot once or twice discretely, also contrary to the “don’t wipe the sweat” commandments during class. Oh, and I’ve been practicing at least 4 times a week with a 30 day challenge under my belt for the past 11 months. It isn’t getting any better, yo! If I wear a headband, the problem is mostly eliminated. I wind up blotting my eyes once, maybe twice during the 90 minutes but that’s all the sweat wiping I do.

    And, I’m not sure about the standing on yoga mat at all times. The new teachers (we have 2) BOTH have you step to the side of the mat, off the yoga mat/towel completely, for triangle and dandayamana. They are new new grads, so I think if the policy changed, the NEW ones would be sure we use the mat. And they are intolerant of moving the towel to accomodate. The saying is “if you slip, then your legs get stronger”. They also refer to Bikram’s story of practicing yoga on a marble floor, so there you go…

    Which still begs the question: SINCE we don’t turn to the side and use the mat, any help with respect to slippery feet and stability during triangle and dandayamana?

    Therese2010
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    January 14, 2010 at 3:57 pm
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    in reply to: How much does everyone sweat? #6207

    I just posted this issue a few day’s ago. I understand your frustration. Maybe use a small hand towel, what Robert recommended? I want to practice this with out any help so I guess I have to slip on my sweat.

    The problem I seem to have with sweating is that I cannot always maintain grip on my feet. I used to do home practice and as the room was slightly less hot and humid, I was able to do all the postures to the maximum. Now that I attend classes, it is very frustrating for my feet to slip out of my hands when I want to pull them in front of me or over my hand. Has anyone experienced this and/ can offer any remedies?

    Thanks!

    Sarah

    Therese2010
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    January 14, 2010 at 3:51 pm
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    in reply to: Sweat a lot, difficulty to hold postures #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

    Therese2010
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    January 13, 2010 at 10:15 pm
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    in reply to: Sweat a lot, difficulty to hold postures #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

    Therese2010
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    January 13, 2010 at 5:20 pm
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    in reply to: Sweat a lot, difficulty to hold postures #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

    Therese2010
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    January 13, 2010 at 3:07 pm
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    in reply to: Sweat a lot, difficulty to hold postures #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

    Therese2010
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    January 7, 2010 at 3:40 pm
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    in reply to: red face #6153

    Yes, I join the red face club, look like a red tomato after class. The only thing I noticed is, that may face or better my skin is very sensitive. I guess I have to put lots of moisterizer on.

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