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Quick question - has anyone experienced this before?

 

My skin is normally pretty good, but over the last couple of months I

seem to have broken out into quite a few spots on my back and shoulders

- Whats this got to do with Ashtanga???

 

....Well, I come from a background of lifting weights, wrestling, and

hard martial arts...which I gave up over 2.5 yrs ago and took up

ashtanga instead. Now as a result of my weights I created a lot of

tightness and inflexibility in my shoulders and back...and it so happens

that over the last 2 months I'm experiencing a massive change in the

openness of these areas. Could this be causing the spots on my back and

shoulders say via toxins being released or some other process?

 

Has anyone else experienced this before?

 

Ok...I'm off for a back cleanse now!

 

Smile,

 

Fraction8r

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My back gets the same bumps or whiteheads when I go through a change.

Usually its hormone related, and not a good sign. My blood type is

A+ so while I try to stay away from meat and oils, my system sometimes

gets the better of me, and this is a symptomn something like "bad

testosterone", and may be accompanied by short term hair loss, if your

situation is similar to mine. If that's happening, remember to end

your showers with cold water on your scalp, which supposedly helps

keep the hair intact.

 

This is not a reason to quit yoga, simply a reason to check the diet

etc. They say that inversions(for acne) or asanas that direct blood

to similarly affected areas, help reduce the severity of topical

infections, by increasing the localized blood flow, and oxygen, to

help ward off anerobic infections.

 

Epsom salts help my scalp occassionaly.

 

Namaste

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The toxins-thru-the-skin thing certainly is an attractive answer, it

really makes one believe in the internal cleansing benefits of the

practice, perhaps it is correct. The cop in me makes me want to

look first at more prosaic possibilities. Shoulders and back are

the two "regular skin" areas (as opposed to the palms and soles of

feet) that spend a lot of time pressed into your mat. Is your mat

clean? If so, might you be cleaning it with something that you are

reacting to? Are your feet tracking something on to the mat which

then winds up pressed into your shoulders/back? Is something

sweating off your body (cologne, anti-perspirant,hair product) on to

the mat, and then being pressed into the pores of your

shoulders/back? Is there someting in your shirt (if you wear one)

perhaps making a problem? Do you wear a shirt that you practice in

home before taking a shower?

 

Just bein' Dick Tracy.

 

 

ashtanga yoga, "The Fractionater"

<the.fractionater wrote:

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> Quick question - has anyone experienced this before?

>

> My skin is normally pretty good, but over the last couple of

months I

> seem to have broken out into quite a few spots on my back and

shoulders

> - Whats this got to do with Ashtanga???

>

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