RE: ashtanga yoga spots on my back!

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Hey guys,

 

Thanks for all of your replies to this.

 

One of the things that seems to be helping with this is the old back

scrubber in the shower - something I never really used to do, but have

been advised to do by my back cleanse therapist!

 

Regarding cause, I really do think its to do with my back and shoulders

starting to 'open up', I'm even starting to feel my everyday standing

posture start to change too. My mat hygiene is good, I give my mat a

good rinse and dry every few weeks (I've got one of the bigger 'manduka'

style mat, so difficult to put in the washing machine).

 

Drinking stacks of water a day too (4 litres/day), + changing my diet to

a more 'Raw-ganic' + Alkaline one.

 

I'll keep you posted of my progress.

 

Smile,

 

Fraction8r

 

 

ashtanga yoga [ashtangayoga]

On Behalf Of charlierom2003

05 March 2006 22:49

ashtanga yoga

ashtanga yoga Re: spots on my back!

 

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:

>

> 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???