Guest guest Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Perhaps this is quirky question -- When I started ashtanga mysore style practice, the practice rooms seemed very warm (80-90 F). Most of the students wore relatively little clothing (i.e. shorts, top for women), and pretty much everyone in the room was pouring sweat. This was deemed desirable, i.e. a cleansing practice. Now, at least in the bay area, most mysore rooms seem substantially cooler ranging from ~70 to 80F. People are wearing lot more clothing (i.e. long yoga pants, multiple tops, etc), and few people seem to be pouring sweat -- ie most could easily practice on a mat without rug and without slipping. Has anyone noticed a similar change over the last decade or so? What is the typical temperature of your practice room? What do you like it to be??? -tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 ashtangayoga , Tom Hunter <thunter01 wrote: > > Perhaps this is quirky question -- > When I started ashtanga mysore style practice, the practice rooms seemed > very warm (80-90 F). Most of the students wore relatively little clothing > (i.e. shorts, top for women), and pretty much everyone in the room was > pouring sweat. This was deemed desirable, i.e. a cleansing practice. > > Now, at least in the bay area, most mysore rooms seem substantially cooler > ranging from ~70 to 80F. People are wearing lot more clothing (i.e. long > yoga pants, multiple tops, etc), and few people seem to be pouring sweat -- > ie most could easily practice on a mat without rug and without slipping. > > Has anyone noticed a similar change over the last decade or so? What is the > typical temperature of your practice room? What do you like it to be??? > > -tom Tom, Interesting question--we have a co-op Ashtanga Studio (and thus do not have one teacher--the first person inthe studio sets the temp) and there are wide differences of opinion on acceptable temps in the studio. There are a number of practitioners who lobby for 78/79, another group who like 81/82 and another group who prefer mid 80's. When I visit other Ashtanga studios I find the teachers typically have the temp in the low 80's (80-83), which is my preference. Of course studio humidity affects how you perceive temps so that's another variable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2009 Report Share Posted September 25, 2009 I like it warm but not hot. I think 80 degrees is good. The problem with heat is that everyone's tollerance is different and it can cause more harm then good. We can also build internal heat through breath bandhas & vinyasa . When it starts to get around 90 it begins to become distracting for me . Shanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 hehe.... interesting topic Tom. Our room is always heated- it is quite warm. In fact I noticed that when I came in for the first time because with my other non-ashtanga classes it was always quite cool. I really enjoy the heat, it makes the practice much easier... like your muscles are warm and therefore much more flexible and there is less injury. I always try to get a space in front of the heaters... My top is drenched in sweat after the class but I enjoy that lots. It makes the class much more effective and yes, it is cleansing too. Love and Light Alma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2009 Report Share Posted September 30, 2009 Last Spring I practiced on my back deck in the 40F-50F range.... D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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