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Posted: 10 June 2009 08:18 AM   [ Ignore ]  
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I’ve noticed from this pose that the tops of my feet end up with bruises about an inch in diameter right in the center.  Has anyone else experienced this?  I’ve asked a couple people who’ve gone to my class and they haven’t had the same problem.

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Posted: 10 June 2009 10:33 AM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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I don’t get bruises so much as rough skin in that area, and under my chin.  I think of it as my “yoga goatee.”  We were discussing this on the forum a while ago and many others have or have had the same thing.  I’ve had my “rough spots” for years.  I figure when I’m finally flexible enough that things aren’t pushing too hard in those exact spots, they will disappear.

I always go in the front row at yoga.  (I can’t tolerate it when other people go in the front and then they flap around, falling out of postures, drinking water in the middle of postures, stand there wiping themselves down like they’ve just come out of the shower, etc, arggggg)  So, anyway, after we had been discussing this on the forum, I looked down the line beside me in the front row and I saw the rough spots on the tops of almost everyone’s feet.  Ha!  I would say it’s quite common.

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Posted: 10 June 2009 04:31 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 2 ]  
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Wow SilentSiren49 that’s quite some pressure there!

And now for the questions:
> How long have you been doing hot yoga and how frequently?
> Can you describe the position that you achieve in this pose?
> And do you get a sense of when during the pose you feel the most pressure on your feet?
> Are you sitting upright or part/all the way down?
> If you are going back, do your knees stay on the ground?
> Perhaps you are very inflexible in that area and/or the circulation to your feet is needing some re-invigoration.

I have not had anyone report bruises (they don’t tell me everything wink ) but one can sure feel the effects of a thin mat, or rough carpet, or hard floor, or a thin mat on a hard/rough floor or other combinations including when and how it happens in your body (see above)!

It could be simply that, or it could be something you need to check out if for example you find there are other signs, say easy bruising for other reasons in other body locations.

I will look out for your response!

Namaste
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Posted: 10 June 2009 07:12 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 3 ]  
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bruising does not happen for me either…. I have had a similar experience though in other activities

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