How much does everyone sweat?

Salts would be my guess as the culprit for stinging of the eyes. Following that train of logic one might conclude that lack of salts in the sweat would be less offensive to the eyes. I am a prolific producer of sweat, and I find that the standing separate leg stretching and trikanasana are the difficult postures for me due to excessive sweat. My feet slowly slip away from each other and it requires all my inner thigh strength to maintain the base stance. This varies from studio to studio based on the carpet fabric type. BTW, next time you see a person of the hand cloth just say Wiper, no wiping!

Anthony

I’ve only been doing hot yoga for about 10 weeks now and I swear, I could fill up a glass or two if I wrang out my clothes afterward (not to mention how much drips off of me and into my towel/mat)! I cannot believe how much I do sweat, it’s unbelievable! :red:

Hi Bon,

The bucket idea grosses me out! Yech… I feel for the people that have to deal with the buckets, lol. Do they not have carpeting there?

I thank *god* it’s hardwood floor! It’s totally mopped and dried between every class, so there’s no moisture left over and no smell. 🙂

In the studio I go to, which is fairly new, has a really neat rubber-like but with drainage functionality flooring. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Looks like it’s made for hot yoga specifically. No smell at all!

For slipping I use yogitoes skidless towels. They are big enough to cover the whole yoga mat and they have little rubber dots on one side and they don’t slip at all. They are really good at absorbing the sweat too. I have two of them now…probably have to get one more!

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?

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?

Again, the issue isn’t with respect to my hand grip in the class. I don’t wipe sweat from my hands. I don’t have an issue with hands slipping from my feet in standing head to knee or wind relieving pose and so on.

The issue is this:

How do you stop your feet from slipping out from under you while doing triangle pose and dandayamana on a smooth floor? The SOLES of my feet get very wet, making any kind of grip impossible for me. We step to the side of the yoga mat for these poses and the floor in the studio is a smooth lino. We are not allowed to adjust our mats or towels for this series of poses.

Thanks…

Hi, Freiamaya – I checked with my studio and guess what – it was NOT an edict from Bikram to make the change, it seems they just – did it! And all other local studios I’ve been to have as well.

I think I might start a new thread to find out how many studios have made this change or if it’s just us locally. I’m pretty sure Gab’s studio has made this change, though I’m not positive. It will be interesting to see how many studios do this.

I have a question about sweating… Since starting Bikram around 2 months ago, I’ve noticed that I sweat more when doing other types of exercise. Going to the gym, walking up hills, running etc… I am literally drenched by thr end. I’m wondering if my sweat glands are becoming a bit ‘over-sensitive’ haha. Has anyone else experienced this?

I literally wring out my clothes. I will have to measure it, but my estimate would be about 1 pint.