RE: [Ashtanga Yoga] Re: spots on my back!

03-08-2006, 12:41 PM

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

-----Original Message-----
From: ashtangayoga (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com [mailto:ashtangayoga (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com]
On Behalf Of charlierom2003
Sent: 05 March 2006 22:49
To: ashtangayoga (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
Subject: [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.

--- In ashtangayoga (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "The Fractionater"
....e.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???