HOT YOGA HARD ON THE SKIN????
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free skin care · Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:21 pm

I've started doing Bikram's hot yoga classes which I LOVE but I'm finding my face skin is really looking dry and dull after and in general lately. I think it is maybe because of the sweat/salt drying on my face?

Can anyone recommend a good spray face mist that I can spray on before and after (before I get home an wash my face) that is hydrating and that might help?

free skin care · Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:38 pm

Oh, I am glad that someone posted about HOT YOGA. This is going through a read "fad" in Tokyo at the moment (at over $20 per person per class I wish that I was a HOT YOGA instructor!! Laughing

) I just cannot get into the reasoning for hot yoga (as someone who does it, please please fill me in!!).. being Australian I was brought up being told that exercising in too much heat was not good for your body. I get that Yoga is good for me and I get that going to a sauna is good for me, but I cannot see how combining the two (ok, so hot yoga is not done in a sauna, but you get my drift) helps.

But back onto your question... I would recommend trying Burt's Bees Carrot Oil mist. It is very hydrating, but not "oily" as some hydrating mists can be. My only complaint is that it comes with a horrible spray, so you might want to transfer to another bottle.

free skin care · Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:16 am

I LOVE hot yoga!! I have been doing it for the past three months (something like 45 classes Shock

)

I haven't had a problem with my skin, in fact it has looked better than ever. I wouldn't think that atmosphere would dry your skin out because in addition to the heat, the humidity is usually pumped up to something like 60%. It may just be the sweating or even something as simple as wiping your face excessively during class. I just take a shower when I get home, I don't know that it would help you any to do something in the few minutes between class ending and you getting home. One thing you should consider is your hydration. Are you drinking enough? As you know, you sweat buckets during class, if you don't replace those fluids, you could very easily become dehydrated and THAT would show up on your skin. I usually take a liter and a half bottle of water with me to class and I drink it all.

Tiger Tim,

The idea about hot yoga is to warm up the body and make it less prone to injury. I can do postures in class (in the warm room) that I cannot do at home without pulling something. Also, it turns the yoga postures into a good cardio workout as well.

http://www.sunstoneyoga.com/FAQs/WhyYogaWorks/tabid/99/Default.aspx

free skin care · Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:24 am

I love bikram too!! But I'm a little worried about bringing out rosacea, I'm flushed for hours after an hour long session Rolling Eyes

free skin care · Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:35 am

a little OT, but how much do the classes cost overseas? Tokyo is just way too expensive for me. 2400 yen per class!! Yikes!

free skin care · Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:16 am

tiger_tim wrote:

a little OT, but how much do the classes cost overseas? Tokyo is just way too expensive for me. 2400 yen per class!! Yikes!

2400 yen!?!? That's over twice as much as I pay in the US and I'm in a "wealthy" area. I pay $10 USD for 1 hour. Maybe in a year or so when it becomes less trendy the price will go down. That stinks!

free skin care · Wed Nov 01, 2006 2:07 am

wow, I dont think you would find ANYWHERE for ANY TYPE of Yoga that cheap here.

A lot of studios charge a "joining" fee, which can range from 3000 yen to 10,000 yen (depending on how trendy the studio is), though some promote as being "free membership".

In most cases, you then buy a certain number of "tickets" to use over an extended period. The cheapest being 24,000 yen for 12 tickets (to be used over 4 months max.) - but that is STILL 2,000 yen per class. If you want to have unlimited classes during weekdays before 5pm, the charge is 15,000 yen per month. These prices cover a variety of yoga classes and also pilates, but there is no hot yoga offered. One of the cheapest schools I found still worked out to 1800 yen per class (purchasing 10 tickets at a time), but again, no hot yoga

I just struggle along with a few DVDs at home....

free skin care · Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:09 am

The classes here are 90 min long and if you buy a package with 20 or more classes it usually works out to about $11/hour or so.

I AM drinking enough water so that is not it. My skin did look better the first week of doing it and now not so great. Maybe it has more to do with the cold weather we are having here? A hydrating spray may help with that anyway.

free skin care · Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:59 am

$10 a class is great! The studio that I go to has individual classes for about $18/class. You can buy packages of classes and that price goes down a bit. You can also do an unlimited membership (what I have) It is $109 a month and you can go as often as you want. This works well for me b/c I have been going 4 times a week.

Liz

free skin care · Wed Nov 01, 2006 11:41 am

URGH. I hate you all... Man, $18 for individual classes? $109 unlimited a month? I feel sad... Crying or Very sad

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