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Ok, I admit it. I'm almost 6 months pregnant and that MIGHT have a bit to do with this new found germaphobia. That doesn't change the fact that we touch some pretty icky stuff on a daily basis.
I'd like to run this by ya'll though and get your opinion. I signed up for a prenatal yoga class at a well established local yoga studio. The first class was great, with the exception of ONE little thing. I brought my own yoga mat and blanket, not realizing we'd need to use other props for the class. There are bolsters (basically little pillows) and foam blocks. I was doing ok in the class until this one specific move. You use the two foam blocks and the bolster to make a little table top in front of you. Imagine you're sitting on your tailbone with your legs opened into a y in front of you and this little makeshift table in front of you. Now, you lean your body forward and rest your head onto the "table". Now, I'm looking around, and all I can see if 20 something pregnant ladies rubbing their faces in these bolsters. The same bolsters we were sitting on crosslegged not 2 minutes earlier in order to "facilitate the opening of our pelvic bones". So .. 1st exercise .. crotch to bolster action. 2nd exercise, rub race on bolster. I was horrified!! Later in the class we did a squatting exercise and used the foam block under our tailbones for support (and by tailbone I mean crotch), then a few exercises later we used the same blocks to rest our foreheads on in a different stretch.
I used my blanket as a crotch to face barrier, but everyone else in the class used the mexican blankets provided by the facility. After the class, I made the mistake of asking them how often the blankets were washed. The desk person very seriously told me they had a STRICT schedule and washed the blankets once a month religiously. ONCE A MONTH?!! And they never washed the bolster covers or the foam blocks.
I just don't understand how the other ladies weren't at all concerned. I realize I'm on an immunosuppressant, and really, my main concern WAS the germs, but come on!! How many preggie crotches on a pillow does it take before you decide that maybe you don't want to put your face on it?
I'm going to continue going to the classes, but I'm going to take my own cleaning wipes for the blocks. I am trying so hard not to pick up any random germs (eek like the flu!) this year. I just was hoping to hear that I'm not over the top with this germ stuff. :ybatty:
I'd like to run this by ya'll though and get your opinion. I signed up for a prenatal yoga class at a well established local yoga studio. The first class was great, with the exception of ONE little thing. I brought my own yoga mat and blanket, not realizing we'd need to use other props for the class. There are bolsters (basically little pillows) and foam blocks. I was doing ok in the class until this one specific move. You use the two foam blocks and the bolster to make a little table top in front of you. Imagine you're sitting on your tailbone with your legs opened into a y in front of you and this little makeshift table in front of you. Now, you lean your body forward and rest your head onto the "table". Now, I'm looking around, and all I can see if 20 something pregnant ladies rubbing their faces in these bolsters. The same bolsters we were sitting on crosslegged not 2 minutes earlier in order to "facilitate the opening of our pelvic bones". So .. 1st exercise .. crotch to bolster action. 2nd exercise, rub race on bolster. I was horrified!! Later in the class we did a squatting exercise and used the foam block under our tailbones for support (and by tailbone I mean crotch), then a few exercises later we used the same blocks to rest our foreheads on in a different stretch.
I used my blanket as a crotch to face barrier, but everyone else in the class used the mexican blankets provided by the facility. After the class, I made the mistake of asking them how often the blankets were washed. The desk person very seriously told me they had a STRICT schedule and washed the blankets once a month religiously. ONCE A MONTH?!! And they never washed the bolster covers or the foam blocks.
I just don't understand how the other ladies weren't at all concerned. I realize I'm on an immunosuppressant, and really, my main concern WAS the germs, but come on!! How many preggie crotches on a pillow does it take before you decide that maybe you don't want to put your face on it?
I'm going to continue going to the classes, but I'm going to take my own cleaning wipes for the blocks. I am trying so hard not to pick up any random germs (eek like the flu!) this year. I just was hoping to hear that I'm not over the top with this germ stuff. :ybatty:
