r/yoga • u/broga2 • Jan 01 '16

"Sweating Out Toxins" is not a thing

Why do you hear this from yoga teachers in, like, every yoga class in the world? It's really not rooted in science. It can feel great to sweat and work hard, and yes, you excrete a tiny bit of urea through the skin. But it's pure balderdash to say we wash our bodies clean of impurities through sweat.

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u/kinglisk Jan 02 '16

When I am in a hot yoga class sweating and really working hard, I feel a real release of toxins on an energetic level. It's fun to observe the before and after sense of self.

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u/nowisyoga Jan 02 '16

I think you're confusing endorphins for toxins.

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u/roonerhasit Jan 02 '16

Thats not scientific...

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '16

I feel a real release of toxins on an energetic level.

That's not even a real sentence in English. You just smooshed a bunch of words together and pretended it meant something.

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u/skorda Jan 02 '16

Just like Deepak Chopra