People practice yoga for many reasons. Some want to be more flexible. Others are eager to build strength or coordination. Many are searching for discipline and a positive way to deal with the stress that is epidemic in modern society. Whatever their specific objectives, most clients enter your yoga studio with better health as their overall goal. Unfortunately, if germs are lurking in your space, spending time there can have the opposite effect. To protect your students, your staff, and your business, it is imperative that you know how to disinfect a yoga studio.
How to Disinfect a Yoga Studio
When exploring the topic of how to disinfect a yoga studio, it helps to understand what germs are likely to be present, how you can discourage their presence, and most importantly, how to eliminate the health threat that they create with effective disinfection.
Yoga Studio Dangers
When asked to cite possible dangers in a yoga studio, many people would think about the pulled muscles or twisted joints that can result from pushing a little too hard to reach the perfect downward dog, frog stand, or camel pose. However, germs arguably present a larger risk. Despite their minuscule size, they can have a major impact on human health.
Like any shared space that sees crowds of people moving in and out of it, yoga studios can quickly become a breeding ground for germs if cleanliness and disinfection are neglected. In fact, a variety of potentially harmful bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites can appear in yoga studios that are not properly disinfected. Fortunately, there are steps that yoga studios can take to ward off germs so that they remain pleasant, healthful environments.
Cultivating Cleanliness
Many yogis prefer to practice without shoes or socks, but simply strolling barefoot across the floor in a yoga studio that doesn’t make disinfection a priority can expose a person to athlete’s foot, ringworm, and plantar warts. Viruses and bacteria, including Staph and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, which is more commonly referred to as MRSA, can also be lying in wait on yoga mats, bolsters, blocks, and other props and aids. Cultivating a culture of cleanliness can offer some protection. To prevent the spread of germs, we encourage you to do the following:
- Require students to leave their germ-laden street shoes at the door.
- Encourage handwashing and make an effective, alcohol-free hand sanitizer, like SafeSpace Instant Hand Sanitizer, available for anyone who would like to use it.
- Invite the use of private yoga mats and require anyone who uses a studio mat to clean it properly after each use.
- Ask anyone who is obviously ill to take a sick day and return when they’re feeling better.
- Clean bolsters, blocks, straps, blankets, and other props routinely.
- Ensure that the yoga studio’s floors are mopped, the restrooms are cleaned, and other surfaces are scrubbed regularly.
- Assess your cleaning routine on a regular basis to verify that it remains effective.
Disinfecting Without Drama
Using products that disinfect during routine cleanings will help to keep the germ population low in a yoga studio, but periodically using a disinfecting germ fogger is a simple, easy, and effective way to disinfect the entire space at once. With germ foggers, there’s no need to expend a lot of elbow grease or worry about missed spots when you’re scrubbing. That’s because the product does the bulk of the work for you by dispersing a disinfecting mist that eradicates germs wherever it finds them.
Are you ready to add a germ fogger to your yoga studio’s disinfecting routine? The SafeSpace Disinfectant and Deodorizing Germ Fogger is a fantastic choice. After preparing the space, you simply need to shake the can, remove its cap, and place it in the center of the room. Then, lock the release valve lever and exit the room, pulling the door closed behind you. You can leave yoga blocks, mats, and other props in the studio during treatment. They won’t be damaged; in fact, they will reap the benefits of the fogger as well.
Use the next hour to complete other tasks while the fog eliminates germs from the treatment area. When enough time has passed, return to collect the can, which is recyclable, and enjoy the freshly cleaned and deodorized space. What threats can this hospital-grade contact disinfectant tackle? It eliminates a variety of germs:
- Bacteria: SafeSpace’s aerosol products can kill many bacterial threats, including tuberculosis bacteria, salmonella, Clostridium difficile, Escherichia coli, Streptococcus pyogenes, Staphylococcus aureus, and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
- Viruses: SafeSpace’s products are virucides that eliminate a number of viruses, including influenza, chickenpox, shingles, smallpox, measles, rubella, avian influenza, swine flu, norovirus, coronavirus, rhinovirus, West Nile virus, rabies, Zika, herpes simplex virus type 1, herpes simplex virus type 2, and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (a retrovirus that causes AIDS, also known as HIV-1).
- Fungi: In addition to inhibiting the growth of mold and mildew, SafeSpace’s products can kill several fungal threats, including tinea corporis and tinea capitis (which cause ringworm), tinea pedis (which causes athlete’s foot), and tinea cruris (which causes jock itch).
Now that you know how to disinfect a yoga studio, would you like to add the disinfecting power of SafeSpace products to your cleaning arsenal? Check out our online store today to discover more about our products and place your order.
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