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Your mat is the most intimate piece of equipment you own in yoga. You're nose-to-surface in downward dog, your hands are trusting it in a flow, and your knees are depending on it in every lunge. So why do so...
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Your yoga mat takes more punishment than most people give it credit for. Sweat, pressure, UV exposure, being rolled and unrolled hundreds of times — it's a lot to ask of any material. So if you've spent real money on...
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Cork yoga mats are brilliant — until someone googles "why does my cork mat smell" at 11pm. The good news: cork is naturally antimicrobial, meaning it actively resists the bacteria that make synthetic mats turn into petri dishes. The not-so-good...
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Your mat is the only piece of equipment that's between you and the floor for every single session. It seems worth getting right.Yet most people spend more time researching headphones than they do a yoga mat — and then wonder...
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You're twenty minutes into a 37°C Bikram class. Your palms are rivers. Your feet are skating. And your mat — the one you bought because it looked good in a flat-lay — is doing absolutely nothing to help you. Sound...
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