Eco Yoga Mat

Eco Yoga Mat – What is it?

Essentially eco yoga mats are manufactured with consideration for environment and nature protection in mind without the use of chemicals and synthetics.

Choosing a Good Eco friendly Yoga Mat – Things to know 

1. Performance: Eco yoga mats are available in many different kinds to satisfy different preferences or needs from yoga enthusiasts. You can therefore find them hard or soft, sticky, rough or smooth to the touch and people choose the right type to use for the type of yoga exercises demanded of them.

2. Durable: If there is any disadvantage for choosing eco yoga mat over normal conventional yoga mats, it is that generally eco mats are not as durable. You really cannot make a fair comparison because natural materials will not last as long as even your run of the mill plastic mats. 

3. Cost: Eco yoga mats are usually more expensive than normal mats but if you are an environmental conscious person, it is worth the extra money that you are paying. All for the sake of doing your bit in protecting the environment and your own health because you won’t be breathing any fumes from plastic yoga mats during your exercises. 

4. Strong Smell: Your eco yoga mat comes with a disturbing smell that is usually due to the natural rubber is made from. You have to be mindful of this because the smell can be pretty strong that it not only affects your yoga practice it can disturb other yoga enthusiasts if you attend yoga lessons. The solution

Eco Yoga Mat - How you can get rid of that rubber smell

1. Rinse your eco yoga mat thoroughly

2. Roll your yoga mat tightly using a bath towel. Try to press the mat tightly against the towel to have all the water absorbed in it.

3. Unroll the towel and then let it hang to dry

4. Check if the rubber smell still persists and if it does, repeat the rinsing process