Thursday, October 05, 2006

Get your right yoga mat

Two years ago join a groud of friends for yoga excercises. After our first lesson we are ask to buy our own yoga mat. One of our groud who is yoga mats experts who are completely familiar with all the aspects of yoga mats take us to purchase one that suit our lesson. Here are some of the tips when buying a yoga mat for your yoga.

Thinking of or just starting out with your yoga, you already know that there are a number of different pieces of equipment that you may need and the yoga mat is one of them.

The most common type of yoga mat is the sticky mat. These mats are very thin and offer a little padding. This is the traditional type of mat. There are now those that have more padding and allow for a better feel being produced. What is important is to realize the point behind having a yoga mat at all. They do several things for you. First, they can help to brace you so that you do not slip and fall when you are in one stance or the next. They can also help to provide even a small bit of padding to the knees, the hips, and the back.

If you are doing your Meditation. The meditation mat is usually purchased with a pillow that goes with it. The combination offers for a better sitting meditation posture. It conforms to your body’s shape while allowing you to sit properly.
In order to know which yoga mat you should purchase, you will want to consider what you plan to do with it, your level and need for comfort while doing that.

If you are not very familar with yoga mat you can always ask your yoga instructor about which mats are appropriate for the type of yoga you will be doing and what budget you have.

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