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A woman kneeling on a fully unfolded black foldable yoga mat

Foldy Mat vs Stakt Mat: An Honest Comparison

Both fold. They fold for different reasons, and that is the whole decision. Specs side by side, plus where each one is the better buy.

Foldy Mat vs Stakt Mat: An Honest Comparison

Both fold. They fold for different reasons, and that is the whole decision. Specs side by side, plus where each one is the better buy.

A man in a lunge holding a medicine ball on a full-length unfolded yoga mat

Travel Yoga Mat vs Full-Size: What You Give Up

Travel mats solve a real problem and create three others. When a thin folding mat is the right call, and when it is the reason you skip floor work.

Travel Yoga Mat vs Full-Size: What You Give Up

Travel mats solve a real problem and create three others. When a thin folding mat is the right call, and when it is the reason you skip floor work.

A woman in a deep squat barefoot on the non-slip textured surface of a yoga mat

How to Clean a Foldable Yoga Mat (Without Wreck...

One rule matters more than the rest: never put it away damp and folded. Everything else is a damp cloth and mild soap.

How to Clean a Foldable Yoga Mat (Without Wreck...

One rule matters more than the rest: never put it away damp and folded. Everything else is a damp cloth and mild soap.

Close-up of the blue alignment guide lines printed along a yoga mat

What Yoga Mat Alignment Lines Are For (And How ...

Guide lines look like decoration. Used properly they fix a problem most self-taught practitioners have: your hands and feet are not where you think.

What Yoga Mat Alignment Lines Are For (And How ...

Guide lines look like decoration. Used properly they fix a problem most self-taught practitioners have: your hands and feet are not where you think.

A woman in camel pose kneeling on a fully unfolded black yoga mat

Foldable vs Rollable Yoga Mats: Why Most Foldin...

Almost every folding mat is around 1.5 mm, and it is not cost-cutting - it is physics. What you give up, and the way around it.

Foldable vs Rollable Yoga Mats: Why Most Foldin...

Almost every folding mat is around 1.5 mm, and it is not cost-cutting - it is physics. What you give up, and the way around it.

A man kneeling on a folded yoga mat with his hands pressing into the double-thick padded section

Why Your Wrists Hurt in Plank and Downward Dog

Wrist pain is the quiet reason people stop doing plank and down dog. What is actually loading the joint, and the four fixes that work.

Why Your Wrists Hurt in Plank and Downward Dog

Wrist pain is the quiet reason people stop doing plank and down dog. What is actually loading the joint, and the four fixes that work.