Are there good and bad yoga mats?
There are no real bad yoga mats, the $8 ones at Marshall’s serves the average yoga student just fine. However, there are better ones, of course. If she does Hot Yoga or Bikram Yoga, you’ll want a mat that is better at absorbing sweat. If she’s into environmental stuff there are more environmentally friendly mats. There are also ‘prettier’ mats with decorations on them. A company like http://www.huggermugger.com/ has most of those. Personally, I am very fond of my Manduka ‘travel’ mat. The ‘travel’ is a bit of a joke, because it’s about 3 times as heavy as a regular yoga mat and twice as big when rolled up (but it’s lighter than their regular black mat which is even thicker). It’s a lot more solid than most yoga mats and doesn’t move when I jump. Doing yoga 12 to 15 hours a week, I used to wear out 2 to 3 generic yoga mats a year, this one has lasted me a year so far and shows no signs of wear at all. If you’re looking for top of
