Autumn diptych: yoga on a purple mat and oléyoga packaging beside a pumpkin

Halloween and yoga: autumn practice and yoga mat offers

A little Halloween history, ideas for autumn yoga and the oléyoga Eco Daily offer. Choose a mat for your practice and explore the current promotion.

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Open cell or closed cell yoga mat: what is the difference?

One absorbs sweat and grips better as you go; the other keeps moisture out and is easier to keep clean. The trade nobody explains, and which one suits your practice.
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Hands on an oléyoga mat and yoga practice in a sunlit room

PU or natural rubber yoga mat: compare the contact surface

Choosing between a PU-coated mat and a natural rubber surface? Compare the layers, care and practice conditions before buying.

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Downward dog on a purple mat by the river with the pink temples of Rishikesh behind, next to the mat rolled up

Sweat and grip in a daily practice

Grip does not fall off a cliff when you sweat, it degrades in stages. Where each surface gives up, and why a mat that grips better wet is a real category.
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Yoga practice on purple mats: pigeon pose beside a lake and crow pose in a sunlit living room

ALO Yoga mats vs oléyoga: Warrior and Eco Daily

Compare ALO Warrior, Lightweight Warrior and oléyoga Eco Daily: price, weight, thickness, materials and what matters for your practice.

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Yoga mats made in Europe or made in Asia: does it matter?

Almost every mat sold in Europe is made in Asia. What that changes in shipping, in what a brand can actually tell you, and where it honestly makes no difference at all.
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Black and white class holding warrior II in a row of mats, next to the purple natural rubber mat seen front on

Why you slip in a fast flow

Slipping in a quick sequence is a moisture problem and a timing problem, in that order. What the surface can fix, and what it cannot.
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Purple oléyoga mats laid out beside a rooftop pool

How much does a good yoga mat cost and what justifies the price?

Understand yoga mat prices and decide which differences are worth paying for.

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How to tell if a yoga mat deal is worth it

Compare the final price and offer conditions before choosing a yoga mat on sale.

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One-armed balance on a purple mat in a white brick room with hard sunlight, next to the mat in its kraft tube

Natural rubber in a hot room: what actually happens

Heat and heavy sweat change how rubber behaves. Why we do not recommend our mat for hot yoga, what surfaces work instead, and what heat does to a mat long term.
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How to store your yoga mat without ruining it

Rolled loosely, dry, out of the sun, not in the car. Most of the damage a mat takes happens in the twenty-three hours a day nobody is standing on it.
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Is a natural rubber yoga mat vegan?

Yes, and so is PVC, which is why the label alone tells you almost nothing. Where animal products actually hide in a yoga mat, and what to check instead.
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