Yoga practice and mat care

Warrior II on a purple mat on a wooden deck with stone steps behind, next to the mat unrolled on a plain background

Standing poses, feet and arches

The foot reads the ground through pressure. A surface that spreads that pressure out takes information away, and standing work is where you notice.

Rolled purple oléyoga mats beside cardboard tubes on a wooden deck

Yoga mat hire for corporate events: preparing the room

Plan mats for a workplace yoga session: attendance, room layout, delivery access and equipment responsibilities.

Dancer pose balanced on one leg on a purple mat in a farmhouse porch, next to the mat unrolled on a plain background

Balancing poses: why you wobble

Some of the wobble is you and some of it is what you are standing on. How to tell which, in one test that takes thirty seconds.

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.

Close detail of natural rubber practice, next to a macro of the purple mat edge and grain

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pallets of wrapped boxes ready to ship in a warehouse, next to the purple natural rubber mat rolled up

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.