Yogitoes Non-Slip Yoga Towel!
Posted on 6:30 PM by Elisa
The yogitoes mat is a brilliantly designed yoga towel designed to minimize slipping or skidding. Yogitoes is especially useful for heated forms of yoga (like Bikram, Heated Vinyasa, Heated Ashtanga, etc.). It's still a great addition to your yoga gear even if you steer clear of heated forms of yoga, since it also provides a sanitary layer between you and your yoga mat, which is easily washable.
As you can see in the image above, Yogitoes features a bed of small, rubbery silicone dimples that are designed to stick to your yoga mat, or in more technical terms - increase the friction between your towel and mat. To elaborate...have you ever had the experience of sweating profusely onto your yoga mat and suddenly finding yourself slipping and sliding or even falling on your rump while trying to do a crazy challenging pose - well, that's why they invented the Yogitoes mat! A step up from just using a standard yoga mat is to use a towel and a standard towel definitely helps, but it doesn't stay in place easily and once it gets wet - it skids around - that's where yogitoes really helps.
Yogitoes are also designed for performance in durability. Yogitoes uses a high-quality ultra absorptive 80:20 polyester:nylon blend that provides a hygienic layer between you and your mat. The yogitoes mats are machine washable and dryer safe for easy care and maintenance. And the premium size is designed to fit on most standard yoga mats measuring 24x68 inches. Yogitoes mats are very intuitive - just place the side with the silicone pads against your mat before your practice and you're all set. Yogitoes mats are available in a variety of colors from energized bright oranges and blues to ones with more earthy tones - just have fun picking your favorite!
You can purchase a yogitoes mat directly from Yogitoes or on Amazon:
Really, the only downside to the yogitoes skidless mats is the price - they can range from $45 - $65, but I found a good deal on Amazon and paid less than $35. One big consolation to the price is that the Yogitoes company has a dedicated fund for charities around the world. You can learn more about the specific charities that they support on their "about us" page here. Just look at the upper right hand corner where it says "yogitoes fund" on the far upper right. They support:
SHECHEN CHARITY ORPHAN SCHOOL
a home and education for the
orphans of Tibet.
www.shechen-school.org
M.E.G. (MARY ELLEN GERBER) FOUNDATION
mothering Indian children in need.
www.megfoundation.org
tunaHAKI FOUNDATION
empowering AIDS orphans and street
children in Tanzania, Africa
www.tunahaki.org
CASA de MILAGROS
"Home of Miracles" - a children's home
near Machu Picchu in Cusco, Peru
www.chandlersky.org
YOGA AT SCHOOL
helping NYC school children find peace.
www.iyiny.org/yogaatschool
a home and education for the
orphans of Tibet.
www.shechen-school.org
M.E.G. (MARY ELLEN GERBER) FOUNDATION
mothering Indian children in need.
www.megfoundation.org
tunaHAKI FOUNDATION
empowering AIDS orphans and street
children in Tanzania, Africa
www.tunahaki.org
CASA de MILAGROS
"Home of Miracles" - a children's home
near Machu Picchu in Cusco, Peru
www.chandlersky.org
YOGA AT SCHOOL
helping NYC school children find peace.
www.iyiny.org/yogaatschool
- Silicone dimples to minimize skidding (patented).
- High quality, absorbent 80:20 polyester:nylon blend to collect sweat.
- Embroidered edges for durability.
- Easy and safe to machine wash and dry!
- All in all, it's a high quality product made by a budding small business, which is lead by a female entrepreneur who is making charity a key part of the Yogitoes vision! And all of that really makes me smile! Plus, I was finally able to do this side crow pose the other day - thanks in some part to my new yogitoes mat!
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Wow! Thank you Elisa for such a complete review of yogitoes SKIDLESS towel! So glad you are enjoying it and finding that it can help you access a deeper practice. Wishing you continued unfolding (literally and figuratively) in your practice.
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love this! and love the pictures!! thanks for writing such a nice article about us! its was such a pleasure to stumble upon it.
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Non slip towel is one of the most important thing you must have you are goin to perform yoga. It will help you do what kind post that you want. Because even if you are on a very difficult position you will never loose your balance if you mat is not slippery.
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