Para Rubber Yoga Mat

I have been practicing hot yoga on a Lululemon 5mm mat for around seven years. However, I wanted to gift myself a vibrant new mat because I have been really excited about practicing recently. After hours upon hours of reviews, I decided to order the Para Rubber mat in Alpine. It is the same thickness of my older mat but is much heavier, slightly more narrow, and shorter in length. Because I am tall and like to take up space, the standard mat size was not quite what I needed. I was also really excited about the color of the mat, but it arrived as a deeper teal color than the alpine color displayed on the website. I tried the mat in both a regular and hot yoga session. The grip during the regular session was good. I sweat a lot, so the grip during hot yoga was less than ideal. I ended up spending a significant amount of time readjusting my hands and feet because they kept sliding all over the place. I am bummed to say this because I was really excited about this mat, but I will be sticking to my old mat.

I’ve had the performance mat for over 10 years and I have loved it. Although, I figured as a long time yoga teacher and practitioner, it was time to try a new mat and it’s this gorgeous Para Rubber Mat in the beautiful Alpine color. Can I just say, I’m in love! This mat has the greatest grip I have ever laid hands on, and the color itself makes me feel like a mermaid. You can feel the quality of the mat in your practice and it feels like my new mat will be with me for many more years of yoga!