Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31702 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Gaiam
• Model: 699-1010AQUA

Features

• Gaiam's yoga kit is great for beginners
• Contains all of the tools you need to begin practicing yoga
• Includes non-slip mat (68 inches long x 24 inches wide x 1/8 inch thick), 6-foot long reinforced cotton strap, 2 durable foam bricks, and the 26 minute "How to Use Props Plus Workout" VHS

Amazon.com Product Description
Yoga continues to grow in popularity as a form of exercise to achieve greater balance and relaxation. Those who regularly practice yoga can expect to achieve a calmer mind, a more fit body and a greater resistance to stress. Yoga can help one to keep everything in perspective and to take life's challenges in stride. Gaiam's Yoga Essentials Kit contains everything you need to begin practicing yoga, and is great for beginners or experienced yoga enthusiasts. The set includes a non-slip yoga mat measuring 68 inches long x 24 inches wide x 1/8-inches thick, two foam bricks, a 6-foot long cotton strap, and a 30 minute instructional video which demonstrates using all of these tools.

About Gaiam
Gaiam was created as a lifestyle company with the vision that, given a choice, people would choose a lifestyle that is healthy and life enhancing, for themselves, their families and the Earth. The Gaiam lifestyle is a vote for individual health as well as the future sustainability of the Earth’s resources. Gaiam strives to provide customers with alternatives to traditional products by offering natural, eco-friendly or healthy versions that compare with the style, quality and price of conventional products.

Gaiam’s goal is to become the trusted source and unifying brand for Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) participants. They understand that the opportunity to affect people’s lives with information and products is both a privilege and a responsibility. Gaiam believes in the concept of Conscious Commerce, the practice of making purchasing decisions based on personal values and beliefs. It takes into consideration all the aspects of our lives and the impact we have upon the planet. Research indicates this concept appeals to approximately 50 million people in the U.S. alone. Gaiam's strategy in delivering the distinctive quality for which they are known is to partner with experts in health/wellness, eco-living and personal development to develop proprietary products that meet our customers’ needs with meaningful solutions.

The name GAIAM is a fusion of the words Gaia (the name of Mother Earth from the Minoan civilization in ancient Crete), and I am reminds us that we are all interconnected with the Earth, the air and water, and very much a part of this living system that sustains us all.

What's in the Box?
Non-slip yoga mat, two foam bricks, one cotton strap, 30-minute video

Customer Reviews

a pretty good yoga mat
All in all this kit is pretty decent. It comes with an instructional tape that tells you how to use the other tools that come in the yoga kit. For the yoga practice that I do, I didn't really need the other tools. But if this is part of your practice, then it's worth it.

As far as the mat goes, i like using it but find that, with some activities, it slips underneath me. Also, the mat rolls up a lot on the end so sometimes that can be annoying. Overall though, the mat serves it's purpose. It would probably be more useful to use this on a hard surface than on a carpet. That way it may not slip as much.

Great Product
Fair price, great product for people just starting off with Yoga. Only downside is it doesn't have a bag.

yoga kit
The yoga matt itself is ok but it comes with a video TAPE and unfortunatly I don't have a VCR anymore. Maybe it could be updated to a dvd.
So therefore I still don't know how to use the yoga kit properly.

Franziska