Product Description

The Natural Fitness Natural Rubber Yoga Mat - Professional model allows you to improve your yoga practice while achieving more environmental balance. Made from natural rubber, a biodegradable material, it offers superb traction and a high-rebound dense cushion. Using this mat allows you to practice free of concern about negatively impacting our planet. This mat is longer than traditional yoga mats to allow you more room to stretch to your potential. 24" x 69" x 3/16" thick

Product Details

• Color: Ocean/Night
• Brand: Natural Fitness
• Model: YRMP69ON
• Released on: 2007-11-01
• Dimensions: .19" h x 24.00" w x 69.00" l, 4.00 pounds

Features

• Natural rubber - environmentally friendly
• Superior traction with high-rebound firm cushion
• Reversible - two earth colors per mat
• Free of cadmium, lead, phthalates and PVC
• 24" x 69" x 3/16" thick

Customer Reviews

Best mat I've ever owned. Don't worry, the smell will fade!
I've been practicing yoga seriously for eight years, and have never had a mat I loved more. Between the mats I've personally owned (including two Mandukas) and the mats that have cycled through the yoga studio I have attended for years (including Lululemon and Gaiam among others) I've seen me some mats, and this one is about as perfect as a mat can get.

For starters, it's incredibly durable. One of the reasons I decided to pick one up was that the studio I attend replaced all their mats with Natural Fitness mats last year. These mats get used for several classes a day (people are on them for 6 or more hours a day, every day!) and have been in use at my studio for a year. So far there is no breakdown whatsoever! Unbelievable. The mats we've had in the past would start to shed pieces or develop holes within weeks or months. Not this mat! The studio mats look pretty much like they did when we first got 'em.

Second, the surface is amazingly non-slip, even when your hands get sweaty! There are varying degrees of slip factor to almost any mat, but apparently not this one (unless you're wearing lotion, and then, that's not really the mat). Not even my Manduka (which is also incredibly durable, though not as comfy) is as non-slip as the N.F. mat.

Third, it's very pliable and lightweight, making it easy to lug around and even travel with. It doesn't hold creases after being folded, though I do generally roll mine, the mats at the studio are always folded in piles and never seem to suffer for it, even the one or two that sit on the bottom of the pile for a while.

Now...about the smell. Yeah, the natural rubber is stinky when you first get it. I hung mine outside for a few days, but you could also hang it in a little-used room with good ventilation. It takes a little while, but the smell does fade, and the mat is so worth the wait!

A kickass mat at a decent price. Go for it!

Great mat
I am a beginner at yoga and just got this as my first mat. I love it--it's comfortable and sticky enough so I don't slip. The only complaint I have is that it might be TOO sticky, but I think this might wear off a bit over time. The rubber smell isn't overly strong to the point where it bothers me.

It's eco-friendly, and it's more comfortable on my spine than other mats I've tried. I recommend it.

Great!
This mat reeks for like a week. However, it's really a good mat! It's thick but not overly cushy and the rubber provides a super sticky surface for standing poses and down dogs. I think it was completely worth the money, and it will give me a lot of use before it wears out.