6 Eco-Friendly Yoga Mats For Your At-Home Workout

27 Mar

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Looking to buy a new eco-friendly yoga mat, so you can keep up your yoga or workout practice from home? It turns out that a lot of standard yoga mats are made from PVC (yuck), which can be harmful on your own health and on the planet.

Here are some more sustainable yoga mat brands, that make mats from non-toxic, natural and eco-friendly materials.

MUKTI MATS

Mukti Mats are designed in Australia, and are made under sweatshop-free, ethical workplace standards.

Made from: biodegradable, non-Amazon harvested, natural rubber, jute and cotton.

Price range: AUD $85 - $110.

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Lov Earth

LovEarth mats is another Australian based yoga mat brand. Their mats are non-slip, biodegradable, and come with an optional organic cotton carry bag. You can also send them your old PVC yoga mat for them to recycle.

Made from: natural tree rubber and jute.

Price range: AUD $65 - $108.

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Jade Yoga

If you’re after a range of colour and thickness options to choose from, look no further than Jade Yoga. Their mats are made in the USA, and they also plant a tree for every mat sold. As well as mats, Jade Yoga sell cork yoga blocks, organic cotton rugs, bags and straps.

Made from: natural tree rubber.

Price range: AUD $89 - $113.

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Manduka

Founded in 1997, Manduka are a well-established yoga mat, accessories and apparel brand with a range of options to suit everybody.

Made from: eKO Series - made from natural, non-Amazon harvested rubber with non-toxic foaming agents and non-AZO dyes. PRO Series - closed-cell, made from PVC, but is designed to last a lifetime and is OEKO-TEX standard 100 certified. (Our pick is their eKO Series mats).

Price range: AUD $80 - $160.

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Yolaha

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Makers of the world’s first cork yoga mats, this family-run business offers a range of different yoga mats and accessories that are adorned with beautiful artist-drawn designs. Yolaha has a passion for giving back, and partners with non-profit community organisations such youth and veteran programs.

Made from: natural cork and recycled rubber.

Price range: AUD $130 - $280.

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Yin Yoga Mats

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Inspired by a love of yoga, design and travel, yogi Kirsty James founded Yin Yoga Mats in 2016. Based in Byron Bay, Australia, this brand creates sustainable yoga mats with stunning, bohemian-inspired designs. This brand also wins our pick for beautiful photography (and wanderlust vibes).

Made from: natural rubber base and cork surface, or natural rubber base and non-slip, PVC-free microfibre surface.

Price range: AUD $119 - 125

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Lead image credit: Yin Yoga Mats.

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Henrietta is a recent graduate with a degree in Commerce + a diploma in French, and has a passion for using business skills to drive positive social change. She works in ethical fashion, and is also a model for ethical and sustainably minded brands (drop her a line here if you'd like to work with her).

After being vegetarian for many years, and gradually transitioning towards veganism, she attended a panel discussion 2 years ago on the dairy industry (held by Voiceless). From then on, it made complete sense to commit to a fully vegan lifestyle, as a way of being compassionate towards animals, the environment and people.

It was then a natural progression to consider the impacts of her other daily decisions, and so her interest in ethical fashion and sustainably minded living in general was born.