bYo - The development of a yoga mat - Part 1

Yoga mats are a dime a dozen, so why another one? Quite simply: not a single yoga mat that we looked at could convince us 100% in terms of real sustainability and design. In Part 1, we explain the background to our new yoga mat.

The project to create a new yoga mat was already on our agenda when treeletic was founded. However, the initial question was how we could make a decisive change to a product of which countless variants are already available on the market. After all, it is part of our brand essence to offer our community something that is better than what is normally available on the market.

And so the central question was which materials are actually used for yoga mats. To our surprise, we discovered that all mats are more or less made from artificial materials. Be it latex, recycled PU or even the supposedly environmentally friendly TPE.

Wait a minute, yoga and artificial materials, how does that go together? Not at all, right? Exactly, we think so too.

But aren't there mats that are made entirely or partly from natural rubber? Admittedly, that would also have been an alternative for us. You'll find out why we weren't satisfied with this in part 2 of our blog shortly.
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