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Grounded Roots Cork Yoga Mat | 5mm

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Grounded Roots


Feel your connection to the earth with the Grounded Roots yoga mat, an expression of our depth below the surface. In your yoga practice, allow your body to connect with the earth and ground you like an unwavering tree with roots extended deep and strong.





Product Comparison:

PVC (Poly-Vinyl Chloride) yoga mat
  • Lowest cost mat available
  • Materialisn’t eco-friendly.
  • You cannot recycle the PVC yoga mat.
  • The matreleasestoxic chemicalswhen being manufactured (that "new yoga mat" smell is the result of these chemicals)
    • Chemicals such as volatile oil compounds and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are emitted as a breathable gas from PVC yoga mats. These chemicals can cause headaches, nausea and dizziness, nasal irritation, allergic reactions, neurological problems, liver and kidney damage, cancer, and possibly even fertility problems and miscarriage.
TPE (Thermal Plastic Elastomer) yoga mat
  • The material isless harmfulto the environment than PVC yoga mat materials.
  • While it contains no PVC or latex, it’s still manufactured using heat and chemical processes
  • TPE yoga mats with open cells can dry out after some time.
  • Has alarge carbon footprint
Cotton/Jute yoga mat
  • The production of cotton has ahigh environmental impactdue to the use of pesticides, fertilizers, and the use of huge amounts of water.
  • Jute is a rain-fed crop with little need for fertilizer or pesticide, in contrast to cotton’s heavy requirements
  • Cotton and jute arebiodegradableand natural resources
  • The natural fibers can be a bit coarse to the skin
Rubber yoga matNaturalrubber:
  • Made from natural materials (comes from rubber trees) - as long as it is sustainably sourced, it iseco-friendly
  • Balanced density - it isn’t too hard, yet not too soft.
  • If you are sensitive to latex, there is a risk of an allergic reaction.
  • It is very heavy

Syntheticrubber:
  • Synthetic rubber (NBR) has high performance and durability but leaves aprominent carbon footprint(it doesnot come from rubber trees,synthetic rubbers are polymers synthesized from petroleum byproducts)
Cork + Rubber yoga mat
  • Cork is asustainable resource- it is both renewable and biodegradable. The cork oak tree is unique in that its thick bark can be stripped off every decade to extract the cork without damaging the trees, which can live 170 to 250 years on average
  • Cork provides a naturally good grip that improves as it absorbs moisture
  • Naturally antimicrobialand easy to keep clean
  • Naturalrubber pairs well with cork since it helps with durability and density
  • Non-toxic, no chemicals


Watch: How to properly clean and store a cork yoga mat


Beloware a fewarticlesfrom our blog with more information about cork yoga mats!