The majority of yoga mats are manufactured in Taiwan and made of poly-vinyl chloride, or PVC. PVC makes a great mat due to its grip, durability and price point. But, unfortunately, there is no safe way to create, use or destroy these mats.
A guest post from Simran Sethi and Sarah Smarsh
We have rounded up ten of the most comfortable, stylish and flattering yoga clothes that look as good on the town as they do in the yoga studio. Most are made from all organic materials. For us, wellness is an important part of the life organic.
There are 439 colleges of Ayurveda, Yoga And Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha And Homoeopathy (AYUSH) in the country out of which 96 collages have postgraduates departments for imparting PG teaching. Under Siddha system there are six Siddha medical colleges.
Better late than never I guess... here are some great green gift ideas for "yoga fiends" from the 2007 TreeHugger green gift guide.
Looking for a guest blogger to write about yoga and being green.
Eco friendly yoga socks made from bamboo!
Author Mary Kearns' "Growing Toward Balance" is a self-improvement guide that offers exercises and coaching-style questions to help cultivate your best self – mind, body, and spirit. She also balanced it out and planted trees with Eco-Libris for each and every book she sells in her upcoming book signing tour.
A free wordpress theme template for yoga bloggers.
Big businesses aren’t the only ones who are seeing than many benefits of going green these days. Smaller companies and the ever-present indie start-ups are getting in on the act too. Being an advocate for the “little guyâ€, I’m honored to feature a woman with vision and beauty who sees sustainability as the best biz option, Tara Hogan.
Yoga mats are made from chemicals and nasty PVC, giving them their needed stickiness but odd smell. Who knew? The mom behind Lotuspad EcoKids yoga mats really took this to heart, and developed a yoga mat for kids that is hygienic, non-toxic, non-slippy, PVC-free, comfy, lightweight, and totally biodegradable! And adorable, of course. Your kids will be Balasana-ing (child’s pose) in eco-style before they know it! They also carry equally funky mat straps, so your little ones can carry their meditation spaces around easily.
Gaiam is having a competition where the person who comes up with the best name for their new blog wins a $250 gift certificate, and the five runners up get a $50 certificate.
Gaiam, Inc., Zaadz, Inc., Revolution, LLC, LIME Media and Conscious Enlightenment, Inc. today announced a unified LOHAS community under the Gaia.com(unity) banner. Gaiam will launch the Gaia.com site in fall of this year.
Enthusiasm, appreciation, beauty, strength, power! Follow Patricia Moreno as she gives new energy and names to familiar poses in this fun and spirit lifting video routine
