For a really long while, I’ve been having issues with my hot yoga sessions. To such an extent that I even stopped and did regular yoga. But the benefits of bikram kept me wondering if there’d be a better solution.
So after digging around on the internet trying to find a good solution, I found a mat that seems to keep me fram smacking my face against the yoga mat. (I once got a bloody nose from my hands slipping and slamming head first against the mat *sigh*)
But do not fret! I found my answer by looking at a pink turtle … *smiles* How’s that for being vague, huh? Seriously though, I literally saw a pink turtle and started smiling, I still do as I see it a lot these days.
For my Bikram Yoga sessions I now use … *drum rolls please*
The blue color is very soothing (for me 
) and the turtle reminds me to “go with the flow”. (Like the turtle in “Finding Nemo”)
Apparantly, the Japanese characters (Kanji?) mean “Love, light and happiness”. Which (once you actually know what the characters mean) is a great reminder of how to live your life. To keep it filled with love, light and happiness!
Also, it’s a pretty good sized mat, measuring 72 by 24 inches and it’s a quarter inch in thickness. The fact that there are no heavy metals in it, combined with it’s sticky ink and non-slippery surface, I’m in yogi heaven!
The real question though, is whether or not this really is the BEST yoga mat for hot yoga, right? That kind of depends from person to person, but I’d say this one is really good.
There is another option you have though, to be precise; yoga mat towels for hot yoga! (You can find more information by clicking on the link). But there are quite a few mats on the website of the pink turtle that are great yoga mats for hot yoga.
Now if someone asks me for the best mat for hot yoga, I tell them to get a pink turtle!
Is there a yoga mat you use for hot yoga? If so, let me know in the comment section below. Or if you have some sort of technique or method of using your mat, do share it with us! It means a lot to me.
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