Jute-Cotton Yoga Mat

The yoga mat  is made with jute threads in natural color form and cotton yarn dyed with  blue, along with many other colors as per requirement. The grip provides a lot of traction giving you the extra stability during workout. This yoga mat is designed as compact as possible for carrying and convenient storage. To make these mats a hand peddled wheel mechanism (Charkha Wheel), used in unwinding the yarn from a larger lot to transfer to bobbins. A Handloom Machine- Hand and foot operated workbench which is used in weaving of fabric.

The craftswomen of Rajankatti, Makelmardi, Kadoli, Hunnur, Telaganatti, Madanbhavi, and Chikoppa (which are drought prone regions in the state of Karnataka) who had previously depended upon seasonal wage labor and migration to cities for work.now earn a livelihood by making high quality, naturally-dyed, hand spun, hand woven and non-woven mats from the natural fibres of jute, cotton, banana, mestha fibre, leather, and blended fabrics.

These mats are made with using many of Northern Karnataka’s craft-traditions and techniques such as: indigo dyeing of the Neelgars, rope-twisting, folk-stitching and joinery of the Nadafs, vegetable tanning/dyeing of hides and leather-crafting of the Dhor and Samgar communities, wool-felting, spinning and kambal weaving techniques of sheepherding communities.

These yoga mats have a natural beauty to leave down around the house even whilst you are not using them. The yoga mats have a naturally ribbed serrated Texture of the interwoven threads which help you maintain your grip for a natural flow of movement, working towards a balance without providing artificial 'sticky' support. This gives a beneficial 'acupressure' effect through the soles of your feet With this mat, sweat wicks away, no puddles after a class.