What is the Best Yoga Mat to Use? - Sadhguru

What kind of yoga mat should you choose? Sadhguru explains why using a raw silk or cotton yoga mat is ideal for a Hatha Yoga practitioner to be in tune with the earth.
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[@thesuityogi4042]

When you are in touch with earth when do you yoga, it also feels like earth helps to you to stretch out even more. Earth helps you !

[@manuelaalboreto2280]

I belive it

[@rrsk88_farming]

True

[@manuelaalboreto2280]

yes, I belive it too ~ thanks

[@sidlopes4429]

thesuityogi , there it is....

[@artistpriyankaapte]

Yess indeed ❤️

[@Franzellcon]

His voice is so calm.. Sometimes when I can't sleep, I just listen to his talk

[@atozedism]

Omg...me too! But it's the other way round ..I listen to him n I fall asleep.. whether I planned it or not hehe

[@yogeshbajracharya5331]

same here.

[@lovelyn1681]

atozedism same pinch

[@ek_number_food1984]

Con Franzell me too.

[@sidlopes4429]

Con Franzell, you are.... attractive

[@theultimateseeker3141]

I was searching for the best yoga mat to buy for my daily practice so I got here 😁

[@sabbirhossain365]

then what you do now ?

[@Game-id8iz]

Same here, order cancelled 😂

[@prasanthilatha3262]

Everytime i listen to sadgurus voice i get to learn something new everytime

[@keshavsatyadeo2928]

Now that's a person who doesn't simply market himself but let people know what is appropriate.

[@fizfunk]

thank you for the information Sadhguru!

[@fayathedevotee225]

Good advice Much apreciation

[@rrsk88_farming]

So true 🙏💟🇮🇳

[@manuelaalboreto2280]

Thanks

[@vishu_1010]

Thank you

[@chhayank9038]

Is is also relevant to upa yoga?

[@soutriksur9335]

You are awesome sadhguru

[@fayathedevotee225]

Thankyou

[@lotusholistichealing]

My favorite yoga mat is the bare earth 🥰 My home is carpet though, so I put a natural cork mat down inside.

[@harshalbhoir1262]

Nice video as always. blessed

[@manuelaalboreto2280]

yes, me too I like this video / we have to learn many things

[@VishalRajput-lw3bc]

Namskaram sadhguru

[@TheXISU]

If you are doing energy work, like pranayama, yogasan, dhyan then Asana (sitting mat) is necessary. It insulates your body and helps to preserve the energy which gets generated during sadhana from being absorbed by earth. That's why all muni rishis used asanas. There are recommendations also in scriptures about the material. Generally a good mat would be a layer of kusha asan, an woolen asan on it and a silk asan on top. Deer skin was recommended but not suitable for the current age.

[@rajatsinging]

The guru himself says not to avoid anything or save anything , be connected to everything

[@apvanand4717]

Sadhguru ki har baat..laakh rupay ki h.. P.S. Vese to har baat priceless h..

[@akashkris]

What if multistorey building? We are not earth right?

[@taksojdet]

Guru ❤️🌿🙏

[@sridharseetharaman7466]

Got it.

[@manusda9707]

bamboo chtai or Dari or sooti kambal is best

[@Iyana]

Where can I find a "raw silk" yoga mat?

[@poojabhole9153]

Can we use woolen yoga mat?

[@keerthanasenthilkumar4281]

🙏🙏 Sadhguru

[@elainepatton3825]

💜🙏💜

[@noneall]

🙏🙏🙏

[@eshwar1824]

I use the normal cotton mat but it doesn't provide grip and i was looking for rubber mat and my search took me here

[@vivekjadhav4984]

Same for me. I was also im search because cotton cloth is slips on tiles.

[@00godlovesus]

Greeley Co United States;)

[@rajachandradass]

🌸🙏🌼

[@spazzychalk]

Why can't the cotton or silk be sanfoized?

[@untouched5131]

🙏

[@meeeeeeeeee517]

Can we do yoga without mat?

[@SunilSingh-nr9zw]

namskarma

[@manuelaalboreto2280]

Hi, from Italy ~ May 25 th ~ 2018

[@nikhilprasad9332]

Manuela Alboreto Italy? Take your antonia maino with you sir

[@manuelaalboreto2280]

thanks to write to me ! antonia maino = ???

[@manuelaalboreto2280]

I look you have page for subscription / I done / but I don't know you and the meaningof the photo

[@ritesh457457474894]

Do you know about Sonia gandhi?

[@manuelaalboreto2280]

yes, from newspeaper ling time ago and you ?

[@bineeshk6213]

Please anyone answer.... IS IT NECESSARY TO USE YOGA MAT ???

[@Anu-rp9dz]

Basically we use it as a soft layer underneath so that our elbows and knees don't brush against the hard floor/ uneven surfaces. If you can afford a rectangular and smoother earthy patch , not required I guess. I don't hv such a space so need my mat. Also, it helps me continue with my practices wherever I go in the country..

[@tobes911]

That's very interesting. Thank you. Where can I get a raw silk yoga mat? 🙏🤗👍

[@RK-es8oj]

Isha life

[@tobes911]

@@RK-es8oj Hi there. Do you know where I can get a raw silk yoga mat.

[@universeS190]

@@tobes911 where bro

[@sudheshsankarkk]

I was searching for best workout mat and got this 😜

[@Tricks30]

Same

[@anjalikarmakar6238]

Me too 🤣🤣

[@jaccrazy21]

I’ve been searching for a cute matching yoga suite set. Came here. The problem is not what I am wearing. I already have a set I never use over my sweats anyway. The point is Yoga. Not the Mat. Not the clothes. Not how your body changes even, that is just a natural process. But you, and your being and state of oneness. That is the point. I feel silly and validated all in the same hand 😂. 🤦🏼‍♀️ but in a good way.

[@sudheshsankarkk]

@@jaccrazy21 cool, but if people are doing advanced yoga poses then I urge people to buy a quality one with good thickness to support them 💯

[@abhisheksolanki442]

Just do whatever ur comfortable with....it's all about marketing....i personally use cotton mats eventhough it slips but later on u will get used to.....

[@fayathedevotee225]

That's how it is here Ppl do it in the big parks to show everyone

[@gouravraghuwanshi]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@piyamiheysh3702]

🙏🌺❤🌿

[@griffinkirkland9087]

what direction should we face during yoga practice? should we face the east?

[@jayeshjadhav1325]

Yes, towards sunrise direction

[@luxurydoll6007]

😊🧘🏽‍♂️

[@anujmuzik]

I have a question, do we need a different mat for meditation? Please somebody answer!

[@apvanand4717]

a simple, bit thicker, handmade mat type cotton sheet..long enough..is best.. in hindi we call it..Dari. try it..its best..

[@anujmuzik]

@@apvanand4717 thanks

[@arputhamchokkalingam3549]

​@@apvanand4717 Namaskaram Thank you for giving a right choice to meet the ground grip in the apartments where the tiles or the mosaic or the marbles are all the same. No grip at all. Yes the dharis are good. Thanks.

[@Greatful0374]

Answer @3:00

[@amanpreetsingh5024]

Prathmam 😇 with lying on yoga mat😂

[@soutriksur9335]

As a doctor, I got to know the bateria fact just few days ago, how can a yogi know so much?

[@liususan4018]

Because yogis know from inside, doctor or scientist or any ordinary people knows by accumulating knowledge from outside. Any accumulated knowledge from outside is always evolving and updating. A yogi knows the ultimate truth

[@manonandansk]

So is that really true? 60% is water, 90% is microbes and what else? I believe both are true to some extent. But percentage of what is my question. 90% of human cells are microbes cells? May be

[@PriyaSivashankar7]

Is it just me.. or has sadhgurus voice changed?

[@swapnilagrawal1615]

Priya Sivashankar it's just you😂

[@PriyaSivashankar7]

Swapnil Agrawal his old videos sound different

[@swapnilagrawal1615]

Priya Sivashankar idk, may be you are super perceptive

[@PriyaSivashankar7]

Swapnil Agrawal not at all.. it's just.. I've been hearing his voice for a long long time and it's a lil bit cracked

[@gowtham6822]

I notice.. but it is not all the time..i think that those are the times he has gone into deeper meditativeness. Just imagine if you have no single thought in your mind how drunkenness you would be..

[@ginoasci2876]

if we take your advice and we should be in tune with mother earth, then we should be naked and not even use a cotton barrier between us and the ground, yes !

[@liususan4018]

Of course you could do that, but sadhguru often talks about being practical in modern world, after all we do the best we could and balance between being social and pursue spirituality. It might be the best to be naked however the risk is to have others think we are insane, but if you don’t care and completely withdraw from social scene and live in a cave like lots if Himalayan yogis do, then I don’t think sadhguru would tell you to stop

[@genehendrix1847]

Cannot understand what he is saying "A raw cotton cloth not SANFRIESED??

[@genehendrix1847]

Paixi Thanks, didnt even know they did that )

[@akshayasivaraman1817]

Can you clarify this?

[@chiragshiv8321]

Sanforizing means pre shrinking and stabilizing the cotton fabric

[@akshayasivaraman1817]

@@chiragshiv8321 Thank you!

[@ramine6498]

3:16 😂💔

[@erikcarmichael3300]

Bought me a Shakti mat lol

[@Nnirvana]

But why most of old rishis used Animal Skin as mat? 😐 In fact I landed here searching this.

[@pratushmallik2535]

Well, I use cotton yoga mat. But it slips while doing Surya kriya. Does Isha life have a cotton yoga mat which has an excellent grip?

[@vivekjadhav4984]

I am facing same problem.

[@ankita_156]

opt for cotton with rubber grip on the backside

[@subha2495]

Thy do

[@skgolamhasan9359]

Then what is the purpose of using cotton mat if there will be rubber for grip......rubber itself is kind of insulator type.

[@andrewmuelleranantababaji8073]

What of Kusha matt⁉️

[@coachpeterwilliam]

It’s very sharp, only for sitting

[@Rsinha702]

It’s very easily available on Amazon India, it’s a natural Kusha grass mat

[@aparna7512]

What will be the consequences if one does not use any mat directly do the yoga on concrete floor? If any body can enlight would be very greatful 🙏

[@SusanHopkinson]

Aparna Mukherjee concrete would be uncomfortable I think! Better use a cotton rug or other mat. Or practice on the earth outside. 🙏🏻

[@aparna7512]

Susan Hopkinson Gratitude, you replied.

[@rahulraina6303]

You might hurt yourself if you do directly on the concrete floor.

[@soumyashishdas8779]

I do my warm up and surya namashkar directly on the concrete floor. After that i put a cotton bedsheet as mat and do other asanas and pranayama. Not sure, if that's the best thing to do, but ya that's how i go about it after i once slipped while doing surya namaskar and hurt my neck.

[@khushbuyadav8542]

It's uncomfortable. I prefer a a proper yoga mat.

[@karthicksrisri5468]

why sadhguru not doing yoga in public nor why he is not teaching simple yoga

[@petroskefallinos8735]

Because yoga should be taught only in dedicated places, and he usually does the advanced programmes because there are other yoga masters to do the simple stuff....

[@chiragshiv8321]

Simple yoga like upa yoga, isha kriya is available in sadguru app or in you tube

[@praveengodara3913]

This dude doesn't need weed to get high, that's a spirituality in itself I guess

[@MannSaab_2021]

Itta sab kuch nai ho paega kar lete hain wo bahut hai

[@asl3151]

Purple Rain exactly

[@MannSaab_2021]

Abijeet Loni haha waah tu sai me ye channel dekhta hai i mean tere jaise log Khair chhod

[@MannSaab_2021]

Purple Rain nai kisi pr nai q?

[@chhayank9038]

Prabhav Gakkhar 😂😂 ha bhai sahi bola

[@MannSaab_2021]

I'll HACK YOU DUDE or kya Bhai itte SB k chakkar me Jo ho rha h wo b nai kr paayenge Apan to yoga b AC on krke krte hn or faayda to tb BHI mil hi rha hai All thanks to sadhguru !

[@ssdfgghsttuujkk5404]

thinks he has an answer for everything

[@larryg3446]

Yes, he has. Hard to believe, I know.

[@shivendrapratapsingh7424]

;)

[@yauhcintli8827]

Hahaha even Sadhguru is reviewing yoga mats

[@milanjgmilanjg]

I do yoga on my bed 😆

[@lifehackss23]

He has logic of a crazy man with no proved results

[@kumarayyappa1667]

I disagree on the park yoga doing concept, may be he don't have place in home instead, they thought to do yoga on floor without concrete, because most of the places in cities are concreted this is kind of negative thinking

[@souravgope6726]

Thank you

[@surajbobe1053]

🌸🙏