Gaiam Cork Yoga Exercise Mat | Natural Sustainable Cork Resists Sweat and Odors | Non-Slip TPE Backing Prevents Slipping| Great for Hot Yoga, Pilates, Fitness Working Out (68" x 24"x 5mm Thick)

For price and performance fantastic. I’ve taught yoga for over 10 years. I personally practice 2-4x a week on this mat primarily hot yoga and it’s holding up great! I don’t roll it up great and I toss it around and it’s handling it like a champ. You do have to roll it with cork on the outside or it will crease. I also recommend pour a little or spray a little water where your hands and feet go in the beginning of practice to give more traction - not slip. Once I start sweating it’s fine but in the beginning sometimes it’s a little slippery. (I’ve used all the name brand mats over my career and practice and I just wanted to see how a cheap basic mat would compare and this has been better than I expected).

Here's a new idea for you. My senior dog was having traction problems on our kitchen floor and the vet suggested laying down yoga mats on his pathways. We started with those cheap thin ones and although they worked okay, they were ugly and we had to take them outside to hose them off to clean them and then hang to dry. He's a 100-lb lab, so his nails were roughing them up and they looked pretty raggedy. It was a pleasure to get rid of them. These cork mats look nice, I can vacuum and mop them where they lay, and they clean up very well. They are no-slip and tough enough to withstand his nails, so no rips or gouges in the ??? (many) months we've been using them. Who knows? Maybe I'll even use them for yoga sometime.

These are great for doing hot yoga! The cork absorbs water and let's you continue with the positions without losing grip.

Overall pretty solid value for the price! For longevity context, I bought this in January and go to hot yoga approx 4x per week. I had to stop using this month (May) because of the cork beginning to separate and fall off (and start to be a bit of a problem when I lay this out in the studio).

I use this mat every day and it is a good amount of thickness but yet I’m still able to feel close to the ground and I don’t slip on it so I really love it

I have been using this for over a month now and it is still in excellent condition! Very sturdy and doesn’t fall apart like the foam mats!!! The other non-cork mats started falling apart on me so fast, so I wanted something that would last! There are more expensive cork mats on here, but I don’t see why to buy something more expensive! This mat is perfect! Would highly recommend if you want something that holds up to hard workouts!!

I wanted a cork mat, but wasn’t sure what to expect at this low price point. It’s early days with this one, but I’m very impressed by its quality and cushioning.

The media could not be loaded. While I truly loved this mat initially, at 7 months of use the mat is coming apart at the spots where the feet flip. The thin layer of cork is being rubbed off. Anotherwords, although the concept is great, the product is NOT fit for its intended use after 7 months. Additionally, I went to the manufactures website and submitted my issue, but no one has gotten back to me.