mewtwo Posted January 25, 2010 So I was wondering what were the first yoga mats i know way back when they used tiger skins but are thouse the first or did they use something different before that? Also does one really need a yoga mat or could one do with out? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
effilang Posted January 25, 2010 (edited) So I was wondering what were the first yoga mats i know way back when they used tiger skins but are thouse the first or did they use something different before that? Also does one really need a yoga mat or could one do with out?  Damn.. tiger skins lol  I just use an old towel I guess that makes me cheap Edited January 25, 2010 by effilang Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jack Runner Posted January 25, 2010 Damn.. tiger skins lol  I just use an old towel I guess that makes me cheap  No it makes you practical.  I use a tan cotton OM yoga mat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest paul walter Posted January 27, 2010 So I was wondering what were the first yoga mats i know way back when they used tiger skins but are thouse the first or did they use something different before that? . Â Â Â The surface of the earth. Paul Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Taomeow Posted January 27, 2010 The surface of the earth. Paul  I have a sheepskin. The surface of the earth can be hard on your hair.  If I had a time machine, I'd go back to my childhood, to my great-aunt's place, and try to convince her to give me her polar bear hide, in exchange for whatever she wants from me. (It was many -- don't know how many -- square feet wide and covered most of the floor of a sizable room, and was complete with the head, amber pieces for the eyes, mouth wide open with all the enormous teeth showing, paws, claws, everything. I was terrified of that thing as a child, I wonder if I would do better now... but for a yoga mat, it would be incredible... it had such uncanny balance of extreme yin/extreme yang -- it ionized you... plus it was a gift of the heart -- the man who killed the bear asserted the bear came to him to sacrifice himself for an offering to my great-aunt for saving his son's life: the boy was going to die, she was a pediatrician and she managed to save him... the bear may have helped... I wish I knew where to look for that bearskin today...) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
