Lotuspad Eco Yoga Mats {giveaway}
Written by Urban Sherp on December 17th, 2009
Who: Lotus Pad; Somerville, MA
What: Eco Yoga Mats
Where: Lotus Pad – $29-$34, on sale for 20% off through December 24th
Why We Love It: After rolling out our yoga mat and watching our nieces jockey for position under the canopy of our downward dog, we realized they might like their own, kid-sized mat. The hard part was finding one. After hours spent searching for eco-friendly alternatives to the toxic PVC* mats that are so prevalent in yoga studios, we discovered LotusPad.
Lotuspad founder, Katy Downy wanted to share the joy of yoga with her young daughter while reconciling the disconnect she saw between the earth conscious practice of yoga and the toxicity of the mats that most people had underfoot. So, in 2007, she began making her own kid-sized eco yoga mats and has since expanded the collection to include yoga mats for ‘adults, yoga bags and a collection of colorful and locally made mat slings to match.
The mats are a-mazing (we’ve got one in Earth). They are made of a closed cell TPE (ThermoPlastic Elastomer) that’s super light-weight and much much thicker than standard mats, so we haven’t had to fold our mats over for extra padding like we did with our old mat. We’ve used it inside and out and found that once you take a week to break it in you won’t miss the sticky mat at all. And these mats are 100% biodegradable, recyclable and PVC, lead and latex free so you can breath easy on those deep inhales….
*So what makes PVCs so bad other than the fact that they are known carcinogens that don’t decompose, ever? Click to find out.
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I think I’d rock the orange circles with the brown and green mat!
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Oh and btw – I’m local – I’d pick it up!
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I’d get the lava mat and Black saddle stitch OUT sling
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I love, love the yoga mats! I’ve been doing yoga for over a year now and I would love to have that lava eco yoga mat paired with the chocolate green dot sling!
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earth, pink split pea
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I like the earth color mat and the purple flower strap. Straps are a Cool idea.
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I would choose the lavender mat and the chocolate orchid dot sling.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
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Brown and green…brown and green! I NEED the brown and green.
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The lava eco yoga mat and the Gold dragonfly sling
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nancyrobster@gmail.com
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i like the lava eco yoga mat with the gold dragonfly straps
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I love the black eco yoga mat, it,s my favorite color, and I just happened to start doing yoga about 2 months ago to help me stop smoking, this would be perfect!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And by the way it did help me, I no longer smoke!!!!!!!!!!!
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What lovely yoga mats and carriers!
My sister does yoga and I would love to give her this coordinating set.
The Earth Eco Yoga Mat with the Brown
Retro Strip Carrier is my favorite!
Many thanks once again…..Cindi
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I would go with the Lava Eco Yoga Mat and the Purple Flower sling ~ they take me back to my flower child days in San Francisco (early to mid 60′s)
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I wasn’t able to look at their stuff because when I tried to enter the site, I got this message from McAfee: “When we tested this site we found links to fitsugar.com, which we found breaches browser security on our test PC. Is there another way to do it?
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I like the earth eco yoga mat with the chocolate green dot sling.
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would love this
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I would love the Earth Eco Yoga Mat.
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I would pair the lavendar mat with the mod flower sling. Very put together and young. (Gotta think young while doing yoga!) For added measure, I would throw in that wonderful lavendar eye pillow, that pillow is just too cool!!!
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I would combine the black matt and sunburst orange sling.
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I would get the Lave eco yoga mat and pair it with the purple flower sling!
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I would choose theearth eco(green)yoga mat and pair it with the chocolate green dot sling.
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love the lavender and apple green!
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I would choose the lavendar mat with the mod flower sling-reminds me of of my hippie years:)Kewl cts!!!
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OOPS-thats should read mats not cts.
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Great for my yoga class.
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I would pick the lavender mat with the mod flower out carry strap.
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I love the green mat with the orchid lady bug carry strap.
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I love the rich colors of the lava eco yoga mat.. and I would pair it with the bright colors of the Purple flower strap! So pretty!
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I like the lavender eco yoga mat.
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I like the black eco yoga mat.
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I like the earthy colors and simpler designs– I would pair the Lava mat with the Black saddle strap!
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lava eco yoga mat, as far as the strap it said “Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.”
Thanks for the chance
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wonderful!
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The eco yoga mat in lavender and the Mod flower OUT sling are really GROOVY together!
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Lavendar mat with the purple flower sling–OR the sunburst orange! Awesome!
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I love the lavander mat and the orange circles sling. So cute!
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I like the Tiny blue bubbles sling and the Earth mat.
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Love the lavendar
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I would get the earth green mat with the chocolate green dot sling.
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I would pair the lavendar mat with the Iris polka dot sling.
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i love the lavender with the tiny orchid bubble sling. what a great idea!
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lava with the green dots
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purple mats for my daughters — they love mine!with blue retro and choc. orchid dots so they’ll know whose is whose.
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I would choose the lavender mat and the chocolate orchid dot sling
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Paring the Lava mat with the sunburst orange strap would be a nice exciting contrast to yoga!
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get the lava mat and Black saddle stitch OUT sling
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I would like a beautiful purple mat and a stunning turquoise strap. These two colours complement each other and will enhance your Yoga experience with brightness and reflection.
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I would love the lavender mat with the blue retro strip sling, too cool!!
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I would love the lavender mat with the purple flower sling
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Earth mad with the blue tiny bubbles for sure.
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I would pair the Plum mat with the Mod Flower Sling….ever so cute!! Thank you.
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I would have the coolest mat in pilates class. Very cute mats!
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I would have the collest mat in pilates class! Love these!
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lava eco mat with the chocolate orchid dot sling.
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I would pivk the Earth eco mat ( green) with the Green dragon fly mat sling- My favorite color is green
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The lava mat with the brown retro stripe!
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Tiny blue bubble strap with the Earth yoga mat…SA-WEET!!
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Lavender mat with the pastel striped strap
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black mat with black saddle stitch out sling! chic!
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EARTH, PINK SPLIT PE
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like the lave
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Lavender mat with the mod flower out sling strap.
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The earth eco yoga mat and green dragonfly carry strap are on my wishlist.
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black mat with the sunburst orange sling
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lava mat with the gold dragonfly sling!!
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I’m a fan of the earth eco yoga mat and the sunburst orange strap.
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earth with orange ciecles sling – so fun!
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i would choose the lavender yoga mat with the the chocolate orchid dot sling.
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I would actually get two – the Earth mat with the green dragonfly sling for me and the Lavender mat with the Orchid ladybug sling for my daughter.
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I really like the Lavendar mat with the Gold Dragonfly strap.
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Black mat for my husband – maybe he’ll join me!
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I’d like the lava with the orchid bubbles sling. So cute!
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Lavendar eco mat with the striped strap, great eye popping combo!
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Lava Mat with the Mod-flower Sling, please!
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lavendar mat with Brown retro stripe sling
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Finally, an eco-friendly kid yoga mat that is sealed for their protection! I’d take a dozen!
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Mod flower and lavender mat – definitely.
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I would pair The Chocolate Orchid Dot with the Lavender Mat.
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really like the lava, earth tone mat and the green dragonfly sling
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I woud get the lavender yoga mat with the orange circles sling.
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black eco yoga mat and Black saddle stitch OUT
tvollowitz at aol dot com
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Lavender mat with the orchid ladybug
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Love the lavender with the green dragonfly…
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Ooh… I adore the lavender eco mat paired with the Blue retro stripe sling. Hope I win, hope I win!
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NEW black eco yoga mat
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I love the black mat with the gold dragonfly sling!!!
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE
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I would choose the lavender eco yoga mat paired with the Purple flower sling!
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lavender mat, the link wouldn’t work for me to check out the straps
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I like the earth mat and the purple flower strap.
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Black mat and golden dragonfly sling is what I like!
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Lavender & since the sling I like best (Chocolate orchid dot), I’d go with Orchid ladybug.
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earth eco yoga mat with the brown retro stripe
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I WOULD PAIR THE LAVENDER MAT WITH THE ORCHID LADYBUG SLING
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I’d go with the earth mat with the brown retro stripe sling.
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I like the lava, earth tone mat and the green dragonfly sling, neat combo