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Yoga
Mat Bag - Looking After Your Bag
Author:
Sundeep Sitara
This article gives you handy
tips for looking after your yoga mat bag.
1. Wash your bag and mat regularly. Both will get really smelly
if you don't. Yoga is hard enough as it is, the last thing
you want when you are focusing on your breathing is to have
it assaulted by a foul smelling mat. Always follow the washing
instructions on your yoga mat bag.
2. Bags tend to get left on the floor, where they get kicked
around and trod on. Try to avoid this happening with your
yoga mat bag for it will longer and provide better protection
for your yoga mat.
3. Yoga mats deteriorate if they come into prolonged contact
with water. I am not sure about the science of it, but the
rubber starts to break up. So, keep your mat dry when you
are not cleaning it, and, similarly, keep your yoga mat bag
dry so that your yoga mat stays dry inside it.
4. I have seen a number of yoga mat bags suffer under the
burden of being used as a general bag. Avoid the temptation
to carry everything in your yoga mat bag. It's mean to protect
your yoga mat, not be a general work horse. Otherwise, you'll
find that the shoulder strap may eventually give up on you,
or the seams on the bag begin to go under the pressure of
too many things being crammed into it. It is a yoga mat bag
not a hand bag so you'd be well advised to respect the difference.
5. If you are doing yoga in a monsoon country, e.g. India,
be aware that clothes and bags can go mouldy during monsoon.
There is less chance of this happening in a well ventilated
room and this is where you should keep your yoga mat bag during
the rainy season.
