How To Roll Up A Yoga Mat

I used felt leftover from another project tape measure.

How to roll up a yoga mat.

Infographic on how to roll yoga mat properly without getting dirty. Step 5 put that sucker in your bag or wrap with your carrying strap. This option leaves a crease bang in the middle of the mat. So instead of rolling up the mat starting from one end do it this way.

Find out what works best for pilates and how to decide whether you want a roll up mat or a folding mat. Double roll so the first idea i used was to fold the mat half way through so the surface of the mat will stay securely in touch only with the surface. Yoga mat owner s manual. But as with most things there s a right way and a not so right way.

If you unroll your yoga mat and are left with the end curling up by your. If the paper or cloth is too short it won t cover all the edges. There are differences between pilates mats and yoga mats. Rotary cutter cutting mat or scissors.

Measure and mark 36 inches from the squared off end at several places along the felt. We also give. This won t change your life but it will mean you get a clean yoga mat to lay on every time. With the mat on the floor pick up one end and walk it to the other end so that the mat is folded in half with the surface on which you were exercising on the inside only touching itself.

The top that was shorter should now pretty much line up nicely with the half underneath. Square up one end of the felt. Green felt it comes in 72 width. Now roll up the mat starting from one end.

Then you can roll your mat from the folded portion. Wrestling a long mat through a dozen or more small rotations to roll it up fully is tedious not an ideal way to wind up your peaceful practice. The initial horizontal crease in the foam gets tightly compressed in the middle of the rolled mat causing that end to curl and spring back when unrolled and preventing the mat from lying flat. Lay the yoga mat on the paper or cloth and set the length so that the paper reaches exactly up to the middle of the circle on the edge of the mat on both sides.

To make the puzzle mat. Step 4 keep rolling right till the end. Here s what you ll need to make a puzzle mat. If it s too long it will look bunched up instead of nice and pleated.

Rolling a yoga mat shouldn t be rocket science right.