Doing Yoga On Carpet

To some doing yoga on the carpet only takes a few weeks of getting used to and then becomes a non issue.

Doing yoga on carpet. I ve been doing yoga at home on carpet for almost 6 months now and actually find that when i move to hardwood floors my balance is more stable. It s much easier to do it with your mat on a firm surface like a wood or tile floor. Our yoga room is carpeted so i made this board platform to act as a substitute floor. Yoga boards platforms for doing yoga on carpet my wife has been taking yoga classes for a few years but she has been doing more of it at home recently.

Sometimes the best floor surface is not an option for home exercise. For those looking to practice yoga on a mat on a carpet we reviewed top choices in the market. There are a variety of safe and effective tips for working out on carpet. A few weeks ago jake had posted on the ybc yoga forum that he had found a solution to doing yoga on carpeted floors his hard surface yoga platform has served him so well and was generating quite a little buzz on the forum that i thought i should ask if he d be willing to share his step by step process with.

It s difficult to do yoga on carpet. However most yogis recommend against it. Until now she had been doing it in our kitchen but it s not a great environment. So while the carpet may be more difficult once you find our balance there you will definitely have it on the hardwood floors.

Multiply this over multiple days a week and your carpet will quickly start to deteriorate in quality. It s made of 5 8 thick bamboo flooring planks glued to a 1 4 sheet of birch plywood with 1 8 bamboo trim around the perimeter. Today s guest post is from jake a 27 year old ybc reader from salt lake city utah. If you workout on your carpet in shoes every time you exercise you are gradually wearing out your carpet by doing repetitive actions that dull the quality of your carpet in the same spot.

Balance issues hard floors ensure that you ll be able to maintain your balance because the surface is even and steady and won t give more in some areas than others.