About this product
This is a cushioned yoga mat in NBR foam – nitrile butadiene rubber, a closed-cell foam with a soft, spongy feel.
Mat material is a real choice, not a detail. A thin sticky mat – PVC or natural rubber, typically 3 to 5 mm – is made for standing yoga: it grips hard, and being thin, it lets you feel the floor and balance properly. NBR foam is the opposite: thick, soft and insulating, at the cost of some stability in standing poses.
Which one you want depends on what you actually do. If your practice is mostly standing balance work, a thin mat is better. If it is floor-based – Pilates, core work, stretching, physiotherapy exercises, kneeling and lying poses – or if you train on tile or polished concrete, foam is much the better choice. Kneeling on a 4 mm mat over a tile floor hurts, and people stop doing the exercise rather than blame the mat.
The insulation is worth mentioning. A tiled or concrete floor pulls heat out of you surprisingly fast when you lie on it, and a foam mat sits between you and that.
Care in this climate is simple and it matters. Wipe it after each session – sweat sits on a closed-cell surface rather than soaking in, and left there it becomes slippery and eventually smells. Dry it in the shade and store it rolled rather than folded; a crease in foam becomes permanent.
Buying a Yoga Mat in Dar es Salaam
361 Degrees Adventure keeps the yoga mat at our showroom in Upanga, Dar es Salaam, with delivery countrywide across Tanzania. Come and handle it before you buy, or order online and collect.
Every yoga mat is checked in store before it leaves us, and our staff use the same kit in the field, so you get an honest answer on fit and sizing rather than a sales pitch.
Not sure which yoga mat suits you? Call or message the showroom and we will talk you through the options that are actually in stock in Tanzania.
Browse more Yoga & Mats in Tanzania, or see the full 361 Degrees range. For general background on strength training, see this overview on Wikipedia.
Yoga Mat - NBR Foam, Cushioned