The yoga towel: No more slip-sliding away

When I picture yoga, I picture eternal moments of peaceful zen--me in a bamboo yoga tank in lotus position, eyes closed while the universe swirls in breathtaking, heartbreakingly beautiful patterns around me, sliding into my soul and making me one with everything. When I actually do yoga, there my ass is, up in the air, my arms are aching and my knees are trembling and sweat is pouring down my elbows and onto my hands and the only way I'm going to be one with everything is when I finally slip, smash face-first into my mat and knock myself out.

Sloppy teaching and overly competitive students are giving yoga lovers serious and scary injuries. Watch out for these treacherous poses.

There's not a lot I can do about the trembly knees and weak, noodly arms except practice some more, but I can make sure I don't go slip-sliding into a coma with a skidless yoga towel. For real. This one from Yogitoes goes right over your mat and using the power of science, sticks to both your mat and to you, providing a skidless surface that will keep you stable. Physically, anyway. They're lightweight and absorbent, too--and unlike a yoga mat, you can wash and dry the thing. Throw it on top of your mat to keep it from getting skanky, or bring it with you to the gym to avoid contact with the nasty stranger-germs mats they provide. Plus it comes in colors like Frog Green and Deity Vishnu Gold. I can picture my total awesomeness at butt-kicking yoga, all of a sudden.

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