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.
Yoga floor over carpet.
A standard yoga mat is around 1 8 inch thick while some are 1 6 or inches thick.
The mat on the thin carpet will provide you a great yoga exercise.
The lifeboard is a portable floor to enhance yoga or ballet practice at home on carpet or outdoors on just about any surface.
It should not be so thin or thick.
At the end of the day deciding whether or not to practice yoga on the carpet with or without a mat is really your call.
What do you think about doing yoga on the carpet.
The interlocking tabs keep the two panels from separating vertically or horizontally.
Place the lifeboard on just about any surface then put a standard sized yoga mat on the lifeboard and enjoy your practice.
The lifeboard provides a portable firm non slip floor for enhanced yoga pilates or ballet exercise.
One of yoga s objectives is to ground the barefoot body in a stable posture connected to the earth.
Considering that carpets are generally expensive using it as a yoga mat may not be worth it.
Ideal for stable yoga on carpet.
I use this floor to practice ballet social dance yoga.
If you use the same spot over and over that portion of your carpet will fade over time.
Here s a step by step guide on how i built my dance sprung floor over my carpet for less than 500.
Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet.
In your indoor practice space that s whatever covers the floor.
You can do yoga anywhere.
It provides a durable and rigid platform for yoga on soft surfaces.
Sure i d get my security deposit back but i d have to live with a disgusting 8 x 10 cover up in the meantime.
Try and see if it works.
The lifeboard is durable portable affordable and made of recyclable material.
In your home when replacing a floor is not an option a quality natural material or laminate that can be laid over the existing floor provides a suitable surface.
But if you re still not sure what to get here are a few of our most popular home gym flooring options.
Here s a link to a success story over fluffy carpet if you d like to try it.
We didn t know enough about our future to justify the time and expense.
The patent pending design is lightweight and portable.
A rug over carpet.
The best gym floors to use over carpet.
Be careful that the thickness of the mat is important.
You can really use any gym flooring over your carpet as long as you follow the above instructions.
Today s guest post is from jake a 27 year old ybc reader from salt lake city utah.