{"id":102,"date":"2014-03-19T07:51:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-19T12:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jbyrdyoga.com\/blog\/?p=102"},"modified":"2016-01-18T21:51:26","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T03:51:26","slug":"mat-review-spotlight-hugger-mugger-original-tapas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jbyrdyoga.com\/blog\/mat-review-spotlight-hugger-mugger-original-tapas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mat Review Spotlight: Hugger Mugger Original Tapas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing like an original and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0002CELS8\/?tag=jbyrdweb-20\" target=\"_blank\">Hugger Mugger Tapas<\/a> really was the first yoga mat. I first purchased these mats in large rolls and cut them apart for student mats. That was way back in the day before yoga mats became something you could buy in a grocery store.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Why would you want a Hugger Mugger Original Tapas Yoga Mat?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>You want a basic yoga mat.<\/li>\n<li>You want a mat that lasts and lasts.<\/li>\n<li>You want to connect to the history of yoga mats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>This was the first mat made specifically for yoga<\/h3>\n<div align=\"center\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0002CELS8\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B0002CELS8&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=jbyrdblog-20&#038;linkId=IO336RAQYDTIOGTI\" target=\"_blank\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&#038;ASIN=B0002CELS8&#038;Format=_SL250_&#038;ID=AsinImage&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;WS=1&#038;tag=jbyrdblog-20\" ><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=jbyrdblog-20&#038;l=as2&#038;o=1&#038;a=B0002CELS8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Times change. When I first began to do yoga they did not make &#8216;yoga&#8217; mats. You can read all about the trials an tribulations of that era in my post, <a href=\"http:\/\/jbyrdyoga.com\/blog\/?p=12\">Mat-titudes<\/a>. Thankfully those days have passed and you can find yoga mats everywhere. Yet the first actual yoga mat was this Hugger Mugger Tapas.<\/p>\n<p>I used to purchase 100 foot rolls of these mats and cut them apart with scissors so I could have yoga mats for my students. I still have a few of those mats in my studio today because they are durable. They still make them the same way today. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jbyrdyoga.com\/yoga%20mat%20review2.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is nothing like an original and the Hugger Mugger Tapas really was the first yoga mat. 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