To err on the safe side, we always recommend checking the instructions on your mat before using cleaning products on it.
When was the last time you gave your yoga mat a good rub down? Has it been a while? Since spring cleaning is probably on your mind, take that mentality to your yoga gear and make your mat so fresh and so clean, clean.
Here’s a tried and true natural recipe that many of our yogis use. Before starting, be sure to check your mat’s cleaning instructions to make sure deep cleaning doesn’t void any lifetime warranties (it happens with some brands).
How to (Deep) Clean a Yoga Mat
- Fill up your bathtub with enough warm water to submerge your mat.
- Add about a teaspoon of baking soda to the water.
- Squeeze half (or whole) lemon into the water.
- Mix the water then submerge your mat.
- Leave in the tub for 20-30 minutes.
- Take out of the water and hang to dry for 24 hours (not in direct sunlight).
- Your mat finally smells good again.
Put a check mark next to “clean yoga gear” on your Spring To-Do List. Start your next class on a fresh mat!
Your nose (and feet and hands) will thank you for it.
