You must wipe down your mat at the least each couple of makes use of, mentioned Jana Lengthy, government director of the Black Yoga Lecturers Alliance, and Erica Whalen, co-owner of Mang’Oh Yoga (now known as The Yoga Widespread). (The Black Yoga Lecturers Alliance beforehand obtained a donation from JadeYoga, the maker of one among our mat picks, however was not concerned in our overview of yoga mats.) That is for the great of your mat and for sustaining a clear setting, notably in shared observe areas. Pathogens sometimes discovered on fitness center gear (such because the fungus that causes ringworm or athlete’s foot, the virus that causes plantar warts, Staphylococcus aureus, and E. coli) hitch to yoga mats, too.