Top Online Stores for Buying Yoga Equipment

Regular yoga practitioners cannot just stop by the local convenience store and pick up the latest yoga DVD, buy a new mat, or find replacement yoga props.

Yoga items are specialty items that cannot be readily found. Some gyms and yoga studios carry a specific class-related selection of yoga equipment. Bookstores are also another place to find yoga DVDs and CDs.

Health food stores sometimes have a section of yoga related mats, DVDs, and props.

Sometimes to find just the right yoga specialty item, yoga practitioners have to go online to make their purchases. Many of these online stores also have wholesalepricing for yoga studios and yoga instructors.

Top Online Stores for Buying Yoga Equipment

Here are the top online stores for yoga equipment:

1. Gaiam

(www.gaiam.com/mindbody)

Gaiam is home to the best yoga DVDS available. Instructors on the Gaiam or Living Arts Yoga DVD series include the transcendent Rodney Yee. They also have a wide range of Yoga DVDS for all levels.

Gaiam also sells specialty yoga equipment, clothing, and gear. Some of their best items include yoga mat wipes, toe sox, yoga bolsters, and silk yoga pillows.

They also stock a nice selection of yoga kits, and environmentally-friendly yoga props and items.

2. Yoga Site

(www.yogasite.com)

Yoga Site is one-stop shop for all yoga related items.

Yoga site sells traditional yoga sticky mats. Their mats are thick and extra long. Yoga mats for Ashtanga and Power yoga are also available. They also sell cotton yoga rugs.

Yoga Site is also a source for cotton futon mats, yoga socks, and mat towels. Also find yoga props including blocks, blankets and straps. Yoga Site also sells yoga clothes.

Yoga DVDs, CDs, and books can also be found at this site.

3. Yoga Accessories

(www.yogaaccessories.com)

Yoga Accessories has yoga balls, yoga blocks, yoga bolsters, yoga mat bags, yoga blankets and yoga straps. They also sell yoga eye pillows, DVDs, and neck pillows.

4.AeroMats.com

(www.aeromats.com)

AeroMats sells two different sizes of non-stretch Yoga and Pilates mats. They also sell yoga props including bricks, wedges, and straps. Aeromats also sells a variety of fitness equipment, including fitness balls for exercise and for rehabilitation. They also sell balance equipment, including balance domes, balance boards, and balance pods.

5. RaviAna

(www.raviana.com)

RaviAna sells Kundalini Yoga DVDs, antioxidant body powders, and CDs of music to play during your own yoga practice.

6. YogaPro

(www.yogapro.com)

YogaPro sells some black yoga mats, an apparent novelty in the yoga industry. They also sell yoga mat bags, Maha mats, Neti Pots, and bolsters.

Instructors, groups, and studios will want to check out their Mats by the roll, a less expensive way to buy yoga mats.