Props and Gear for your Yoga practice – sew them up!
Sew if you have any sewing ability, you can make these items for your Yoga practice.
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A Yoga Bag by Amy Butler – Yoga Mat Bag -
A Lavender Eye Pillow by Amy Butler – Lavender Eye P
illow - A cool headband, to keep that hair out of the way …. at Headband for the hair!
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A Zafu Meditation Pillow – Zafu Meditation Pillow
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- Make your own bolsters. Now I found an article in one of my sewing books,
“Sewing for the Outdoors”, but then I found this on the internet… the same concept.
I used a roll of quilt batting, figured out how circle part on the bottom….well, kinda like the instructions for the yoga mat. Here are some links.
I used some cotton material that I had around the house. I used this same concept, to cover a neck roll that I had so that I could also use this in restorative yoga poses.
Here’s another link for making a stuff sack, or a cover for your cylinder shaped bolster…
and lastly here is another link for making the “stuffed bolster sack…”
Enjoy making your own yoga props!
Gail Pickens-Barger, International and Experience Certified and Registered Yoga Teacher
Additional sites for sewing up your yoga gear yoga props.
Fig and Plum’s Make a Yoga Mat Bag!
Threads 2003 Issue Make a Yoga Mat Carrier
Martha Stewart’s Yoga Mat Bag Instructions!
CraftBits Instructions on Making your own Yoga Mat Bag.
Making a yoga mat bag from an old pair of jeans!
A Yoga Mat “wrap”. A nice variation on transporting your yoga mat to and fro
Zafu’s – Zabutton’s or meditation seated cushions
