Thursday, October 22, 2009

Yoga Clothes: A Style You Can Live With

By Elizabeth Bailey

There are actually no hard and fast rules as to what types of garments you can wear when performing yoga exercises. Since yoga is a non competitive activity and you can do it at home if you would like to, the guidelines are extremely relaxed when it comes to yoga clothes.

However, performing yoga exercises means you've got to bend, stretch and twist your body a lot. To achieve maximum flexibility of movement, you must wear comfortable yoga clothes. Good yoga clothes will give you liberty of movement.

Note that tight garments will pitch your skin and impede your movements. Likewise, tight garments are extraordinarily uncomfortable when you do stretching exercises. To help choose the right kind of clothes, here are some tips...

The Right Fit

Any types of clothes will not really look or feel good on you unless they fit right. If your yoga clothes are one size too tiny or too large for you, you will not truly feel cushty in them. To find the right yoga clothes, you want to take a little time to try these garments on before you purchase them. When trying on yoga clothes, attempt to perform some yoga positions and see if you can move openly.

However, if you should happen to live in a remote area and you don't have any choice but to shop on the Internet, make sure that you get the perfect size of yoga clothes. You do not really want to end up returning the clothes after you receive them. Note that most online stores charge the shipping and handling cost to their clients when they return or exchange products.

Materials

When buying yoga clothes, pay close attention to the materials used. Yoga clothes that are made of spandex, elastic and light materials are ideal for maximum flexibility. Forget those yoga clothes that are made of cotton. Cotton may feel cool on the skin but after you start sweating, the cotton materials of your clothes will become heavy, sticky and uncomfortable.

Likewise, the feel of cotton materials will become rough and heavy when wet so you can try and imagine the pain that cotton will cause you. Note that cotton materials can also chaff your skin.

To achieve maximum comfort, buy clothes that are made from sweat absorbent materials. Light and sweat absorbent yoga clothes are perfect for your routine.

Ask mates or your yoga instructor for recommendations as to which brands last the best and are the most comfortable and acceptable for yoga before you spend too much cash on ill-fitting, inappropriate yoga gear.

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1 comment:

  1. Yeah I agree that there is no hard and fast rule on wearing types of garments while doing yoga, but for my comfort I always prefer wearing alo yoga clothing only. This way I can do any pose with great flexibility. I always prefer buying clothing online.

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