http://lotuspadyogamats.com Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:28:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I can hardly believe it's been almost a year since I launched Lotuspad. Last August when I put the site up live, I had no idea what to expect and if anyone would be share my passion for beautiful, eco-friendly yoga mats for kids. They did, and feedback has been ... http://lotuspadyogamats.com/2008/06/08/one-year-on-for-lotuspad/ Lotuspad is growing! We are so excited to announce that our new line of eco yoga mats will be arriving in mid-June. We will also be carrying a fresh new line of yoga mat carry straps. The biggest news is our expanded adult yoga mat line. I can't even tell you ... http://lotuspadyogamats.com/2008/04/16/big-changes-coming-for-lotuspad/ We're going to be playing around with new carry strap styles in the coming months, and I am VERY excited with this new batch! By popular demand, we are going to be carrying more gender neutral styles, and all straps will be longer to accommodate both children and adults! The straps ... http://lotuspadyogamats.com/2008/03/13/new-carry-strap-styles/ It's finally starting to happen: parents are waking up to the dangers of PVC in children's products. If 2007 was the year of the lead toy recall, then 2008 might be spell the end of PVC in kid's products. So is a yoga mat considered a toy? After recalling millions of ... http://lotuspadyogamats.com/2008/03/04/outcry-builds-over-pvc-vinyl/ Just when I think my love for Etsy cannot get any deeper, along comes SkyFi. This seller transforms old, wrecked audio equipment into very cool "new" pieces that will make you love listening to vinyl again (but wait, isn't vinyl pvc? Oh well). I want one. From their site: Sky Fi recycles ... http://lotuspadyogamats.com/2008/02/20/retro-music-on-etsy/ Having missed Gumby in my own childhood, I have become immersed in the adventures of Gumby, Pokey, Prickle and Goo through my daughter, who became obsessed with the characters after a fortuitous yard sale find last fall (best 25 cents I've ever spent!). As it turns out, Gumby and friends were ... http://lotuspadyogamats.com/2008/02/13/gumby-environmentalist-and-eco-warrior/ We've seen very few yoga studios (at least here in Boston) that offer non-pvc yoga mats for in-studio use, which is why we applaud the Bozeman Yoga Center for going almost 100% green with the Lotuspad eco yoga mat. The center first contacted us when they wanted to carry a ... http://lotuspadyogamats.com/2008/02/12/bozeman-yoga-center-goes-green/ Kudos to the It's Yoga Kids studios for choosing our eco-friendly yoga mats for their studios! It's Yoga Kids is the only Bay Area yoga studio created to serve the needs of children and families. Yoga classes include family, prenatal, postnatal-mom & baby, kids - infants to teens - ... http://lotuspadyogamats.com/2008/01/31/its-yoga-kids-in-san-francisco-uses-the-lotuspad/ One of Lotuspad's biggest supporters almost from day one has been Lani Rosen, founder of the fabulous Full of Joy Yoga program. We're very honored that Lani has chosen to use non-toxic Lotuspad yoga mats for all of her kids yoga classes - taught at the very new and very ... http://lotuspadyogamats.com/2008/01/31/lani-rosens-full-of-joy-yoga-for-kids/   "I practice yoga at Baptiste Power Yoga, which has studios around town. It's great for flexibility, it's therapeutic, and great for your attitude. And it gets you some silence during your day." -   --  Tom Brady Despite living in Boston, I'm not much of a football fan - but ... http://lotuspadyogamats.com/2008/01/17/why-is-tom-brady-having-a-perfect-season-yoga-might-be-the-answer/