Smart Yoga Mats: Technology-Enhanced Practice

Smart yoga mats improve attention and release latent qualities in the practice by use of sensors and networking elements. After every session, they also record development and offer insightful analysis never previously possible. Though it looks like a standard mat, the US-made SmartMat combines microsensors with an app to provide posture direction. The sensors pick out the user's foot placement and weight distribution pattern.

Alignment Helper

Finding ways to improve their poses without an instructor's guidance presents a big difficulty for yoga practitioners. One business is trying to solve this issue with a new smart yoga mat that looks almost like a wearable but isn't worn at all. The self-titled smart mat sends pressure data to a companion app that can make alignment and balance modifications suggested. Through downloadable classes, it may also teach you fresh moves; there's a "zen mode" for when you simply want to practise silently. The mat is on Indiegogo right now; shipping is scheduled for next July. It arrives with a rechargeable battery and can be rolled up for simple travel. Designed to work with a smartphone or tablet running either Android or iOS, it supports one of six distinct downloaded classes. Two sets of End-to-- End lines help you make sure your feet or hands are equidistant from a centre line running powerfully across the mat.

Individualised Counsel

Real-time feedback is essential for improving your yoga skills and preventing injuries, regardless of your level of experience—beginner learning the foundations or seasoned yogi honing posture. Smart mats can provide customised advice in the form of visual hints or auditory signals or gentle nudges. To keep inspired, some models also include downloaded yoga courses and wellness tracking tools on the YogiFi mat. Likewise, the TERRA mat fits virtual reality headsets that carry you to peaceful environments and provides badges to honour everyday practice and development. Busy consumers who lead inactive lives and require simple-to-access direction and motivation to lead a healthy life would find this kind of tailored education perfect. Certain suppliers, including US-based fitness technology firm Wellnesys, have also combined their YOGiFi smart yoga mat with Samsung televisions to let users enjoy guided practices and get instantaneous posture feedback via the YOGiFi app. To meet the needs of different skill levels and age groups, the YOGiFi mat also provides a range of wellness programs.

Connectivity

Smart yoga mats provide real-time feedback to help you improve your form regardless of your level of experience—beginner learning the fundamentals or seasoned yogi honing advanced positions. These devices can transmit information about your posture, balance and alignment to partner apps for study by using sensors and Bluetooth connectivity. Users of the SmartMat app can select from three modes: In Home Private (which provides audio and visual cues), In Class Assist (uses just visual indicators) or Zen mode (records solely for later analysis). According to Jahan, the company is trying to have yoga teacher taught feature lessons on its app. Technavio projects that the worldwide smart yoga mat market will be worth $27 million by 2022. Among several top suppliers in the market are Liforme Ltd., McKinsey and Co., Peloton Interactive Inc., Sensing Tex SL and Performance Research Inc.

Virtual reality

A smart yoga mat can link to an app using virtual reality to lead users through sessions in real-time. If someone is new to yoga or for those finding trouble with challenging poses, this kind of technology can be especially beneficial. Many smart yoga mats can be hooked to a tablet or smartphone to access an app offering instruction on posture and alignment. Many times, these programs track development over time and provide courses as well. A few additionally offer insightful, never-before-seen data following a session. Including sustainability into the design of smart yoga mats can help to establish confidence and loyalty with consumers as yoga aficionados grow more ecologically sensitive. Promoting sustainable production, stressing supply chain openness, and offering instructional materials on waste minimisation can all help to accomplish this. One mat that doubles as a meditation cushion, for instance, can help cut waste and lessen the need for several products.