Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Yoga Clothes: Comfort At It's Best

By Elizabeth Bailey

There are really no hard and fast rules as to what kinds 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'd like to, the guidelines are extraordinarily relaxed when it comes to yoga clothes.

However, performing yoga exercises means you have to bend, stretch and twist your body a lot. To achieve maximum flexibleness of movement, you must wear snug yoga clothes. Good yoga clothes will give you freedom of movement.

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

The Right Fit

Any kinds of clothes will not truly look or feel good on you unless they fit right. If your yoga clothes are one size too little or too big for you, you will not actually feel cushty in them. To find the right yoga clothes, you must take some time to try these clothes on before you buy them. When trying on yoga clothes, try and perform some yoga positions and see if you can move freely.

However, if you should happen to live in a remote area and you have no choice but to shop on the Internet, ensure that you get the proper size of yoga clothes. You do not really want to end up returning the clothes after you receive them. Note that most web stores charge the shipping and handling cost to their clients when they return or exchange merchandise.

Materials

When buying yoga clothes, pay very close attention to the materials used. Yoga clothes that are made from spandex, elastic and light materials are excellent for maximum suppleness. 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.

Moreover, 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 cushty and OK for yoga before you spend too much money on ill-fitting, inappropriate yoga gear.

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