Yoga mats that are slightly thicker than the standard mat are recommended for yoga forms such as Bikram Yoga, Hot Yoga and Power Yoga but also for the befinning yoga practitioner, who is looking for a yoga mat with more comfort. Thicker yoga mats offer good damping and insulation on a cold surface. The extra thick yoga mats are mainly used by people who practice Pilates and sometimes Restorative Yoga.
A yoga mat of 4 mm thickness is the most used yoga mat and has a perfect combination of comfort, grip, damping and weight. If you often do yoga, the 4 mm yoga mats are very suitable because they provide good damping for your wrists and knees. As far as grip is concerned, this mat is also very nice, hands and feet do not slip away during the different yoga exercises. Moreover, these mats are lightweight and thin enough to take every day to the yoga studio.
Thick yoga mat 5 - 6 mm
Yoga mats with this thickness are the norm. A large part of these mats falls under the maximum thickness. These yoga mats offer good damping, but are less stable with standing yoga postures. Thick yoga mats can give you the feeling that you have less contact with the floor because they are soft. These thicker mats can be heavy in terms of weight.
Extra thick yoga mat 1 - 1.5 cm
This is the thickest mat among the yoga mats and offers the most damping, making it a suitable companion for people who practice Pilates. Because of the thickness, this mat is not really suitable for yoga use. Balance postures can be difficult with these types of mats, making standing yoga poses difficult to implement.
Sheep wool yoga mat 1.5 - 2 cm
A sheep wool yoga mat is quite thick and is used in different yoga styles. Because of the material, woolen mats are heavier than other yoga mats. Sheep wool has a soft, warming quality, which makes a yoga mat of wool a fine mat, especially in soft yoga styles such as Kundalini Yoga, Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga and Meditation.
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