Did you know that most people are unaware that they are wearing plastic or PET fabrics for yoga? In an extensive study done by Proyog, it was found that 9 out of 10 yoga practitioners in US and Canada are wearing clothing made of polyester and nylon!
It is shocking that a 3000-year-old tradition like yoga has literally been polluted by plastic fibres: in a sense the purity of yoga has been sacrificed at the altar of modernity.
So the question is: What should we wear during yoga practice?
Switching to sustainable materials is the best thing you can do for your yoga practice. Simply put, you need to start wearing organic or organic-rich clothing that is gentle on your body and the planet: cotton, linen, silk, wool, hemp or even bamboo. You need to check product labels to ensure that the fabric (cotton, etc) is organically grown and ethically produced.
Please say a big ‘No’ to recycled plastic garments for yoga: both the cost and eco-footprint of recycling plastic fibres is immense. These are some of the fibres that you need to ban from your yoga wear wardrobe: nylon, polyester, acrylic, recycled polyester, recycled nylon and recycled plastic.
In order to serve the principles of yoga practice and our general well-being it is high time we too play our part in being far more responsible about what we wear. So, what is Proyog, doing about it? Proyog constantly asks yogis, what would make their practice better? What are they looking for?
Choose fabrics that are gentle on you and the environment like cotton, silk, hemp, linen, wool and bamboo. As yoga practitioners, Proyog is aware that most sustainable yoga wear does not boast of performance. That’s why the company has spent years just perfecting its fabrics and materials, and now the brand is confident that these will enhance any yogis practice manifold.
This is the beginning of Proyog’s campaign called ‘Save Yoga from Plastic’ to create awareness about the ill-effects of PET fibres used in yoga clothing in three directions:
- Antithetical to the principles of traditional practice of yoga
- Adverse effects on our health and well-being
- Impact on our environment.
If yoga comes from India, the onus of true yoga wear cannot be on the world. Proyog, is the world’s first super-specialised sustainable yoga wear for serious practitioners. It is designed to enhance the practice.
Proyog is no sportswear in disguise. In fact, it’s a clarion call to millions of present-day yoga lovers who still wear polyester. Unaware of the innate contradiction, or the harm they invite.
Naturally breathable, Proyog sustainable yoga wear is the polar opposite of synthetic. Soft and stretchable, neither too tight nor too loose, Proyog moves along with the body as you breathe in and out of asanas. The purpose is pure and simple. The perfect yoga wear can distil and deepen your yoga experience.
Source: Proyog
