Yoga Bags

When you are traveling back and forth between home or work and the Yoga studio, you want to find the perfect yoga bag to carry all of your stuff along with your yoga mat in style, but you also want the bag to be practical. There are many different styles of yoga bags to choose from these days, so be sure to try out many different kinds of bags before you decide which one you will purchase.

Now, let's be honest, you could just haul your stuff to class in any regular old gym bag, and some people do, but why settle when you can have a bag that was designed to meet the needs of the yogi on the go? Many of these bags are crafted from all natural materials such as organic hemp and cotton. For those who take the yoga lifestyle seriously, there are even Vegan, cruelty free bags that use recycled bicycle inner tubes to reinforce their bag's handles rather than using leather.

An important feature for yoga bags is the accommodation for the yoga mat. Some Yoga bags are simply oblong and you slide the yoga mat into the bag and zip it up. Other bags have a Velcro strap on the bottom to hold your rolled up yoga mat.

Here is a selection of some of the Yoga tote bags available right now:

Gravis yoga bags: These stylish bags come in several different styles and colors. Some bags even have a custom, matching yoga mat that comes with it. They have an external water bottle pocket, adjustable straps, and internal zippered compartments.

Handmade yoga tote bags: You can either make your own yoga tote bag using some fabric that you like if you are handy with a sewing machine. Another option for finding hand made yoga tote bags is to look on ebay or on etsy dot com, which is a web site that only sells handcrafted items.

Life is Good yoga bag: This is a bag just for your yoga mat with a bonus zipper pocket on the outside, adjustable straps and fully lined in nylon fabric.

Marc Jacobs yoga mat and bag: This might be considered one of the 'Rolls Royce' of yoga bags. The NUALA Puma bag designed by Christy Turlington for Marc Jacobs. This bag holds your Yoga may and other items, has brass insignia, leather handles and pockets and zippered internal compartments.

Timbuk2 yoga bags: This bag is constructed from heavy gauge, black nylon fabric. It looks like a super wide messenger bag with a unique roll flap on the bottom to secure your yoga mat. It has a water bottle pocket on the outside, and there are separate zipper compartments for storing your soggy yoga togs after class.