“Regular yoga mats often leave my wrists in pain because they're just too thin and don't protect my joints from the floor nearly enough,” SELF’s senior commerce editor, Sarah Felbin, says.

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To find the best yoga mats, we vinyasa-ed on all shapes and sizes (from Jade to Manduka), comparing textures, weight, grip, and thickness.

This really depends on how you treat your mat. Mine is still going strong after six years, but I don’t tend to do high-sweat ...