Comments on: Yogis Are Now Hi-Tech

By: Samantha B

Samantha B — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:09:16 +0000

If your yoga involves electronics, you’re doing it wrong.

By: Design Enterprise » Blog Archive » Building Inspirations

Design Enterprise » Blog Archive » Building Inspirations — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:08:50 +0000

[...] Conceptual Yoga Mat Conceptualized by designer Hui-Zong Chen, I guess it’s rather a good try to see if the idea would work but personally it does contradict probably on what is yoga normally does to the user? Isn’t the person are into meditation where they would want more peace than distractions? Perhaps I still couldn’t imagine a person watching a 2-hour Transformers videos while doing Yoga. Hm. via engadget [...]

By: Contre-Temps Electronic Diary by Alexandre Fourn » Yanko Design

Contre-Temps Electronic Diary by Alexandre Fourn » Yanko Design — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:13:59 +0000

[...] technology. Fortunately at YD we have been able to add variety to the platter with items like the Yoga Mat and Music Score Sheet. This time we add an electronic diary to the list. This diary may as well [...]

By: Pain In The Back? | weloveyourwalls design blog

Pain In The Back? | weloveyourwalls design blog — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:17:57 +0000

[...] To make the back muscles strong, regular exercise, stretching, maintaining correct posture and Yoga helps a lot. For the moment when a spasm occurs, doctors usually advice muscle relaxing creams, [...]

By: VertaBrate Back Massager by Jacob Ballard » Yanko Design

VertaBrate Back Massager by Jacob Ballard » Yanko Design — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:15:36 +0000

By: Will

Will — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:32:28 +0000

If not yoga it would still be useful for many other excesizes. Push ups, sit ups etc.

By: Babuji

Babuji — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 19:02:30 +0000

This is simply ridiculous. Innovative, Yes!, but totally impractical for Yoga.

Yoga is supposed to take one’s awareness AWAY from the outside and bring their awareness within them. It’ll be quite a distraction to have this for a mat.

On the other hand, it can also be a true test for a yogi to not be distracted by his/her environment, and try to overcome this external influence.

Nevertheless, think of what the true yogis of the past used to work with. They didn’t even have sticky mats, just simply used the ground, or some sort of straw mat.

I wonder what will be next?

By: They Didn’t Have These When Ira Posed

They Didn’t Have These When Ira Posed — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 05:14:51 +0000

[...] of the more complex poses is displayed in front of you. One of the people who left a comment at the page I found this mat on raises the issue of needing high-absorbency, low-slip material to work out on, [...]

By: Mfok

Mfok — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 06:32:34 +0000

The problem with this is, a major part of yoga is meditation. Yoga mats are formed for function. Sure, music is a big part of it, but having such a complex and styled object will be distracting and counterproductive to the practice of yoga. Yoga mats are also generally made of incredibly soft, easily gripped material that can absorb a decent amount of moisture as you sweat on it. The “electronic paper screen” would be hard, slippery plastic and completely unsuitable for yoga. On top of all that, Yoga is generally considered a private practice and communicating with anyone but your instructor during Yoga is unthinkable.

I understand your effort and attempt to mix the new with the old, but you have to be really careful not to clutter the object when you’re designing for something that is so psychological on certain levels.

By: CubeMe » Blog Archive » Yogis Are Now Hi-Tech

CubeMe » Blog Archive » Yogis Are Now Hi-Tech — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:39:23 +0000

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