The 10 Best Travel Yoga Mats To Find Your Zen Anywhere

The Gaiam Foldable Yoga Mat is an ideal choice to bring along on your journey. This mat’s lightweight and compact design makes it incredibly easy to transport. You can easily fold and clip this travel yoga mat together, making it convenient to carry around. It is just 2mm thick and has little cushion, but it’s ideal for quick, on-the-go use. The two attached straps with buckles secure the folded mat, ensuring it stays put while you move. The reliable design and durable materials make this an excellent choice for yoga enthusiasts who are always traveling.

If you want to stay flexible while you travel, the Skelcore Yoga Starter Kit with Folding Self-Guided Yoga Mat has all the help you need. The all-purpose 4mm PVC material is ideal for incorporating Pilates and strength training on your trip. It’s designed for stability on nonslip surfaces and provides cushioned support to balance movement with a softer impact better while exercising. The images of popular yoga positions are printed on the self-guided yoga mat (great for beginners!), and you’ll get two yoga blocks to customize to your workout level. The yoga starter kit is easy to clean with soap and water, so you can quickly eliminate sweat or dirt before your next trip. 

Lululemon made their Carry Onwards Travel Yoga Mat with effortless travel in mind. Designed with clean-cut edges that don’t fray or unravel and is made of sustainably sourced natural rubber material that is FSC™ certified to support the protection of forest ecosystems and their inhabitants. The best part about this packable mat is that it fits easily into any carry-on luggage or travel backpack, making it incredibly convenient to take with you on the go. It comes in one size, a simple all-black color, and with an elastic tie for easy transport. You can use it as a top layer on your yoga mat to prevent slipping by soaking up sweat. If you need extra grip, you can mist the mat with water before your Sun Salutations. Any traveling yogi would enjoy this high-quality portable mat to support their practice on the go.

The Liforme ‘White Magic’ Travel Yoga Mat is a lightweight and portable version of the original Liforme ‘White Magic’ Mat designed in collaboration with International Yoga teacher Kino MacGregor. The cream-colored surface printed with metallic gold will make you feel like you’re practicing tree pose on a magic carpet. The durable, nontoxic, eco-friendly ink provides the ultimate grip and keeps you safely aligned with their original unique alignment guide. The materials used to make the travel yoga mat are biodegradable and PVC-free, which includes the complimentary mat bag.

Designed with the perfect yoga retreat in mind, the Oko Living Jade & Jute Travel Yoga Mat is foldable and ultra-light at just 2 pounds with sweat and slip-resistant materials for wet or dry sessions. The natural tree rubber-coated bottom prevents sliding, while the hand-loomed and Ayurvedic medicinal plant-dyed mat is made of 100% GOTS-certified 3-ply organic cotton (aka, no toxic gas or plastic smells). At just 3mm thick, it’s easy to stay grounded and centered on the go with this travel yoga mat. The mat is infused with ten skin-soothing and stress-reducing herbs like turmeric, neem and holy basil. It is naturally antibacterial and perfect for building strength and balance, whether wet or dry. Benefits include being free of heavy metals, PVC, BPA and phthalates, and zero plastic packaging for a 100% biodegradable and eco-friendly mat.

Manduka’s EKO® Superlite Travel Yoga Mat is ultra-thin at just 1.5mm in thickness, making it one of the easiest yoga mats to grab and go. The surface texture provides superior grip, even during sweatier sessions, and the tightly-woven scrim resists tearing and stretching. You’ll also appreciate the closed-cell surface that prevents sweat from seeping into and aging your travel mat. Made from sustainably harvested tree rubber, it’s 99% latex-free with no PVC, toxic plasticizers or harmful dyes. Choose from seven colors, including leaf green, lapis (blue), orchid marble (pink), acai (deep purple), midnight (blue), charcoal (gray) and Cayo (dual bright green and blue). 

The Voyager Mat is just 1/16th of an inch thick and weighs only 1.5 pounds, making it the thinnest, lightest and most portable mat by Jade Yoga. It folds up to about the size of a yoga block and is ideal when traveling light or having limited storage space. Though it may not be the best option for everyday use, the portability and overall durability are explicitly designed for traveling yogis. The natural rubber material is tapped from renewable rubber trees. The creases in the folded mat are natural but can be minimized by keeping it rolled when not traveling. With four colors to choose from — purple, black, midnight blue and olive green — you will find one that suits your eco-friendly travel style.

Yogo is a one-stop shop for Yogis looking for ways to simplify taking their sessions on the go. The Ultra Folding Yoga Mat in Long size is ideal if you struggle to find a mat that works for taller people. This roomier version of their compact folding mat offers plenty of space to stretch out and get into your favorite poses. Despite its larger size, the mat can fold up as small as a book, and the highly-sticky rubber ensures you won’t slip and slide during your next session. The mat has attached straps to help you wash and hang the mat easily. To top it all off, you can feel good about your purchase knowing that one food-producing tree is planted in Africa for every mat sold.

This Mikkoa Travel Yoga Mat can follow you on all your adventures. It’s lightweight and compact to fold and slide into your travel backpack easily. The high-performance surface gets grippier with moisture, and the natural rubber base layer stabilizes and supports the most intense yoga poses. Moisture-wicking microfiber soaks up sweat to use it as an exercise mat or top layer for your thicker yoga mats. It’s machine washable for easy cleaning, and the company supports regrowing forests with one tree planted for every purchase. The eco-friendly travel yoga mat has no harsh chemicals, PVC, TPE, silicones or phthalates.

The Merrithew Folding Travel Mat weighs just over a pound and is incredibly lightweight and easy to carry in the reusable mesh bag (which is always appreciated). The microfiber surface on the top and textured surface on the bottom provide a super nonslip grip, which you can use for all kinds of workouts including HIIT, Pilates and hot yoga. The machine washable material is eco-friendly and biodegradable polymer environmental resin (PER) that can be used indoors or outdoors.