Hugger Mugger Yoga Products is one of the oldest designers and manufacturers of yoga products. Based in Salt Lake City, Utah and founded in 1986, the company developed the Tapas yoga mat, the first nonskid mat designed specifically for yoga. Hugger Mugger now offers a wide variety of yoga and meditation tools, including an entire line of eco-friendly gear and made in USA products. The company continues its innovation of yoga mats, props, handmade bolsters, meditation cushions, and accessories, serving yoga teachers and students.
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History
In 1986, Hugger Mugger Yoga Products was founded by Sarah Chambers in Salt Lake City, Utah. Chambers was a custom furniture builder and a devoted student of Cita Mason and David Riley, Iyengar Yoga teachers in her city.
During a workshop with the late Mary Dunn (yoga), Chambers observed the teacher using a belt to demonstrate a modification to a pose. This inspired her to create a 1-1/2-inch-wide cotton D-ring strap, and she began making more Iyengar-inspired yoga props in the basement of her home. She consulted with her local teachers and Dunn to help her come up with products, including handmade yoga blocks set to B. K. S. Iyengar's specifications.
She named her company Hugger Mugger after the thigh-hugging yoga shorts she was sewing. (Hugger Mugger means "to conceal.") These maroon, velour shorts stayed in place during inversions and wide-legged poses with the addition of an elastic band around the thighs.
Chambers began importing and selling a makeshift yoga mat, which was cut from European under-carpet padding. When she started hearing that this material would crumble after a few months, she decided to develop something new. The Tapas Mat, the first mat ever designed specifically for yoga.
Hugger Mugger moved into a warehouse space in 1989, as the company began to outgrow her basement. To help continue expanding the business, Chambers took on partner, David Chamberlain, in 1997. They have both since retired.
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