Journal

Our brand-new Ragnar Relay Series microfiber suede yoga/recovery mats are hot off the press (literally!) and can watch me unroll them live! (There’s a little glitch with our video setup, so you may want to skip ahead a bit :-)

This is the sixth in our ongoing series celebrating our happy customers. This week we’re highlighting Debbie Beauchene, who’s both a yogi AND a Ragnar Relay runner AND she’s the first to own one of our new Ragnar mats! (In this case, the super-fun Ragnar I Can. I Will. End of Story. mat!) She’s also a personal friend of mine from my university days, and for the past three years has held the position of Volunteer Coordinator for the Ragnar Relay Series. When she first heard about our growing Big Raven Yoga mat business, she approached us to see whether...

Surprise! Today we’re introducing a new temporary collection of yoga and recovery mats designed especially for Ragnar Relay runners! We call it our Ragnar collection — obviously! If you’re not familiar with the Ragnar Relay Series, it’s a nationwide series of long-distance relay events that are roughly 200 miles long and last two days and one night. That’s right — the runners run overnight (which is why one of the events is called “Chase the Moon”). Ragnar relays are comprised of teams of 4–12 runners; teams with 6 or fewer runners are considered “ultra” teams. The 200-mile distance is divided between the runners...

This is the fifth in our ongoing series celebrating our happy customers. This week we’re profiling Jules Legut. It would have been ideal to profile Jules last week because she was the first to purchase our Audrey After Dinner yoga mat (a birthday gift for her daughter) but we’re glad we got her this week!So one snowy evening last December, when we were going to be in her part of town anyway, we thought it would be a nice gesture to drop it off in person at the store where she works, D. Copperfield Jewelers. She was so excited when we unrolled...

Hey, everyone — join me as I talk a bit about our ability to make customized and personalized yoga mats for studios and individuals!