The yoga mat earths you while you stand, sit or lie on it. Indoors through a socket, outdoors through the earthing pin. Below you will find how to connect it, how to clean it, and what to do if you have no earthed socket.
Connected in four steps
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Take the mat out of the packaging. The earthing cable with plug and the carry bag are included.
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Roll the mat out and click the earthing cable onto the press stud. You will feel it lock into place.
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Put the plug into an earthed socket. Only the earth contact is used, never the live wire. This works on earthed sockets across Europe.
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Stand or lie on it with bare skin. Hands and feet make the contact, so socks and gloves break it.
Thirty to forty minutes a day is enough. One session goes well past that, and more does no harm.
Good to know
Outdoors you need no socket. With the earthing pin you push the earth point straight into the ground, in the garden or in a balcony planter with soil. The mat travels in the carry bag included: outside, to the gym or on a trip.
Not just for yoga. Meditation, stretching, floor strength work or simply lying down for a quarter of an hour work just as well. It is about the skin contact, not about what you do.
Building up slowly is fine. If you are sensitive, you may feel a light tingling in your hands or feet the first few times. Start with half an hour and build it up. There is more about this in what you can feel and expect and in earthing for beginners.
Cleaning
The mat is 100% vegan faux leather and cannot go in the washing machine. Clean it with a mild, natural soap well diluted with water. Wipe the mat with a damp cloth or a soft sponge.
Use no scouring agent and no aggressive cleaner. Those attack the top layer, and it is that layer which conducts.
No earthed socket?
An earthed socket has metal pins at the top and bottom as well as the two holes. If you cannot see those, the socket is not earthed.
If there is none in the house, there are two other ways. With the earthing pin you push the earth point into the ground outside and bring it in on fifteen metres of cable. With the alligator clip you clamp it onto an unpainted heating pipe or radiator. Both are explained in earthing without an earthed socket.
