Our Story
Founded in Belfast, we’ve always stuck by two core values; protect our planet and provide the tools for each yogi bear to achieve their own zen in mind, body, and spirit.
Guided by our passion for living eco-consciously we create lively yoga mats that have a minimal eco-footprint and celebrate life’s vibrancy through hand-designed palettes, patterns, and prints.
Our eco yoga mat and prop collections are inspired by the wonders of nature’s art and designed to elevate your practice. We're on a mission to add vibrancy to movement, one Zen Bear mat at a time.
And so, Zen Bear was created to proudly provide
Eco Rugs for Vibrant Cubs
OUR YOGA MATS ARE:
Eco-friendly
Our mats are derived entirely from natural tree rubber, using the latex that comes from the Para Rubber Tree - an ecologically sustainable crop that contributes to the maintenance of the global carbon balance in the atmosphere. The oozy latex material extracted from the trees is strained, diluted with water, treated, and rolled into sheets ready for you to take home. We only use water-based dyes and absolutely no nasty chemicals were used in the making of your mat.
Sourced sustainably
To promote sustainable farming, the non-Amazonian trees are only partially tapped by a small incision on the tree’s outer surface, which is used for a period of time, and then allowed to heal naturally. At Zen Bear, we are committed to using sustainable practices to produce beautiful yoga mats, without compromising our beautiful planet.
soft & supportive
Unlike PVC yoga mats or rubber-top mats, our mats have a soft vegan suede topping to them. They’re lovely to touch, and won’t let you slip when you’re flowing and transitioning. Some cubs have described our mats as soft like moss, others say velvety vegan-suede. All we know for sure is that they’ll feel soft & supportive under your paws.
ORIGINAL
Zen Bear mats are one of a kind. We hand-design each yoga mat here in Belfast and aspire to produce bold, beautiful, and unique patterns to illuminate your practice, however you choose to use your mat. Inspired by Nature’s Art, Zen Bear yoga mats are designed to inspire creativity, growth, and your own peaceful zen.
Accept no imitations, your Zen Bear mat has your back, always.
WE BELIEVE:
RUGS FOR EVERY CUB
Yoga for all! Whether you’re a yoga newbie, pro- yogi, or somewhere in-between, we’re dedicated to providing you with long-lasting, beautiful, eco-conscious yoga mats & props to encourage all cubs to achieve their full potential, experience true zen and begin their own unique story.
WE DONATE:
We Support
Friends of the earth
We donate £5 on every item sold to Friends of the Earth, an environmental campaigning community close to our hearts. Friends of the Earth has been a long-established worldwide environmental charity whose efforts have made many transformational changes since the ’70s. They’re dedicated to the well-being and protection of the natural world and everyone in it. Read more about what they do for the planet here.
