Posture-assisted yoga mats and towels
View Patent ↗Various implementations of this disclosure provide apparatuses and methods for assisting users to align and place limbs to perform various yoga positions. Apparatuses and method disclosed herein comprise a towel or mat having markings (e.g., lines, dots, circles, or any other indication) to help a user align and place the user's limbs. Some of the markings can be used to measure distances as some of the markings are a predetermine distance apart.
1. A rectangular apparatus comprising:
a plurality of markings to help a user align and place a body part, wherein the plurality of markings includes:
a length-wise center line that extends length-wise along the center of the rectangular apparatus; and
a plurality of double line sets extending from a lengthwise edge of the rectangular apparatus, each of said double line sets is comprised of two parallel lines wherein each line within said double line set extends from a single edge of the rectangular apparatus at an angle perpendicular to said length-wise center line, each of said double line sets extends from said single edge a distance less than half the width of the rectangular apparatus.
2. A method utilizing the rectangular apparatus of claim 1 wherein a user aligns at least one body part based on the length-wise center line.
3. The rectangular apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a width-wise center line that extends width-wise along the center of the rectangular apparatus.
4. A method utilizing the rectangular apparatus of claim 1 wherein a user aligns a plurality of body parts based on the length-wise center line and the width-wise center line.
5. The rectangular apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of crosses along the length-wise center line wherein the distance between the crosses is a predetermined distance and the lines of the crosses and the length-wise center line measure forty-five degrees.
6. A method utilizing the rectangular apparatus of claim 4 wherein a user aligns a plurality of body parts based on the length-wise center line and a lie of a cross.
7. A method utilizing the rectangular apparatus of claim 1 wherein a user aligns a plurality of body parts based on one set of double lines.
8. The rectangular apparatus of claim 3 further comprising a plurality of width-wise lines along the length-wise center line wherein the width-wise lines and the width-wise center line are spaced apart by a predetermined distance.
9. A method utilizing the rectangular apparatus of claim 8 wherein a user aligns a plurality of body parts based on a plurality of width-wise lines.
10. The rectangular apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of F-designs.
11. A method utilizing the rectangular apparatus of claim 10 wherein a user aligns a user's hand using the plurality of F-designs to perform the Cobra Pose.
12. The rectangular apparatus of claim 3 further comprising two short length-wise lines perpendicular to the width-wise center line wherein the distance between the two short length-wise lines is a predetermined distance.
13. The rectangular apparatus of claim 1 further comprising additional pairs of short length-wise lines perpendicular to the width-wise center line wherein each pair of short length-wise lines measure a different distance.
14. A method utilizing the rectangular apparatus of claim 13 wherein a user aligns a plurality of body parts based on a pair of short length-wise lines and the size of the user.
15. The rectangular apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a pair of diagonal lines perpendicular to each other.
16. A method utilizing the rectangular apparatus of claim 15 wherein a user aligns a plurality of body parts based on the pair of diagonal lines.
17. A method utilizing the rectangular apparatus of claim 15 wherein a users aligns a users legs based on the pair of diagonal lines to perform the Sitting Head to Knee Pose and Stretching Pose.
18. The rectangular apparatus of claim 1 further comprises markings around the perimeter of the rectangular apparatus wherein the markings are spaced apart by a predetermined distance.
19. A rectangular apparatus comprising:
a plurality of markings to help a user align and place a body part, wherein the plurality of markings includes:
a length-wise center line that extends length-wise along the center of the rectangular apparatus;
a width-wise center line that extends width-wise along the center of the rectangular apparatus;
a plurality of crosses along the length-wise center line wherein the distance between the crosses is a predetermined distance and the lines of the crosses and the length-wise center line measure forty-five degrees;
a plurality of double line sets extending from a lengthwise edge of the rectangular apparatus, each of said double line sets is comprised of two parallel lines wherein each line within said double line set extends from a single edge of the rectangular apparatus at an angle perpendicular to said length-wise center line, each of said double line sets extends from said single edge a distance less than half the width of the rectangular apparatus;
a plurality of width-wise lines along the length-wise center line wherein the width-wise lines and the width-wise center line are spaced apart by a predetermined distance;
a plurality of F-designs; and
a pair of diagonal lines perpendicular to each other.