Scoria Canada is a woman-owned, Toronto-based sustainable yoga brand founded by Yara, an art teacher and taekwondo master turned designer and yoga teacher. The brand was crowdfunded on Kickstarter in 2017 as the first yoga mat line inspired by children’s stories, built around the philosophy of reconnecting adults with their inner child through creativity, playfulness, and imagination. All products are made from natural, non-toxic, eco-friendly materials, with cork yoga mats as the flagship product. Choosing a Scoria mat over a conventional PVC mat saves roughly 3,600 glasses of water, the equivalent of 39 miles of driving in gas emissions, and 23 kg of petrochemicals. Packaging is plastic-free, using recycled boxes for mats and certified compostable paper for the meditation line. Scoria has been featured in Vogue, Bloomberg, Elle, NBC, Lonely Planet, PopSugar, Yoga Journal, and Breakfast Television, and has a loyal community it calls “sangha.”
Artist Cork Yoga Mats (4.5MM Standard)
Scoria’s core product line featuring imaginative, illustrated designs including Flying Dragon, Moon Phases, Tree of Life, Mountain Lion, Botanicals, Blossom, Butterfly, Owl, and many more. Each mat uses a natural rubber base and cork surface for superior non-slip grip that actually improves when wet.
Standard Essential Cork Yoga Mat
A clean, minimal cork mat with no illustration for those who prefer a simpler aesthetic, available in standard and thickness options.
Scoria stands apart through a genuine convergence of art, sustainability, and social impact in a category often dominated by synthetic, mass-produced mats. Every mat uses natural cork and rubber rather than PVC or TPE, eliminating toxic off-gassing and petrochemical waste. The cork surface grips better as it gets wet, making Scoria mats one of the few that actually perform better during intense or hot yoga. The brand’s aesthetic is genuinely unique, rooted in children’s stories and illustrated art rather than the generic minimalism common to most yoga brands. The eco-packaging is entirely plastic-free at both the mat and meditation product levels. Click the link below to get your own sustainable artist cork yoga mat!
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