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If you enjoy doing yoga, or if you know a yoga practitioner who would appreciate a new yoga mat bag, consider buying one of these Philippine-made mat bags as a present. These line of yoga mat bags were developed by Francesca Regala, a yoga teacher and former cultural officer at the Philippine Consulate in San Francisco. The yoga bags were created using natural Philippine fibers and indigenous textiles, as well as textiles from Thailand. The bags are made by commissioned Filipino seamstresses in order to supplement their income and develop new skills.

Get one for yourself or purchase one as a gift by contacting Carol Cano through email at carolcano at gmail dot com. Each yoga mat bag costs around P500 – 900.

I’ve always wanted to learn surfing but my first hurdle is to have balance. What I didn’t know is one can actually learn “how to balance” inside one own’s home.

On those days when the surf is a little flat, here’s a useful piece of surfing-wisdom: your garage, living room, maybe even your bedroom floor, will do.

Sure, nothing beats the experience of the water on your fingertips as you graze the surface of a glassy wave, but the thrill of surfing is hardly lost on an Indo Board either.

More than being a surfing-simulator, the specially shaped oval board balanced on a long roller—simple as it looks—offers the kind of high-intensity surf experience that preps your body to handle the ever changing demands of the ocean.

Created by a fellow surfer, the Indo Board was developed by Hunter Joslin, whose 40-year expertise in the sport translated into a tool that was originally intended to help surfers train out of the water.

Take a look at this video:

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