Patent ID: 8096923

Claim:
A mat for the purposes of alignment, consisting essentially of: a first end and a second end substantially parallel thereto, and a first lateral side and a second lateral side, the first and second lateral sides being curved inwardly, wherein the first and second lateral sides are symmetrical about a vertical axis of the mat and the inward curvature of the first and second lateral sides combine to form a narrowest distance between the first and second lateral sides along a transverse axis of the mat; first indicia on an upper portion of the mat, the upper portion being above the transverse axis of the mat; and second indicia on a lower portion of the mat, the lower portion being below the transverse axis of the mat; wherein the mat is sized to accommodate a human and aid a yoga practitioner to properly align the practitioner's body during yoga postures, and wherein the first indicia and the second indicia are located substantially about the vertical axis such that the first and second indicia start at an angle in the range of 30° to 70° to the transverse axis at a point where the transverse axis intersects the first inwardly curved lateral side and end at an angle in the range of 45° to 85°.