Journal

********UPDATE from 26.11.21********We wrote our first statement on our cooperation with workplaces for people with disabilities on the 15th of March 2021. Recently there has been increased critic...

Social sustainability is an important part of hejhej for us. With every hejhej-mat sold, we donate to the Earth Child Project in Cape Town. We want to continuously increase our impact on...

A sustainability report is not only for big companies but also for small companies to transparently report about its sustainability actions. Yet, we mostly know impact reports from big corporation...

This yoga block looks like a little piece of art, don’t you think? It actually is a piece of art – it is a handmade yoga block out of flip-flops – flip-flops collected on the coasts of Kenya. We o...

Have you ever been to a yoga class that actively included deaf people? A question you don’t ask yourself, if you’re hearing. But inclusion remains a topic that we would like to deal with further, ...

Let’s look at the yoga philosophy from a sustainability perspective. Beginning this article we need to add a little side note about what we refer to as the yoga philosophy – because the yoga philo...

Yoga mats – hardly any other piece of sports equipment needs to fulfill so many demands and that is why you can find a lot of yoga mat tests and reviews on the world wide web. The hejhej-mat&...

Nowadays, quite a lot of companies claim to be sustainable. For example, one of the largest fast-fashion companies in the world recently promoted its sustainable products. So sadly, we can’t just ...

Today is the 21st of March and it’s World Down Syndrome Day. Today should be about thinking about each other, acting for the community and the individuals. World Down Syndrome Day now exists for 1...

Sustainability is simply unavoidable. The circular economy is the most responsible way to consume. For this reason, we have developed our sustainable yoga mat bag within the framework of the circul...

The story of a hejhej-mat - the ethical production of yoga mats. We want to communicate transparently how our hejhej-mats are made and share insights into the production process with you. We have m...

Have you ever asked yourself the question: Who makes my yoga mat? Our goal when we founded hejhej-mats was to develop a fully sustainable yoga mat. For us, fully sustainable means doing justice to ...

Why do we donate a mat to initiatives for people with disabilities for every yoga mat sold? Why is social sustainability so important to us? What do the workshops for people with disabilities do to...

Why donate yoga mats to homeless people? Who urgently needs a mat? Blankets and mats for sleeping are a great help for homeless people, which is why we have decided to donate our product developmen...

So if you choose a really cheap yoga mat, you're not paying the real price for it, someone else is. For us, this doesn't fit in with the basic idea of yoga. It simply says "to do good".

There are many commercial holidays such as Valentine's Day. Especially on days like these, it is important to consume consciously and show society that sustainability is our future. We'll show you ...

129€ is a lot of money. But is it really a lot of money for a completely sustainable, high-quality yoga mat produced in Germany? We would like to encourage you to question your consumption decision...

6 tips on how you can make this Christmas more sustainable. We all want to try to consume consciously and sustainably - even during the Christmas season. Sustainable Christmas gifts are a great and...

Yoga has beneficial properties for general wellbeing. Did you know that social yoga can be helpful for people with mental illness? Yoga für alle e.V. is a great NGO that makes yoga available to peo...

hejhej-mats is not only about developing a yoga mat, but also about becoming an eco-friendly and social start-up. We wanted to work with a social organization to sew the logos on our sustainable yo...

People consume and usually do not even realize that there is a complete overconsumption. hejhej-mats does not run its business to drive consumption even further, but only wants to offer a sustainab...