It seems to be helping so far.
Manduka mat salt scrub.
I also have used coarse sea salt and a little bit of water and scrubbed the mat with a kitchen sponge.
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I just bought a manduka mat a couple weeks ago and have the same issue.
If following this trick repeat this tactic 3 times not just once and you should see improvement.
After 24 hours wipe the salt off with a damp cloth.
While the best way is to practice practice practice you can speed things up a little with.
If your hands or feet slide on your new pro mat another trick you can use to break it in is to sprinkle coarse sea salt all over your mat leave it for 24 hours then add just a bit of water and scrub the salt in and wipe off.
Generously sprinkle coarse sea salt on the mat and let it sit or scrub in a circular motion like you would wax a surfboard.
After putting salt on the mat i found that the mat had a much better feel to it and would definitely recommend to do this for the best performance.
Leave the mat to air dry in the sunshine.
Repeat 2 3 times with fresh salt as needed.
Like exfoliating your skin.
I made sure to cover the mat with coarse and fine grain sea salt for 24 hours and i also did a little dance on the mat to ground the salt into the mat.
I read many reviews that say you need to break it in and that the salting doesn t work very well.
I was a little hesitant about picking the manduka over the liforme.
I ve used dawn dish soap which helps a little.
When the weather is warm some people have.
Just make sure you are not scrubbing too hard to avoid damaging the mat.
Now that you ve got your new pro mat it s time to break it in.
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Worked like a charm.