Mats4Mutts

Building a bridge of karma between animal shelters and yoga studios through a greening and recycling program.

Mats4Mutts is a nonprofit organization that brings together the world of Yoga and homeless animals living in shelters across the U.S. into one ecofriendly community. Mats4Mutts was started in 2007 through a visionary program conceived by Yoga Vermont to provide gently used yoga mats from their studios to the Chittenden County VT ASPCA run shelters. Thus began a program for dogs awaiting their forever homes to connect with the Yoga community through the recycling mats program. In the form of karmic donation, shelters are given these gently used mats for the dogs to sleep on while protecting them from the cold, damp floors that lie beneath and restoring a sense of warmth and dignity to their existence. Yoga Studios are given a donation card in which to redeem brand new ecofriendly mats at a