YOGA BLANKET BY DESIGN: Ideal size and texture to support your yoga practice. It can help to cushion weight on sensitive areas or injuries. This thick yoga blanket for restorative yoga, you can fold or roll and place on the back, hips or legs, according to the teacher's instruction. In asanas or resting postures, such as shavasana, it is used so that the body temperature doesn't drop too quickly. This is an authentic mexican yoga blanket made in Mexico.