EliteShine Massage Mat Bathroom Mat Kitchen Rug Stone Walkway Yoga Mat

I was really excited when I ordered this...when it got here I was very disappointed. Mine is nothing like the picture. The rocks are very far apart with very very little design and trimmed in pink. Not at all like the picture. The actual rug part is just thick felt material with everything else just glued on. I would not recommend this product. Better off to make yourself. I am returning this item.

The quality is ok, but not like in the picture. distance between the stones is bigger. Look at the description. I think that the seller should give us a real picture of his product.

I have one of these. I'm not sure if it's the same brand, and it has a different pattern (taiji symbol).I'm moved to write a review by the ridiculous description of how you're supposed to use it, on this Amazon listing.Yoga mat? Really? I've never tried lying down on it. Sounds very uncomfortable. I might try it; it never occurred to me before. But I doubt I would do it more than just the once, out of curiosity; I doubt it would be beneficial in any way.What it's for is, you walk over it and it makes your feet stronger and more flexible. And on an airplane????? Seriously?It's five feet long with stones all over it; it weighs a drakik. Where would you unroll it on a plane??? And if you do carry it around, I guarantee the stones will start falling off. Put it in one place and walk over it a couple of times a day in bare feet, that's what it's for.The first time you try it, it will probably be VERY uncomfortable, like when you find yourself walking barefoot on gravel or on hot asphalt. You can start with thick socks, progress to thin socks, then bare feet. When I first got mine, I could barely walk on it at all, even in socks; now I walk over it every day in bare feet with no discomfort, without breaking stride. I have it at the foot of the bed, so I walk over it on my way in and out of the bedroom. It's not about developing calluses; it's about your feet being able to flex like they're supposed to-- which they can't when you keep them cooped up in tight, stiff shoes all the time.I've had it for some years now, and no stones have ever fallen off it. It came with a few extra ones to glue on, but I've never needed it. (update: one stone has finally fallen off, and gluing it back on hasn't really worked. Oh, well. No matter).Now that I think about it, this may have been one of the factors in my getting rid of plantar fasciitis. I usually attribute that to Katy Bowman's calf stretches (she has a zillion books, podcasts, DVD's; for plantar fasciitis I'd recommend her book Whole Body Barefoot, though it's covered in many of them). Also to some toe stretching I did, and to wearing shoes that separate my toes, such as Vibram Five Fingers.Here's the deal on plantar fasciitis: there are lots of products for sale, for instance in the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog, supposedly to relieve plantar fasciitis, but actually to make it worse. You get PF because your calves and feet can't stretch and move, so these products all try to prevent them from having to move, so you lose even more flexibility in those structures. Use your flexibility, or lose it.The cause of PF is tight calves; also inflexible feet.I cured mine, without actually even intending to, by doing Katy's calf stretches. Think about it: if the calves are tight, and can't stretch or relax, they're pulling on the plantar fascia, so it's natural for it to get irritated or even torn. Put a little slack in the calves, you're taking the strain off the soles of your feet. The fact that everything else in the foot is also immobile, from wearing shoes all the time, especially shoes that aren't the same shape as your feet (until the feet become the shape of the shoes), and that don't allow your feet to move, that doesn't help either.So one of these mats could help with that. Even if you don't have PF, strong, flexible feet, and a flexible posterior chain, are good to have. Katy has three "calf stretches": one for the gastrocnemius, one for the soleus, and another one that stretches the hamstrings, maybe even the glutes, as well. Of course any other type of calf and posterior chain stretches could work too. btw I only did the stretches a little bit, not nearly as much as Katy recommends, and they still made a big difference.Shoes that separate your toes, or at least separate the big toe from the rest; that have zero drop, adequate room in the toe box, etc.; toe separators; all good. Going barefoot, also good. But the main thing that cured my plantar fasciitis, I believe, was doing those calf stretches.