How to Make a Yoga Mat Cleaning Spray

This story originally appeared on Rodale’s Organic Life in February 2017.

When you lay down on your back for a nice relaxing corpse pose, do you ever think about all the bacteria that your feet have transferred onto the mat? And for that matter, that your mat is now transferring onto other parts of your body? You will now! Your yoga mat isn't the cleanest of places, judging by everywhere your feet have recently been, especially if you take your mat to class on the regular. (For example, athlete’s foot, staph infections, plantar warts, and ringworm are a few of the nasty things you can be exposed to in the studio.) But don’t worry - it’s easy (and cheap) to make an antibacterial cleaning spray that has the added bonus of essential oil aromatherapy. Here’s how to get started.