The Perfect Yoga Pants

As a practitioner and teacher of yoga, the Lululemon brand is often all around me: my students and teachers wear Lululemon clothing, practice on Lululemon mats, drink out of Lululemon water bottles. I practiced for a few years before I even considered buying anything of that brand; they are known to be pretty expensive, and I always chose buying 4 or 5 yoga classes rather than one pair of pants.

But I saw the logo so often, so ubiquitously, that I eventually decided to see what all the fuss was about. From the first moment I slipped on a pair of Lululemon pants, I knew the answer. They were the most comfortable, most flexible, most smooth and seamless yoga pants I had ever worn. I bought a pair that very day, and the first time I practiced in them, I was amazed what a difference perfectly-fitting pants made.

Of course you can practice yoga anywhere, in any kind of clothing, but Lululemon makes clothes that move with you when they’re supposed to (so you can sink down into that gorgeous split) and stay put when they’re supposed to (so your top doesn’t expose you when you flip up into a handstand). The company’s patented “luon” fabric blend is soft and stretchy, and doesn’t chafe with excessive exercise. I find the fabric’s breathability is a little iffy, so I don’t live in my Lululemon clothes the way some people do, but for the three hours it takes to prepare for class, attend, and come down from the clouds, they’re perfect.

Now, I recommend Lululemon to all my students. If they balk at the prices, I tell them what I thought when I put on that first pair of pants: “These are the Rolls Royce of yoga clothes.” They’re worth every single penny.