A good pair of sandals is a lot like a yoga mat – soft enough to cushion your every step, but with enough resistance to make sure your feet aren’t strutting on a paper-thin sheet of rubber. A ridiculously awesome pair of sandals does exactly that while also keeping things fun, easygoing, and chic. Sanuk’s newly launched Yoga Slings fall into the latter category, landing onto the Philippine fashion scene with the same carefree attitude that’s made the brand world-famous.
The sandals made their local debut at Beyond Yoga in Bonifacio High Street Central, a natural choice considering the footbeds are made of actual yoga mat. Host Cesca Litton welcomed guests to the event as they made themselves comfortable on floor pillows. After a brief introduction to Sanuk and the Yoga Slings, instructors Cess Joson and Rianna Gatus treated the audience to an anti-gravity yoga demonstration.
Unlike traditional versions of yoga where practitioners are relegated to slow, steady floor work, anti-gravity yoga has people hanging from cloth slings that reach down from the ceiling. Poses are done while relying on the sling to ease your body into them, allowing you to lean, swing, and even invert yourself on the way to exercise and relaxation.
The instructors explained that anti-gravity yoga was growing in popularity not just for the fun to be had while dangling from a hammock, but also because the suspended cloth significantly reduces the strain on the body. There’s zero compression thanks to the sling, and you’ll be “ooh”-ing and “ahh”-ing as you sway weightlessly in the air – just like a walk in the Sanuk Yoga Slings.
With a soft cloth wrap in various patterns adorning the sandals’ upper, Sanuk’s Yoga Slings are both undeniably fashionable while keeping the spring in their wearers’ steps. Now that they’ve swung their way to Philippine shores, Filipino feet can have their Zen moments in style.