It was inevitable that Marj Rash would utilize her 20-year background in clothing design and her considerable experience in manufacturing to create a range of yoga props for Dallas practitioners, and others across the USA.

She first applied her skills to fabricating bolsters and other items in 1996. Similar to the evolution of her own yoga practice and those of students and colleagues, her designs and colors and sales matured. Coupled with plenty of trial and error along the way - how similar to her own practice! - she incorporated requests and suggestions from client practitioners. The current product line and color schemes are the results of that evolution.

YogaMartUSA had its first home in the back seat of Marj's car. With that mobile beginning, bolsters, eye bags and sandbags were sold and delivered throughout Dallas. At the same time, she established a wholesale business and sold to yoga studios in Texas, Michigan and Kansas.

She leased a tiny space - some 48 sq. feet - in the lobby of a yoga studio. For 7 years, this was one outlet for her sales, in addition to the car. Yoga Mart grew. Mats became part of the core product line, as were wooden props and yoga chairs that were lovingly and locally made. She featured yoga clothing made by Texas and South Carolina practitioners. And then she became a resource for many hard-to-find and only 'published in India' books.

Her YogaMart USA website went live in 2005. The products sold solidly nationwide, in addition to orders received from Europe, and yes, even from Antarctica. (There is a story there we will tell you in person!)

June 29, 2009 marked the opening of YogaMartUSA's first free-standing retail store. It is located at 6039 Oram Street, in Dallas, Texas.

Marj features a larger selection of yoga mats. Clothing for yoga and Pilates - both for women and men - are available in a wide variety of sizes and styles. And these clothes move easily from studio to street without a second thought.

The "Mobil YogaMartUSA" aka "the back seat" may continue to carry a bolster or two, but the best goodies are to be found at 6039 Oram Street.
ABOUT MARJ:

Marj is an Intermediate Junior I Certified Iyengar Yoga Instructor. Having studied yoga for over 35 years, Marj was introduced to Iyengar yoga in 1996. She began teaching in 1998.

Her warm and sunny teaching style is particularly in-tune with recovering and special needs students. She continues to study with several senior Iyengar teachers including Laurie Blakeney, George Purvis and Manouso Manos, and has studied many times with the Iyengar family in Pune, India. She attended the 2001, 2004 and 2007 Iyengar Yoga conventions.

Marj was the Membership Chair, Treasurer and Newsletter Editor of the Iyengar Yoga Association of the South Central United States (IYASCUS) from 2002 to 2009.

She teaches several classes per week in many locations in the Dallas area. Please see the "Classes" link above. For other specific information, please e-mail: yogamartusa@airmail.net.