ZRecs Top Pick Giveaway: Family Yoga Pack

When we reviewed Lotuspad kids' yoga mats and the Yoga Garden Game, we awarded each of them Top Pick status.

Lotuspad mats are hands-down the best yoga mats we've ever used, and the fact that they offer them in a kid-friendly 48" size is just icing on the cake - Jenni and I each have adult-sized Lotuspads now, and we'll never go back to sticky, icky PVC. The Yoga Garden Game is a great family game that encourages stretching and creative movement. It's beautifully made and designed to stand the test of time.

So we were thrilled to learn that Lotuspad was expanding its shop's offerings to include kids' yoga videos and the Yoga Garden Game in addition to its mats and carry straps. It seems like a natural move for the company, and we look forward to seeing what other products earn their trust - books, music, DVDs, and more - as we think there's a lot of potential for a full-scale online shop specializing in family exercise and relaxation, and a lot of great products out there.

To celebrate their new product offerings, Lotuspad is offering one lucky ZRecs reader a seriously sweet Yoga Family Pack: Two of their adult mats (66" long) plus up to three mats for kids or teens (either the 48" or 66" version) for a total of five premium-quality, PVC-free yoga mats, plus the Yoga Garden Game to help bring your family together around simple yoga moves that encourage self-expression and relaxed exercise. By our calculations, the total prize value for a family of five is up to $164.

There are two ways to win this $164 prize package:

1. Comment on this post with the number of kids (up to three) and adults (up to two) in your family who you'd be getting free mats for, and what one of their favorite animals is.
2. For a bonus entry, comment a second time (make sure it's a different comment so you get two entries!) with the name of one relevant kid-oriented product you'd love to see offered in the Lotuspad online shop. (Make sure they aren't already selling it!) The item should be related to yoga, exercise, or relaxation for kids, and if you have used it or seen it in action, share your impressions with other readers who may be looking for good stuff for their own kids.

The deadline for entering is 11:59 p.m. CST April 3, 2008. We will select a winner at random as well as three alternates and post their names to the PRIZEYWinners blog the next day; those who don't mind broadcasting their email address permanently on a public website can include it in entries to be notified directly if they win, but please be advised we won't follow signature links to seek out email addresses. There is no purchase necessary to enter this giveaway, by entering you absolve us of any responsibility if something goes wrong, and we reserve the right to disqualify any entrants who deliberately muck things up. The winner will have 72 hours to contact us with their mailing address; if they fail to do so the first alternate to have done so will be awarded the prize.

Good luck!