Gallery: Yoga Blocks That Look Like Art, Not Pool Floaties

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    Outdoor Voices—maker of cool, tri-tone workout wear—just released a line of fitness accessories.
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    The $150 Shapes Bundle includes a rectangular block, a triangular block, and a roller, all of them made entirely from cork.
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    Cork has a lot of benefits: it's sustainable, it grows in the bark of trees, and it's antimicrobial.
  • It can also be milled really easily into any shape you need.
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    It can also be milled really easily into any shape you need.
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    Joey Guerra, who designed them, says he hopes the shapes encourage users to find new poses and new ways to stretch.
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