The Best Gifts for Yoga Teachers — What to Give on International Yoga Day

Yoga teachers give a great deal. International Yoga Day on 21 June is one of the few moments in the year when it is natural to give something back. Here is how to choose a gift they will actually use — every single day.

The Spritz Wellness Aromatherapy Eye Pillow — a Liberty Tana Lawn gift that yoga teachers keep for years

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The challenge with buying for a yoga teacher is not finding something yoga-related. The internet is full of options — candles, crystals, printed tote bags, novelty socks. The challenge is finding something that connects with the reality of teaching: the early mornings, the multiple classes a day, the physical demands of demonstrating poses, the constant giving of attention and energy to students while managing a practice of their own.

A yoga teacher who teaches five classes a week is at the mat for hours every day. They handle equipment repeatedly. They demonstrate and adjust. They come home tired, physically and mentally. The gifts that matter are the ones that support the daily practice — before class, during savasana, after teaching. Not the ones that sit on a shelf and look nice.

Everything below has been chosen by Laura — a yoga teacher with over twenty years of practice — as something she uses herself, or gifts to teachers she works with. Each one earns its place in a yoga teacher's daily life rather than their occasional appreciation.

The gifts that have meant the most to me as a teacher are always the practical ones. The mat spray I reach for before every class. The eye pillow I put on after teaching. The soap I use to close the day. These are the things that show someone has thought about what I actually do, rather than who they imagine a yoga teacher to be.

— Laura Colucci, Yoga Teacher & Founder, Spritz Wellness

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The Spritz Wellness Yoga Mat Spray range — Relax, Focus and Energise — each one for a different kind of practice

The Gift That Lives on the Yoga Mat — The Aromatherapy Eye Pillow

The Gift for Before Every Class — The Yoga Mat Spray

Which Gift for Which Occasion

Making It Personal — the Handwritten Note and the Free Gift Message

Every Spritz Wellness order includes the option to add a personalised message at checkout, printed and included with the gift. For a yoga teacher who has had a genuine impact on your practice, a specific, honest note — one that says something real about what their teaching has meant, rather than a generic thank you — elevates any of the gifts above from something given to something received.

If you are giving on behalf of a group and want the note to feel personal rather than administrative, consider asking one student to write it by hand on behalf of everyone, and folding it inside the gift rather than relying solely on the printed message. The handwriting matters. It signals that the gift was worth the time.

All Spritz Wellness gift sets arrive beautifully packaged and ready to give. Free UK delivery is included on every order. Order by 18 June for delivery in time for International Yoga Day on 21 June.

Laura Colucci is a yoga teacher based in London and West Sussex, founder of The Nook yoga studio, and the creator of the Spritz Wellness range.