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Purpose-built for AcroYoga
Gear built for the way AcroYoga actually trains.
Beyond The Mat designs premium support, spotting, and training gear for bases, flyers, teachers, and communities.
Beyond The Mat
Purpose-built gear for every part of practice.
Start with your role — base, flyer, or solo training.For bases
Go in stock · Big Poppa and Flow Coming Soon
The AcroBack
Purpose-built support for the lower back and hips during L-basing, repetitions, workshops, festivals, and long training days.
Explore The AcroBack →For flyers
Worn by the flyer · used by trained spotters
FlyCarian Spotting Belt
A purpose-built AcroYoga belt worn by the flyer so trained spotters can provide more controlled support during appropriate progressions.
Explore FlyCarian →For training
Solo strength · balance · control
Training Tools
Blocks, parallettes, and solo training tools for building strength, balance, control, and handstand skills between partner sessions.
Explore Training Tools →
2-Year GuaranteeAutomatic on eligible Beyond The Mat gear
AcroYoga-SpecificDesigned from the practice floor up
Premium by DesignMaterials chosen for real practice
Regional FulfillmentBali, Belgium, or the United States when stock allows
Built Within the CommunityDeveloped around classes, festivals, teachers, and training
Choose your AcroBack
Start with how you train.
Go is the compact model, in stock and popular — it sells out and restocks regularly. Big Poppa adds deeper support for bigger training days and is Coming Soon — its page is taking waitlist signups now. Flow is the planned next compact model, also Coming Soon.Available now
Compact · travel-ready · current stock
The AcroBack Go
Choose Go for compact everyday support, travel, teaching, festivals, and regular L-basing practice.Learn about Go →Extra support
Deeper cushion · bigger skill days
The AcroBack Big Poppa
Choose Big Poppa for more lift and lumbar support during Icarians, pops, whips, or longer base-heavy sessions.Learn about Big Poppa →Regular or Wide?Regular keeps the setup compact. Wide gives a broader support surface for larger frames or wider base stances.
Real reviews
Trusted by AcroYogis around the world
Real words from verified customers who base, fly, and train with The AcroBack.
A must-have for my practice.
I love it and tell everyone how awesome it is. The AcroBack is amazing and has become a must-have for my practice.
Jonathan, verified customer
Supportive for flyer and base alike.
This was amazing to experience poses together with The AcroBack. It helps a lot for him, and for me as a flyer too.
Gulden Ortac, verified customer
Love the magnetic clip.
Super happy with The AcroBack. I gave it as a present to my boyfriend, but now I use it myself too as I base more and more.
Bernike Meijer, verified customer
The most travel-friendly acro pillow.
The most compact and travel-friendly acro pillow. Quality materials too.
Vlad, verified customer
Quality that keeps improving.
It arrived quickly and is great quality. I can tell they continually upgrade based on feedback. I especially love the newest latches.
Erika, verified customer
Stable, with my back at the right angle.
Yes, I love it. The product is amazing. I was stable and my back was on the right angle.
Samuel, verified customerDesigned as a system
Support, strap, cover. Built to work together.
The AcroBack is not just a foam pillow in a sleeve. The support core, FastClasp Strap, and Performance Cover are designed as a practical training system for AcroYoga bases.
The support
Support Core
The support core gives The AcroBack its shape, lift, and base-friendly feel, so it can support repeated L-basing sessions without turning into a flat cushion.
Explore The AcroBack system →The strap
FastClasp Strap
The FastClasp Strap keeps the support in place and makes setup faster between reps, classes, and festival sessions.
Explore The AcroBack system →The cover
Performance Cover
The Performance Cover is the washable, swappable contact layer built for sweat, travel, and real training use.
Explore The AcroBack system →Who we build for
Built for every stage of AcroYoga practice
From first sessions to festival floors, Beyond The Mat designs for the people and communities building stronger, clearer AcroYoga practice.
New AcroYogis
Starting with strong foundations
Purpose-built gear for learning positions, building confidence, and making early training more repeatable.
Experienced AcroYogis
Training with intention
Support and spotting equipment for higher-volume practice, technical refinement, and more demanding progressions.
Everyday practitioners
People who simply love to train
For regular sessions, jams, workshops, travel, and the repetitions where progress actually happens.
Teachers & coaches
Teaching clearer progressions
Equipment that supports demonstrations, repetitions, spotting systems, and instruction across different bodies and experience levels.
Festivals & communities
Building shared practice
Durable gear for events, intensives, community spaces, and the many people who use equipment across a training week.
Ambassadors & partners
Helping better gear travel
Practitioners and organizations who test, teach, share, and carry Beyond The Mat into AcroYoga communities worldwide.
A note from the founder
Built because I wanted to keep practicing
When I started AcroYoga in Ubud in 2018, a serious back injury made basing difficult enough that I was not sure I could continue. I saw people improvising with ordinary pillows and rolled yoga mats, but those solutions did not provide the support or stability I needed.
So I made something for myself: a simple triangular foam wedge.
It helped, and I kept refining it. I tested different foams, adjusted the shape, improved the cover, and added a handle and carrying strap. My background in software and product development shaped the process: understand the problem, build a solution, test it, and improve it version by version.
Some of the most important changes came from the people using it. I wanted it to fit in my own backpack for trips to Bali’s waterfalls and beaches. Travelers wanted to carry theirs home in suitcases. Those needs led me to redesign The AcroBack so it could fold and travel more easily.
I brought it to AcroYoga jams because I needed it. Other people tried it, recognized the same problem, and began asking for their own. One became five. Five became ten. Travelers carried them from Bali into AcroYoga communities around the world, and messages arrived from new people asking where they could get one.
That simple wedge became The AcroBack, and eventually Beyond The Mat.
The same approach now guides every product we make: start with a real need, listen carefully to the people using it, and keep improving it. We build innovative, premium AcroYoga gear for people at every stage, from those trying the practice for the first time to those training with greater focus, intensity, and ambition.
Some people may need our equipment only briefly. Others may use it throughout their practice. Either way, if our gear helps someone begin, continue, teach, train, or grow through AcroYoga, it has done what I created it to do.
Brent Collier
Founder, Beyond The Mat
Built within the community
Festivals and partners we're proud to support
From Bali to Europe and beyond, these are the events and organizers Beyond The Mat travels with and supports.
Summer Dream
An AcroYoga festival in Tuscany, Italy, with workshops, community, and practice under the sun.
Visit their site →
Touching The Sky
An AcroYoga documentary celebrating trust, connection, movement, and community.
Visit their site →
Dutch Acro Festival
AcroYoga workshops, jams, and community events in the Netherlands for a range of experience levels.
Visit their site →
Mediterranean Acro Convention
L-basing, standing AcroYoga, flows, and community training on the Mediterranean coast.
Visit their site →
European Acro Festival
A European AcroYoga gathering bringing teachers, practitioners, workshops, and community together.
Visit their site →
Antola Acro Festival
A week-long AcroYoga gathering on an off-grid mountaintop in Liguria, Italy.
Visit their site →
EYA Sardina Acro Festival
An AcroYoga festival in Sardinia with workshops, training, play, and community.
Visit their site →
AcroSpirit Festival
A Bali AcroYoga festival bringing international teachers and community practice together.
Visit their site →Be inspired
Practice, play, fly
Real practice, real people, and the moments that make AcroYoga worth building better gear for.
Our guarantees
✓
2-Year Guarantee
Two years of automatic coverage on eligible Beyond The Mat-designed gear — no registration needed on direct orders. If something fails early from a defect in materials, workmanship, or design, you're covered.
Read the warranty →↗
Clear shipping guidance
We ship from the best available regional location when stock allows, so your order gets to you faster — and we'll walk you through any duties, VAT, or import taxes along the way.
Shipping details →◎
Support beyond warranty
If damage isn't covered, we still won't leave you stuck — expect repair guidance, replacement components, or another practical fix whenever we can.
Contact support →
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