Yoga is for California hippies.
Sure, and it’s also for Iowa farmers, West Virginia coal miners, professional football players, decorated military heroes and Wall Street wizards. Yoga doesn’t know or care what type of person you are, whether you’re spiritual or how much organic vegetables make you gag. Yoga knows that when you practice focus, balance and breathing you can change your body, your physical and mental health, your relationships and overall happiness.
Still, I don’t want to be one of those people.
“Those people” aren’t even those people. You’ll always be you, no matter how much yoga you practice.
I’m not flexible.
That’s why you go to yoga. Flexibility isn’t a prerequisite, it’s a result. The physical poses of yoga help lengthen your muscles and increase your range of motion, and flexibility is like any skill - it improves with regular practice.
I’m not skinny.
Most of us aren’t. But we all have bodies that carry us through the world and deserve the very best treatment. Big bellies, wobbly thighs and rolls are part of yoga because they’re part of us. Every pose is made to work around your body and what it can do - and a regular practice will transform that body before your eyes.
I’m too busy.
There’s an old Zen adage, “you should sit in meditation for 20 minutes every day — unless you're too busy, then you should sit for an hour.” If the problem is that your life is too busy for yoga, yoga could be the solution for your life.
Yoga is so much $$$$.
That’s where we come in. With streaming classes, you get the studio vibe without the studio price. Establishing a practice that’s easy to come home to every day is a coupon for wellness. In case you don’t read to the end, our Yoga 101 program includes a bonus 3 month free subscription when you sign up.
I dont have the stuff you need for yoga.
If you have a pulse then you have everything you need for yoga. Yoga takes body, breath and presence - anywhere, anytime. We do recommend wearing comfortable clothes you can move around in, and a non-slip surface (which is why people use yoga mats).
I want a real workout.
Be careful what you wish for. YogaDownload alone has thousands of on-demand classes at a variety of intensity levels, including heart-rate-pumping, sweat-inducing, calorie-burning classes where the struggle is so real, you’ll need a new hashtag to describe it.
There are like a million styles of yoga, where would I even start.
As you may have suspected from the name, Yoga 101 is the perfect place to start. It’s a five-class series that progressively teaches the basics of Hatha yoga, a combination of physical postures, deep breathing and meditation. The series is perfectly paced, no matter your age, body type, flexibility or strength. At the end, you’ll have a personal understanding of yoga, feel comfortable on the mat, better in your body and have a new set of tools to release mental and physical tension.
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