5 Best Yoga Apps for Weight Loss

A number of yoga apps available for Android and iOS devices provide visual and audio guides to a variety of poses useful for everything from everyday stretching, exercise on the best yoga mats, to just stretching in a cramped desk chair or business trip. If you’re looking to start some healthy new habits as the old year draws to a close, check out our favorite yoga apps for smartphones and tablets. Take your fitness to the next level with the best yoga apps.

 

#1 Gaia

If you’re looking for the best yoga app with more of a mindfulness approach, Gaia is the one. They have over 8,000 videos and original programs that blend yoga, meditation, spirituality, and more, for a holistic mind-body healing approach to the practice. Download this next time you want to squeeze in a quick 5-minute yoga stretch while working from home.

 

Gaia Yoga content is always getting better and better, and I love knowing that I have this wealth of quality, mind-expanding information at the touch of a button.

 

#2 Yoga for Beginners | Down Dog

Yoga for Beginners is a free app that allows you to pick the type of yoga you want to learn. Style options include Vinyasa (a fast-paced practice where cardio meets strength training), Hatha (a slower flow that focuses on the fundamentals), and restorative yoga (which helps stretch tight and tired muscles that may be overworked or achy).

 

In addition to the type of yoga, the app allows you to customize the length of your practice, the voice of the teacher, and the background music playing. Once you start, the teacher will guide you through your flow while a student on-screen demonstrates the poses to help you learn proper alignment and body placement.

 

#3 Glo (Formerly YogaGlo)

Glo touts itself as “your blueprint to strength, mind, body, and heart.” The app where “yoga, Pilates, and meditation meet to meet you where you are as you are.” Before you begin practicing with Glo, you have to answer a few questions on what kind of yoga you’re looking for. Options include back care, prenatal, focus and productivity, and more.

 

You can also choose a specific style such as Ashtanga, Iyengar, or partner yoga in addition to various Pilates and meditation offerings. Glo gives you the option to pick the teacher who best suits your needs, from playful to challenging or even nontraditional (the kind of teacher who calls Happy Baby Pose “First Date”).

 

Glo lets you determine your skill level by asking how many classes you’ve taken and works with the health tracker on your phone to give you a full picture of your health and fitness journey.

 

#4 Pocket Yoga

Perfect for beginners, Pocket Yoga offers an extensive “pose dictionary” that breaks down every pose so you can be sure you’re getting it right. Choose from a variety of classes, ranging from five minutes to a full hour. You’ll follow along with an animated instructor and have the option to choose your difficulty level. Bonus: Since the app doesn’t require an internet connection, you can practice anytime, anywhere (beach yoga, anyone?).

 

#5 Yoga Studio

This all-in-one yoga and meditation app feature over 130 videos and meditations ranging from 5 to 60 minutes. A carefully curated selection means you can always find the right class, and the app also lets you build your own classes pose by pose. Quickly search classes based on intensity, ability, and duration, or browse the featured collections.

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