Yoga is an extremely spiritual and elusive practice founded in India. Over recent decades, the practice of yoga has greatly expanded and there are now millions who participate around the world. In recent years, yoga has once again become even more accessible through the use of yoga apps.
Whether you are interested in starting a new form of mental and physical exercise, want to take a holistic journey, or you are already an avid fan of different yoga styles, this list of yoga apps for your iPhone is sure to help guide you on your new practice.
1. Yoga Workout Classes for Home
This app is incredibly customizable and therefore is suitable for Yoga fans of various achievement levels. Your personal routine, designed within the app, can be tweaked to focus on beginner or advanced yoga skills and can also zero-in on specific areas of improvement relating to physical and mental wellness.
The app offers a seven-day free trial before requiring a monthly subscription.
Download: Yoga Workout Classes for Home (Free trial, subscription required)
2. Apple Fitness+ (Apple Watch Required)
Apple Fitness+ is one of the most useful and well-designed services available through iOS. Although the app is meant for use with the Apple Watch, the seamless transition between the watch and other paired Apple products means that this app has been added to the list.
Apple Fitness+ includes yoga as one of the 10 styles of physical exercise that you can train with. The app is completely integrated across your iOS devices meaning you can take your practice anywhere in the house and transfer from an Apple TV to your iPhone in an instant.
Download: Apple Fitness+ (Free trial, subscription required)
3. Yoga for Beginners | Mind+Body
Yoga for Beginners is one of the best apps in the health and fitness section of the App Store. While most of the best yoga apps require a subscription charge in order to provide users with access to quality content, this app is ensuring that you can still complete a good basic yoga practice without an added price.
While many apps boast of free content but offer very little, Yoga for Beginners is a fully functional app. The videos are a little less personal and more self-involved. The app does offer an ad-free paid version, but there are few differences to the actual functionality of the app.
Download: Yoga for Beginners | Mind+Body (Free, subscription available)
4. Down Dog
If you are new to the practice of yoga, Down Dog is an excellent learning tool. The app has a clear and user-friendly menu screen that allows for easy accessibility and navigation. The guided yoga lessons are incredibly clear and beautifully filmed which provides a heightened yoga experience.
For bilingual readers or if you are interested in practicing a new language, the lessons are also available in nine languages other than English, all while offering six different English narrations. Membership is required for this.
Download: Down Dog (Free trial, subscription available)
5. Peloton
Some may be surprised to discover that the Peloton app can be used for much more than cycling. The app requires a subscription for full access, but if you decide Peloton is right for you, there are a plethora of quality fitness yoga videos to choose from.
Yoga is only one of the many ways this app can help you to stay on track with your wellness goals. Programs are extremely personalized to match your fitness needs and with a major fan following, this app is one of the best options for community participation.
Download: Peloton (Free trial, subscription required)
6. Find What Feels Good
YouTube’s Adriene Mishler has launched an app that features her videos and exclusive content for her biggest supporters. The app exists as the next step for her YouTube fans.
This app will help those who feel they need to hold themselves accountable to show up to practices as there are scheduling options, reminders, a community of support, as well as cast and sync options to help you continue your practice every day, no matter where you find yourself.
Download: Find What Feels Good (Free trial, subscription required)
7. AloMoves
AloMoves is an excellent choice if you are in search of an app that is directly aimed at progressing your yoga skills. Instead of working on different areas of fitness and including yoga as an optional exercise, AloMoves is completely dedicated to different styles of yoga practice.
A key aspect of this app is your ability to choose from different practice styles such as Vinyasa and Prenatal Yoga. This makes the app adaptable and useful through various stages of life.
This is an excellent option for beginners but will be best appreciated by serious yoga fans. A two-week free trial is included before a subscription is required to access app services.
Download: AloMoves (Free trial, subscription required)
8. Gaia
Unlike many of the other listed apps, Gaia’s platform does not solely focus on the goal of fitness. Gaia is a streaming service that aims to provide users with the power of enhanced consciousness. The streaming service offers videos relating to both yoga and meditation practices in addition to documentaries that focus on expanding your knowledge of the self and applicable personal healing methods.
The app is compatible with Apple Health meaning you can track your progress easily alongside your other health and wellness apps.
Download: Gaia (Free trial, subscription required)
9. Yoga | Daily Yoga
Daily Yoga is an app absolutely filled to the brim with yoga content. The app offers over 500 guided instructional videos to help you on your journey of self-discipline. You can access yoga practice classes and meditation videos to help train both your body and mind.
You are also able to stay in touch with a community of similarly driven individuals to help you stay motivated and interact with the smart coach to help you set and reach your goals. Daily yoga might seem like a difficult task but with this app it is much more manageable.
Download: Yoga | Daily Yoga (Free, premium version available)
10. Mindbody
Mindbody is bringing the outside world to your living room by offering live-stream drop-in yoga classes. The app offers two useful services: you can schedule in-person classes for various different styles of fitness or you can join live-stream classes to practice from the comfort of your own home.
This app offers a variety of different types of yoga classes as well as other fitness styles, such as Barre and HIIT.
Take note that as with many apps, the variety and accessibility of the in-person classes greatly depend on your geographic location.
Download: Mindbody (Free, in-app purchases)
In the Pursuit of Wellness
Although our mothers often warned us about the downfalls of too much screen time, iPhones are now being used as a tool for wellness. Yoga is only one of the vast ways that users are turning their iPhones into personal wellness companions.
Some days of the week are more difficult than others and although many of us like to think of ourselves as superheroes, we all need a little extra help from time to time. Luckily for us, you can use the Siri Shortcuts app to find even more ways to add wellness into your life.