3 GREAT YOGA APPS FOR BEGINNERS
1 Glo
This yoga, meditation, Pilates and fitness app offers more than 4,000 classes on demand, including 300 for yoga newbies that start with “First Time on the Mat,” “Warming the Body” and “Stretchy Flow.” The app runs $18 per month, with a seven-day free trial period so you can test it out. Learn more at www.glo.com, and read the reviews and ratings — 4.9 out of five stars from 23,000 users — at the Apple store. Available for Android, too.
2 Down Dog
This app, which offers yoga, meditation, barre and high-intensity interval training, generates new sessions every time, using the duration, intensity, level, voice and music you choose. It’s $8 per month with a free trial period. Read the reviews and ratings at the Apple store. Available for Android, too.
3 Find What Feels Good
This app from Adriene Mishler, of Youtube’s Yoga with Adriene, offers more than 700 yoga and meditation video classes for everyone from newbies to experts. The app subscription is $10 per month, with a free trial period to test it out; fwfg.com.
You’ll find Mishler’s free Youtube series at youtube.com/ user/yogawithadriene. The 500-plus free videos are divided by skill level, length and theme, from yoga for beginners and core strength workouts to a 30-day class series to jump-start your practice.
Eager to try yoga but not sure where to start in these pandemic, stay-at-home days? Fortunately there’s an app for that. Actually, a lot of apps. But these three top-ranked options are a great place to start. — Jackie Burrell, Staff