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4 Great Youtube yoga channels for at-home workouts

Turn your living room into your new studio.

- Words by hannah chenoweth and emily shiffer

01 Aham Yoga

Yoga teacher Arundhati Baitmangal­kar, an Indian immigrant, former Bollywood dancer and choreograp­her, founded Aham Yoga, a studio that posts videos and offers online yoga classes daily. The channel is for anyone interested in yoga, including those who want to follow a workout – whether it’s a five-minute intro for beginners or a morning yoga flow – perfect their poses, or simply understand more about the practice of yoga. For people looking to delve a little deeper into its background, Arundhati also hosts a podcast, Let’s Talk Yoga, which discusses things such as the authentici­ty of yoga, cultural appropriat­ion, accessibil­ity and yoga as self-care.

02 Yoga With Adriene

Adriene Mishler is one of the undisputed queens of Youtube yoga, which makes Yoga With Adriene a must-watch channel. Quirky, downto-earth, and very much someone that you may want to be best friends with, it’s not surprising that Adriene has a fiercely loyal following.

Another reason for her massive popularity? Adriene lives and breathes by the motto ‘find what feels good’. All of her videos stress the importance of doing away with comparison and finding your unique expression of each pose. Total newbies, or anyone who could use a refresher, can also benefit from her Foundation­s of Yoga series, which breaks down the basic alignment and benefits of tons of yoga poses for those who are beginners.

03 Yoga by Candace

If you’re looking for more technical instructio­ns and help to nail the right physical alignment of each pose, you’ll adore yoga instructor Candace Moore. There’s a striking simplicity about each of her videos – Candace has a concise style that’s perfect if you’re pressed for time or looking to get straight to the point.

Her efficiency is also reflected in her homepage, which breaks down classes by every possible organisati­onal metre: time of day, body part focus and length.

04 Yoga With POC – Yogis of Colour

These videos are a collection of videos curated by Tahtahme’s Diary, founder of Spiritual Black Girls. Whilst she’s not a yoga instructor herself, she has created an amazing resource of yoga classes by instructor­s of colour.

“The classes they have on this channel range from guided relaxation to full-length asana classes,” says Heather. “They also have classes with some mixes of other practices, such as tai chi, danceinfus­ed yoga, yogalates and Kemetic yoga, the ancient Egyptian system of yoga.”

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