I am a beginner, what are the best online yoga classes?

If you are a beginner like me, and you have decided to take care of yourself or learn new things about yoga, without having any idea how it works, I let you discover this article. My name is Margaux Pierre-Bloch, I am 20 years old and I am a student at EFAP.

Do you want to start yoga at home, starting with online classes and want to continue this discovery alone, or do you not know any yoga studios/teachers? Then keep reading this article, because I will show you the best sites, applications or YouTube videos to watch at home to become a yoga pro. To your Yoga mats and computers or cell phones.

Applications to download

Here is my selection:

1. 5 minutes of yoga.

If like me, you like to stretch in 5 minutes in the morning before starting a day but you don't have time to do more, I suggest you download on your phone (apple store or google play) the application 5minutes de yoga . This application offers you a short moment of relaxation.

Positive points:

1. Ideal for beginners
2. Simple and effective postures for a daily 5-minute workout

Negative point:

1. Only 2 free programs

2. Gotta Joga

Gotta Joga is also an app to download, if you want to get into yoga. This app has also developed a website that offers many programs whether it is for outdoor yoga, for meditation or for strengthening your muscles.

Positive points:

1. This allows you to practice 35 sessions of different durations depending on your needs.
2. Good explanations of the postures linked to the health application on your iPhone.
3. The Yoga tree, the more you practice, the more your tree will grow.
4. The blog that gives you information about yoga.

3. Yogom

Yogom is an application that allows you to improve your skills with 77 different asanas that are explained with illustrations.

Positive points:

1. Multiple programs available, perfect for beginners.
2. Positions well explained with photos that allow you to reproduce them easily on your own.

Negative point:

1. Only two short five-minute programs are available for free.

YouTube videos to watch

There is also another possibility to train yourself using YouTube videos which are free.

Know that in this discipline, the choice of teacher is of primary importance, because it is he who will make you advance and progress in your yoga practice.

That's why I recommend you try several. I recommend choosing the one that inspires you, whose voice, energy and teaching you like.

Indeed, yoga is not just asanas, it is also knowing how to breathe well and above all awakening your mind.

On YouTube, there are really a lot of yoga videos in both English and French. There is something for everyone. Here is the selection that I offer you for having tried them during confinement.

First, I advise you to go see the ELLE YouTube channel, because if you are a beginner like me and you want to get started with yoga, there are many explanatory videos made by Hélène Duval, the creator of Yuj which are easy to access.

While doing some research, I also discovered an American YouTuber Yoga with Adriene . On this channel, you can find yoga sessions to learn how to meditate, to lose weight, etc. It's pretty great and above all very inspiring. The only downside of this channel is that the explanations of the videos are in English. It is sometimes complicated to follow.

I also discovered the YUJ YouTube channel (still by Hélène Duval) which is well structured and complete and helped me a lot in my yoga beginnings. They also do classes on zoom

Sites and platforms to know about

Still to practice yoga at home, I will give you some online yoga sites and platforms, to try absolutely.

1. Oly be

OLY BE is an online and live platform, created by Gaëlle Frizon that allows you to quickly book a yoga session near you, at a very affordable price compared to other platforms. Oly be offers hundreds of online classes every week, yoga, pilates, fitness, dance, meditation or even sophrology classes. Classes are available morning, noon and evening. 7 days a week online and live. There are more than 100 per week.

The session starts at €8.
1st lesson free

2. MyQee yoga

On MyQee yoga , there are more than 300 classes to discover, whether it's pilates, yoga or meditation. More than 40 certified teachers are at our disposal to help us discover this discipline.

The session starts at €12.

3. GetYogi

This site has set up 400 animated yoga and meditation sessions online for everyone. What I liked about this site is the fact that we are guided in our choices. We just have to fill in the theme that we want to practice like "meditation" or "back pain" so that the best videos on the site come out directly for us.

The courses are varied and cost €9.99 per month.

4. Yoga at home by Charlotte Saint Jean

She has been teaching yoga since 2002. If you are interested in yoga retreats, this teacher organizes them in Provence, Menorca, Burgundy or Capbreton. If you come from Brussels, Bordeaux or Paris, Charlotte often travels abroad and you can find her in these cities. She can also train you as a yoga teacher. If I were you, I would not hesitate to take a look at her website to see everything she offers.

5. YogaConnect

Yoga Connect is a site that offers online videos. There are programs for beginners, for flexibility, for stress and many other things. You can also choose the teacher and the classes you want to follow. You can subscribe in several ways:

1. Monthly : free for 2 weeks and then €18 per month with no commitment!
2. Discovery : 3 months of yoga, €48!
3. Vital : yoga for 1 year, €170!

What I particularly liked about this site is that whenever we have a question, Yoga Connect is extremely quick and attentive to advise us as best as possible, and this through numerous networks (email, Instagram, Facebook, etc.)

6. YogaPlay

Taken over by Tigre Yoga, this site also offers videos and online courses. They will allow you to release your emotional tensions, find a good night's sleep, and boost your energy. More than 200 courses are available on all our devices, they can be adapted according to our objectives and you can watch them without a connection.

7. YOGA-EN-LIGNE.COM

Close your eyes and let yourself be guided. This is the invitation of the first online yoga platform with audio, traditional and internalized. yoga-en-ligne.com specializes in hatha yoga and offers classes in which each posture is coupled with breathing and specific mudras and bandhas. This particularity allows to develop the nervous influx, to act on the physical, energetic and psychic at the same time and gives the classes a great effectiveness.

8. Yoga Mountains

And finally, the latest addition. A platform that presents online courses in the beautiful Alps region with its energetic teacher Estelle Peretto. The courses are given outdoors with a splendid view of the mountains. These are also real-time courses between Arêches-Beaufort and Annecy. You will find videos of different durations, pranayama courses, meditation.

Try it if you want a breath of fresh air.

I hope these tips have helped you discover new ways to get started with yoga as a beginner.

If you also know of other sites or applications that have the same functionality, do not hesitate to leave the name in the comments to broaden my knowledge and that of others.

Namaste,

Margaux