Yoga home programs offer an easy and convenient way for you to learn yoga, deepen your practice and connect with a yoga community, whether or not you have access to a local studio. With features such as continually updated content, access to other yoga students and instructors, pose guides and healthy living resources, yoga home subscription programs offer many benefits over buying yoga DVDs. They are an option if you travel often or don't have a yoga studio in your area.
My Yoga Online
My Yoga Online offers unlimited access to streaming yoga and wellness videos, as well as video downloads and a yoga community with blogs and studio listings. As a member, you can create your own yoga diary, set wellness goals and customize the look of your page with inspirational quotes and other features. Videos include sequences for beginner, intermediate and advanced users, as well as Pilates, dance, workplace wellness and meditation. You can search and browse videos based on style of yoga, instructor, difficulty level and length. Videos range from under 15 minutes to over one hour. The site also offers a yoga pose guide, ambient music, anatomy workshops, recipes and healthy living articles. As of December 2010, a premium membership is $9.95 a month or $89.95 for one year. Some site features, such as articles, forums and some videos, are available without a membership.
Gaiam Yoga Club
Gaiam Yoga Club is a subscription service consisting of a self-paced program that is appropriate for all levels of skill and experience. The program includes nine hours of step-by-step pose instruction, a downloadable pose guide and 63 downloadable audiocasts. The audiocasts can be uploaded to your MP3 player so you can have access to them when you are away from the computer or don't have an Internet connection. As a Gaiam Yoga Club member, you can also chat with other community members, including yoga instructors Colleen Saidman and Rodney Yee. You can choose to pay a monthly fee of $25 or pay a quarterly rate of $65 every three months, as of December 2010. You may cancel at any time.
Yoga Today
Yoga Today offers yoga videos at different subscription levels. You can access weekly classes and receive an email level for free, or you can sign up for yearly or monthly plans that offer unlimited video streaming. The site also offers one-hour videos for downloading. As of December 2010, downloads are $3.99 or $2.99 for members. Memberships are $9.99 a month or $89.95 per year. Members receive access to a library of more than 200 ad-free videos, which you can watch on the site's full-screen video player. You can also add videos to your personal queue to create your own unique workout lineup. The site offers videos for all skill levels and various areas of focus. You can select videos based on the benefit, the poses, the type of yoga or the specific area of the body the workouts address.
Yoga Tune Up
With the Yoga Tune Up home fitness program, you'll receive a new DVD in the mail every month. When you sign up, you can select your fitness goals and specify your experience level and any physical ailments. Your DVD shipments are customized based on your selections and are automatically shipped to you every four weeks. As of December 2010, the cost per DVD is $15.95 per month. Users also have access to teleconferences with Yoga Tune Up instructors and can connect with other users in the site's social networking community.
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