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Top 10 Yoga Apps

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While yoga is an ancient art of breathing and stretching, that doesn't mean that its adherents haven't embraced the wonders of modern technology. There is a wealth of yoga apps available for Android and iOS devices that provide visual and audio guides to a variety of poses useful for everything from everyday stretching, exercise, to just stretching in a cramped desk chair or business trip. Check out 10 of our favorite yoga apps below.
Yoga Asana (Android) (Free)
Yoga Asana  (Android) Sometimes you don't have the free time to go out to a yoga studio, but that doesn't mean you have to ignore your practice. The app Yoga Asana plays on the name of the popular 'Salute the Sun' sequence of asanas, and is designed with an illustrated routine of poses and meditations designed to relieve tension, improve posture and stretch your body, provides users with a library of more than 57 yoga classes and 400-plus workout poses, as well as a variety of intensities and durations. For more advanced modules and poses though, you'll need to subscribe to the app.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=apps.softecks.com.yogaasana&hl=en

Yoga Studio (iOS) ($3.99)


Yoga Studio provides users with 65 ready made yoga and meditation classes ranging from 10 to 60 minutes, with a variety of difficulties and exercise focuses all presented with HD video. What's more, Yoga Studio also allows users to create their own video classes from the app's library of yoga poses and 'pose blocks' (poses commonly grouped together). Users can further customize music and ambient sounds, as well as schedule classes, which will automatically sync with your calendar.

Yoga.com Studio (Android, iOS) (Free / $3.99)

Yoga.com Studio provides Android and iOS yoga practitioners with a wealth of programs and poses designed for all skill levels. Preset programs and poses within the library come with HD video demonstrations, and users can add their own poses and variants, as well as their own custom programs. Additionally, the app comes with its own social community where you can share or search for custom programs, and scheduling features to track your workouts on a calendar.

FitStar Yoga (iOS) (Free, paid subscriptions)
FitStar teams up with yoga guru and Strala Yoga founder Tara Stiles to bring you FitStar Yoga, a personalized yoga training app that streams a wealth of yoga workouts designed to help you lose weight and increase flexibility. As with the core FitStar app, FitStar Yoga first aims to get a sense of your fitness with introductory sessions, adjusting the difficulty of future sessions based on user feedback. Each yoga session is provided in HD video, complete with audio guidance and soundtrack. Users can track their progress with milestones and achievements, and can integrate with the Health app as well as Jawbone UP, MyFitnessPal and Fitbit.

Daily Yoga (Android, iOS) (Free)
Daily Yoga (Android, iOS) provides users with a library of more than 50 yoga classes and 400-plus workout poses, complete with HD video and background music. Seven yoga plans are available for beginners with a variety of exercise focuses, as well as a variety of intensities and durations. For more advanced modules and poses though, you'll need to subscribe to the app.

Pocket Yoga (Android, iOS) ($2.99)


You can now carry around your own Yoga studio with Pocket Yoga, an exercise app that lets you practice the ancient art of stretching and breathing at your own pace and time. Pocket Yoga comes with detailed voice and video instructions for hundreds of poses, complete with descriptions of each one’s proper execution and health benefits. Users can choose between three practices, difficulties and durations. Then the app logs your exercises and progress for future reference. Serious yoga practitioners and coaches might also want to check out Pocket Yoga Practice Builder ($6.99) on iOS or Android.

Universal Breathing - Pranayama Free (Android, iOS)


Controlled, mindful breathing is just as important a part of yoga as stretching. Universal Breathing (Android, iOS) -- Pranayama is designed to teach the basics Pranayama, a style of calming diaphragmatic breathing. The app provides a basic structured course, with short exercises that come with a timer and an animated guide. Users can track their progress in the course, customize sessions and learn more information about Pranayama. The paid app features more advanced techniques and further session customizations.

Kids Yogaverse: I Am Love (Android, iOS) ($3.99)

Parents looking for a way to introduce children to yoga might want to check out Kids Yogaverse (Android, iOS) and their series of yoga activity book apps. I Am Love, aimed at children from 4 to 8 years old, takes you on a trip to a fantasy Egypt, with an interactive story that has children meeting a variety of creatures while also guiding them through a series of 13 basic yoga poses as the story progresses.

5 Minute Yoga (iOS) ($0.99)


"I don't have the time" is no longer an excuse with 5 Minute Yoga, aniOS yoga app that provides more than 350 short but effective yoga sessions all designed to be done in 5 minutes or less. Sessions are created from a library of illustrated poses with detailed instructions, along with a timer to ensure that poses are done for the proper amount of time. Additionally, users can also select music from their library to play for each session.

Beautiful Belly Pre & Post Natal Yoga (iOS) (30 day Free Trial)


Beautiful Belly Pre & Post Natal Yoga is a series of video guides to a variety of yoga routines with the expectant mother in mind. Each of the 12 practices is designed with each trimester in mind, and is presented in HD video, along with a weekly practice calendar that can be personalized with your due date. The app has a free 30 day trial, with each set of trimester videos available for $4.99 each, or the entire bundle for $10.99.

Relax Melodies Premium (Android, iOS) ($2.99)


This freemium Relax Melodies app lets you select relaxing ambient sounds and mix them together to create your own Zen. The app includes 108 ambient sounds, from Rain to Flutes to Monk Chants—even a vacuum cleaner—and lets you combine up to 12 at a time and save them. An additional one-time payment of $9.99 gives you 36 guided meditations, 12 brainwaves beats, and no ads.

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