Yoga for Beginners | Mind+Body

I have a couple different yoga apps we are using for myself and my son (post bone marrow transplant patient) to help with an injury for myself and to strengthen his muscles and flexibility again. This is by far my favorite and we use it daily! They don’t charge you insane fees and seem to genuinely just care about the person’s well being by offering it for free. Very impressed with it and the designers! We do not have the funds to waste and they are truly helping a family in need. You are appreciated and we highly recommend! It’s relaxing, calming (my stress needs it) and strengthening. The workouts are easy to learn the poses with each illustration and you can choose the level you need or just feel up to doing. He cannot do harder levels yet so this is perfect for him and is helping his atrophy and pain. Also helps him relax for better sleep. Thank you from a mother’s heart!

I am brand new to yoga, and this app has been a great introduction. The teaching videos are great, and there is a good variety of routines to choose from. There are a few things I think could be improved though. The order in which the routines are displayed should be more progressive in difficulty, especially since the app is geared towards beginners. Yes they have the beginner routines grouped first, then the intermediates, then the advanced, but the order within each group is not progressive in difficulty. The first beginner routine listed is the most advanced of the beginner routines, and the first two intermediate routines are the most advanced of the intermediates. When a beginner is trying to learn it is difficult to figure out the best routine to try next. I also think there should be the option for the instructor to give direction during each pose. There is so much to remember when starting out that details like when to breathe or having correct posture are easily forgotten. But overall it's a great app!

This app is an easy way to incorporate yoga into daily life. As a busy, homeschooling mom of 8, it’s often had to get down time in. In stressful moments, I can take a 6-10 min break and calm my mind and heart. Even my kids will sit and do the poses with me. I love that it’s simple, calming music, has easy videos or directions for unfamiliar poses, and that is very neutral. There isn’t a lot of eastern influence. It’s a simple, “pose, get ready, start, rest” repeat. I like that there is no chatter during the poses. My only suggestions for the app are that 1. There be an paid version to get rid of the pop up ad before the yoga workout starts. 2. There be a way to link workouts together. I often will combine one of the 6-7 min workouts with one of the longer 10-15 min workouts. If I could link them so that they flowed seamlessly from one into the other, I’d love that!

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This is a good app for beginners yoga, but there are some issues I have with it. It has trouble when you play your own music from a different app, sometimes causing bizarre static noise or the ‘instructor’ not speaking at all. On occasion, the instructor voice will be so quiet, and if I turn up the music, it’s like the instructor voice stays the same level while just the music noise goes up. This causes me to stay too long in poses and get off track. The time the app gives you to get ready for the next pose is 30 seconds, which is way too long, but no matter how low I adjust it in the app settings, it defaults back to 30 seconds in the routines. I also am irritated with the recent updates, in which yoga for abs was removed entirely, and there is now a loud bell ringing sound when a pose is completed, instead of the instructor voice calmly saying “rest”. I find this bell noise to be very jarring and disruptive to my routine, and find I now cannot focus while doing yoga.

I love that this app gives me roughly 10 min yoga sessions I can do anytime anywhere. All of the moves are doable for nearly anyone while still providing good stretching & workout results. It does have some bugs that still need addressing. Sometimes the voice over changes during the workout which is a little distracting, & on the Night Stretch it shows the wrong picture on one of the moves (fortunately it’s a left then right, so you just go by the other one). To be free, I really can’t complain about this app. I love the calendar component that keeps up with which workouts I’ve done & how many days consistent streak. It really spurs me on to not miss a day to keep my streak going! I also like monitoring my weight in the app. I’m using it to treat chronic pain & get in shape, while my husband uses it for weight loss. We love this app!