Best Yoga Apps Of 2024, Chosen By A Yoga Teacher

If you’re looking to deepen your yoga practice, as well as your meditation practice, Headspace is right up your alley. It has a library of movement videos, with an emphasis on mindfulness—whether you want to de-stress, drop into your body, or get energized. And of course, there are also tons of different meditations, including some for better sleep, better focus, and mindfulness in general. With this app, you’re sure to balance your mind and body.

When you open the app, rather than being asked to enter information, it prompts you to begin a short mindfulness exercise, which really does help you get in the headspace. From there, you can choose if you’re there to meditate, move, sleep, or listen to music. The yoga content is housed under the “move” category, along with some dance videos, cardio exercises, and “move minis.” There are also a few longer series with focused intentions, like a confidence-boosting movement course.

The yoga flows are sectioned into categories: good morning, daytime flow, stress and anxiety relief, and before bed—plus, a few options for specific focus areas (hips, core, shoulders, posture, etc.). We’ve found that most of the classes are more stretches than flows, but there are a few longer flow options as well.

What our testers say:

“Headspace is definitely a meditation-first app, and its yoga and fitness content is clearly geared toward beginners. I wouldn’t recommend it if your sole purpose is deepening your yoga practice, because you won’t find a ton of content. However, as someone who uses the app for meditation and mindfulness, I like that I have the option to sprinkle in some brief stretches and flows—and I particularly enjoy the emphasis on mind-body connection. I wish there were more search features within the yoga category, but it’s likely because there isn’t much content to search through.” — Carleigh Ferrante, commerce editor

A few instructors/classes we’ve enjoyed:

Tension-Releasing Stretch

Bedtime Flow

Cost: $12.99/month or $69.99/year