10 Benefits of Zoom Virtual Yoga Class
“More yoga every week. It’s not just the lack of commute (see below), but classes can be offered - and people actually come! - at times that aren’t practical in studio. 6am yoga classes are wayyyyy easier for everyone if they’re close to your coffee maker and the shower. 8pm bedtime classes are way more effective when you don’t have to drive home afterward.
The recordings are recordings of practices you may have actually experienced in person, designed with you (and others) in mind. That class that left you feeling just so amazing? You can have it again….”
Basics of Zoom Yoga
In this post, we’ll look at the most basic zoom set up. Next time we’ll explore the different ways you can upgrade that might take more time. In this post, we’ll look at options that take 15-45 minutes for a sweet yoga set up, so you can get your zoom yoga on right now!
Why zoom yoga if you’re all zoomed out?
“You will reset your relationship to zoom. Yoga is all about rerouting our habit grooves, aka samskara. The best way to re-wire a habit is to create a new one. Zoom work/happy hour has a way of reinforcing a lot of sedentary patterns. Sitting, arms in front, maybe head a little forward seeking to connect with the screen. We start skipping the once an hour break we know makes us feel better because we’re “in the zone” or just can’t break away. We stop looking out the windows or simply away from the screen. Our worlds become a little smaller even though we’re connecting far and wide because our embodied habit range becomes more limited.
When you incorporate some yoga into your zoom routine, you’re more likely to remember to look away from the screen every half hour and physically stand up every hour. When you participate in yoga, you hear another person breathing “
