Yoga’s spiritual journey has come full circle after creating ripples in global waters! It now has a special day dedicated to it every year—the International Day of Yoga on June 21! Bringing yoga twists into daily life has numerous benefits – the awareness is worldwide now. Almost every website has a main section on yoga. Certainly there is going to be no dearth of motivation to take up yoga from now on! We bring Yoga Apps for Android to get you going on your yoga journey. The list has an app for children, office goers, just beginners, beginners, intermediate and advanced practitioners.
- Kids Yoga (Yoga for Kids)
App Name: Kids Yoga- Rating: 4.0
- Size: 9.74MB
- Click here to download this app from Playstore
This is a beautiful app for your tiny tots aged between 3 and 5 years. It comes with well-defined workouts of 4 levels. Each level specifies the poses to be done on day 1 and day 2. On selecting a pose, the app plays a video with detailed instructions written below. The audio is in English. The key feature is that kids can follow and do these poses easily. Example: Workout 1 for Day 1 has following poses:
- Three legged Dog
- Downward Dog Press with one leg
- Low Lunge Pyramid Flow
- Half Moon, Chest Expansion
- Cross Leg Forward Fold
- Swinging
- Heel to Toe Walking The audio is in English.
- Office Yoga to Keep Fit (Yoga for Office Goers)
App Name: Office Yoga to Keep Fit- Rating: 4.1
- Size: 13 MB
- Click here to download this app from Playstore
If you are sitting in front of your desk all day and are sick of the sedentary lifestyle, then this app is for you. It has poses that can be done within the area of your desk space. On selecting either a 10 or 15 minutes workout, video along with audio instructions is played out in English. This App requires its parent app-Daily Yoga to be installed first. Example: The 10 minute routine is done seated on a chair and the asanas done are:
- Neck rolls
- Shoulder rolls (clockwise and counter clockwise)
- Arm stretches
- Cow face
- Arm rolls
- Seated Hamstring stretch
- Leg raises (Hip Fleor Lifts)
- Child pose
- 7 Minutes Yoga for Beginners (Yoga for Absolute Beginners)
App Name: 7 Minutes Yoga for Beginners- Rating: 3.7
- Size: 4.53 MB
- Click here to download this app from Playstore
If you are totally new to yoga and want to get started, then this app is for you. It is a well-known fact that people who are beginners or who are exercising after a long gap, should start with mild exercises. This app displays six simple poses:
- Child
- Cat
- Downward Dog
- Bridge, Locust
- Child pose
On clicking Start for each pose the timer begins to count down. You are expected to hold each pose for a minute. The audio instruction is in English.
- Cody – Fitness Video Training (Ashtanga Yoga for Fitness)
App Name: Cody – Fitness Video Training- Rating: 4.5
- Size:6.69 MB
- Click here to download this app from Playstore
This app combines videos from some of the world’s top coaches of yoga. It has a Starter Training Pack which has a number of videos with different workouts for strength conditioning, forearm balances etc. In particular it has a 30 minute video entitled Ashtanga Practice taking you through the Suryanamaskar series of poses followed by:
- Triangle
- Pyramid
- Wide angle forward bending
- Chair, upward facing dog
- Downward facing dog
- Warrior I, II
This video has the famous Kino MacGregor performing the asanas. Though it is part of the Starter Training Pack it is definitely for advanced yoga practitioners. The audio instruction is in English.
- ISHA Foundation (Complete Program)
- App Name: isha Foundation
- Rating: 4.5
- Size: 6.89 MB
- Click here to download this app from Playstore
This app is for those who want to keep in touch with the programs conducted by isha Foundation. This app also has Sadhguru’s daily messages and the most popular and most watched videos of Sadhguru on You Tube channel. Includes mediation sessions too.
- Art of Living
- App Name: Art of Living
- Rated: 4.5
- Size: 10.82 MB
- Click here to download this app from Playstore
This is a complete source to learn the teachings of Sri Sri Rai Shankar. The App has an assortment of articles, audios, videos on yoga asanas and meditation. The yogasanas are accompanied with audio in Hindi. Each asana is explained in detail with pre-cautions and breathing techniques. The asanas are performed in an unhurried manner.
- Yoga and Health Tips
App Name: Yoga and Health Tips- Rating: 4.2
- Size: 4.2 MB
- Click here to download this app from Playstore
This App is built with Baba Ramdev’s yoga techniques and has videos with sessions done by Baba Ramdev. Each video session is designed to address a specific disease. The sessions are delivered in Hindi. There are videos for:
- Obesity
- Diabetes
- Back pain
- Sinus
It has lot of health tips. You need to be connected to internet for this app to work
- Yoga.com
App Name: Yoga.com- Rating: 4.5
- Size: 21.51 MB
- Click here to download this app from Playstore
This is the most comprehensive set of yoga poses all in one app! It lists 289 poses & breathing techniques. Each pose is entitled in both English and Hindi. The instructions are written in English. There is a dedicated picture and video for each pose, which has to be selected by clicking on the video icon. Also shown are two anatomical pictures of the pose from two angles. The audio is in English. The poses can be searched either under Types/Level or lexicographically. The poses are classified into following types:
- Backbends
- Forward bends
- Inverted
- Balances
- Lying on the back
- Lying on the stomach
- Sitting & twisting
- Standing
The levels are:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Under the lexicographical listing, the asanas are sorted based on their Hindi/original name. By far, the best yoga app that I have come across!
- Daily Workouts:
App Name: Daily Workouts- Rating: 4.1
- Size: 30.07 MB
- Click here to download this app from Playstore
If you are looking to build a library of selected poses or sessions for specific workouts, this app is ideal. You can download the main app and any of the plug-ins that you need. The plug-ins are not categorized based on diseases but are targeted for toning specific body parts and general purposes like weight loss. For example, if you want to do yoga for weight loss, then the plug-in for that will give only relevant asanas for losing weight. It has a number of plug-ins specific to the needs: Prenatal yoga, and Yoga to tone Abs, Yoga for slim legs & waist, for body toning etc. This free app version is for 3 days only. This App was tagged as the Best Yoga App of 2014 by Healthline.
- Meditation Music:
App Name: Meditation Music- Rating: 4.2
- Size: 45.97 MB
- Click here to download this app from Playstore
This App has great melodies suitable for a meditation session. I play some of them even during the yogasana practice. It comes with a timer so that the App turns off automatically.
This is one strongly deserves in above list.
★★★★★ 🙌 BEST MADE IN INDIA YOGA APP TO DOWNLOAD IN 2016 ★★★★★
★★★★★ FEATURES IT HAS ★★★★★
• Available in 3 languages like Hindi, English and Gujarati.
• Short Videos available for each Yoga.
• Daily yoga exercise from MONDAY – SUNDAY for beginner.
• Top to bottom body parts wise yoga like: Eyes, Neck, Heart, Shoulder, Elbow, Wrist, Hands, Waist, Hip, Knee, and Legs.
• Yoga information for beginners like: Introductions, Instructions, Benefits, Steps, Cautions.
• You can share your favorite yoga to your friends and family.
• Yoga suggested by Indian YOGA GURU BABA RAMDEV.
• NO INTERNET is required.
• FREE FOREVER.
• It is built using Google’s latest MATERIAL DESIGN concept.
• It covers most of the yoga to stay away from all kinds of diseases and help us to live healthy life.
– SPECIAL THANKS TO YOGA GURU BABA RAMDEV.
Here is the link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pinkesh.doyogadaily