Best Online Yoga Classes

Omstars has an impressive class catalog and teacher roster paired with impeccable functionality, and additional content that educates and inspires without being overwhelming. Everything on the site feels as if it's been done thoughtfully and with the user in mind—with an emphasis on accessibility and diversity.

Well-regarded yoga teacher Kino MacGregor launched Omstars in 2017 to create “real, watchable, entertaining, enlightening, authentic, life-changing content… whether you are a total yoga beginner, someone looking for healing from chronic pain, searching for mindfulness and meditation to soothe a busy mind, or trying to master a handstand.”

Omstars offers something for everyone, with more than 20 different styles—from physically demanding Ashtanga yoga to restorative yoga nidra (also called yogic sleep), nearly 200 teachers, and classes varying in length from less than 15 minutes to an hour. In addition to more than 4,000 on-demand classes, Omstars hosts several live classes each day over Zoom.

You can access Omstar classes on your desktop or via its app. In addition to a seven-day free trial, MacGregor has uploaded a comprehensive lineup of free classes on the Omstars YouTube channel, so you can get more of a sense of what Omstars has to offer before committing financially.

The monthly rate is $18. For a year-long membership, you'll pay $189, or $297 for Omstars+, which provides access to live interviews, live classes, and 20% off specialty programs. Live class drop-ins are $15 each.

It’s hard to imagine a more robust yoga class catalog on YouTube than Yoga With Adriene's. With nearly 700 free, on-demand sessions ranging in length, theme, and experience level, founder Adriene Mishler teaches a non-stylized version of vinyasa yoga that most people find accessible.

Mishler started posting videos to YouTube in 2012 and now has 12 million subscribers—a testament to her appeal. In 2019, she launched a premium streaming service and app with an ad-free video experience, exclusive classes with guest teachers, and new videos every week.

Yoga With Adriene offers regular 30-day yoga challenges to help you start or re-commit to a yoga practice, as well as classes by theme or goal, such as 10-minute morning yoga, yoga for celebrating, yoga poses for beginners, and yoga for neck and shoulders relief.

The Yoga With Adriene YouTube channel is free. The subscription ad-free service, called Find What Feels Good, is $13 per month or $130 per year.

Yoga Download is our pick for best free online yoga classes because it offers a relatively large and diverse selection of free, on-demand classes in an easy-to-navigate catalog. It also offers the occasional free live class or yoga challenge. It was originally launched in 2006 by yoga teacher Jamie Kent, who saw a need for quality yoga classes outside of a studio.

The search tools on the Yoga Download site are remarkably sophisticated, offering the ability to search by style, teacher, class length, experience level, intensity, theme, and media format. Yoga Download offers audio-only classes too, in addition to on-demand video. You’ll find beginner, intermediate, and advanced classes from over 100 teachers in more than 25 styles of yoga, including vinyasa, hatha, Ashtanga, and Iyengar, plus hybrid classes with weights.

In 2019, Kent moved all of Yoga Download’s 2,400 classes to a subscription model, with monthly and annual rates for premium desktop, app, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV experiences. Luckily, Kent kept a hearty number of videos in front of the paywall. Subscribers have access to the full catalog, plus discounts on specialty programs.

Many of Yoga Download’s classes are free. Subscription costs $12 monthly for limited downloads and $18 monthly or $120 annually for unlimited access.

There is no mistaking Bulldog Yoga’s mission: to transform how you work out. The lineup of classes combining power yoga and HIIT or sculpt are  designed to make yoga approachable, accessible, fun, and fitness-focused.

A relatively new company, Bulldog Yoga opened its virtual studio in 2015 with the goal of turning yoga into a less intimidating practice and a tool to help you get fit. The instructors at Bulldog are a mix of yoga teachers and personal trainers. The platform offers custom workout plans and on-demand classes and adds new video every week. There are no live classes.

While it is hard to determine how many classes are in the catalog, they run from 10 to 60 minutes in length and target areas including upper body, lower body, core, and booty. There is also a series of meditation classes for when you’re ready to cool down.  

You can take your workouts on the road or into any room of your house with desktop, app, Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV options for Bulldog Yoga—as long as you bring your weights with you.

Bulldog Yoga subscriptions cost $7 per month for limited on-demand content or $13 per month for unlimited access. There is also an annual plan for $120.

Sweat Factor is our pick for best yoga fusion platform because of its variety of on-demand hybrid yoga classes. Among Sweat Factor’s more abundant lineups of strength and cycling classes, its yoga fusion classes are creative offerings that will keep you interested in stretching and stability.

In addition to on-demand yoga sculpt, power barre, yoga-Pilates fusion, and yoga-HIIT fusion, Sweat Factor also offers yoga core fusion, athletic yoga, and yoga cardio sculpt classes. There are no live classes.

Sweat Factor costs $20 monthly or $120 annually.

Master teacher Rodney Yee was one of the first to teach yoga on digital platforms, and his beginner-friendly content, featured prominently on Gaia, is still as relevant today as it was decades ago. Gaia’s collection of beginner yoga classes and content, including a noteworthy pose catalog, make it a reliable place to go if you’re just getting started with a yoga practice.

With hundreds of on-demand yoga videos (but no live classes) from a variety of kind and gentle teachers, Gaia doesn’t feel intimidating. You can easily search the Gaia catalog by experience level or by the part of the body you want to target. You will find plenty of beginner-friendly offerings, such as vinyasa flows or therapeutic practices for tight shoulders and a sore back. 

In addition, Gaia offers several five-part yoga series programs to help newbies gain confidence in their practice. Among these offerings are the yoga foundations series with master teachers Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman Yee and a series that takes you through every type of pose you might encounter in a yoga class.

Gaia subscriptions are $12 monthly, $99 annually, or $299 annually with live event access.

When Peloton added yoga to its class lineup in 2018, it carefully curated a small, talented team of yoga and meditation teachers who all shine during live sessions, helping yoga practitioners learn, grow, and access the benefits of this ancient practice in real time. 

Peloton’s live yoga and meditation classes are expertly taught and filmed, providing a range of themes to fit your level of energy and experience. Having access to the platform’s top-notch and enthusiastic instructors feels more personal than other programs, which is why we think it's best for live classes.

Both on-demand and live vinyasa-based classes, best viewed from the app, run from 20 to 45 minutes long and offer both restorative and strength-building themes, while meditation classes focus on rest and relaxation.

Peloton app subscriptions are $13 monthly and you do not need to have any Peloton equipment to access these classes.

In a market saturated with fitness-focused yoga classes, Yoga International’s large selection of restorative and relaxing sessions is a breath of fresh air. It's our pick for best for restorative yoga for the breadth and depth of these more calming practices.

In addition to yoga nidra and meditation, you can find iRest meditation classes, restorative pose breakdowns, restorative yoga for postural improvement and energy, and prenatal and sleep support.

Yoga International costs $20 monthly or $199 annually for a basic membership.

Cosmic Kids has, hands down, the most robust catalog of kids' yoga videos. There a variety of adventures to choose from, and the popularity of the site—which has about 1.4 million followers on YouTube—speaks to the platform’s broad appeal and staying power. 

Creator Jamie Amor and her husband and producer Martin Amor have found the secret formula for keeping kids entertained while delivering a dose of yoga. The popularity of the classes likely stems from their use of familiar characters and stories in the classes, and incorporating movements or actions into a story. 

There are hundreds of classes to choose from, running generally between 10 and 15 minutes long. Viewers can sort by their desired energy level (calm, focused, or active) and length of class.

The success of Cosmic Kids led the Amors to create a related kids' yoga teacher training program. So far, they’ve taught 5,000 people all over the world how to facilitate their special kind of yoga. 

Plus, if you like the classes, you can find local teachers who’ve done the Cosmic Kids training and try out an in-person experience. 

Cosmic Kids is $10 monthly or $65 for an annual subscription (that's less than $6 per month).

Glo’s offerings via its app are hard to beat, making it our choice for Best Yoga App. The company offers curated classes from more than 50 teachers and in 16 styles, including meditation, Pilates, and HIIT. It also provides incredibly helpful class descriptions and boasts an easy-to-use search functionality that sorts classes via interest, mood, experience level, length of class, teacher, and more.

The app is straightforward, while also being chock full of impressive content accrued since 2008 when Glo (previously YogaGlo) was founded. 

The app also facilitates regular live classes, archives your past classes and downloads, and customizes suggestions based on previous use and selected preferences. Take advantage of the seven-day free trial to explore thousands of classes from dozens of styles and different teachers.

Glo is $30 monthly and $245 annually for unlimited access.