The Best Free Yoga Videos Online

I have been doing yoga for a couple of years now. I tend to get bored with any kind of exercise easily and I like to have a wide variety of workouts to choose from. I also like to save money and classes are expensive. Luckily for me, there are a lot of free yoga videos right here online. I thought I would share my favorites with you. So here they are, in no particular order:

The first yoga videos I discovered online were by Dashama. I really like her first 30 day challenge videos. They are 5-10 minutes and most focus on one part of the body. She's got videos that stretch the hamstrings, the hips, or the shoulders for example. It is hard to do just one of these workouts. I find that if I stretch out one area, other areas start screaming at me. Releasing and relaxing one area of the body brings attention to what is still tight and tense. Dashama tends to start with really easy poses and finish off with some really advanced work. Some of her moves are impossible for me at this point, but they are inspiring to watch.

Namaste Yoga with Dr. Melissa West

This is a yoga series I found on YouTube. It features over 80 different videos, most of which are around one hour long. I would say these videos are great for a beginner to yoga. She goes into detail about how to do each pose. She also explains the meaning behind some of them. Usually it is Melissa and one or two of her friends doing the workout. They are not yoga experts and they make mistakes. This yoga is relaxing and laid back yoga. She does not seem to hold the harder poses for too long, which I like. Her and her friends are just having a good time, laughing through the challenging poses. I am on episode 21 and am looking forward to getting through this entire yoga video series.

www.yogatic.com features yoga instructor Esther Echhart. Esther has an amazing amount of videos on this website. There must be hundreds of them on there. I think most of them can also be found on YouTube. Most of her videos are 10 minutes or less. These videos have lots of variety. Some focus on meditation or breathing. Some focus on a specific pose. And some are longer yoga routines. She has routines for anything you can imagine, including weight loss, yoga for surfers, runners, for headaches and injuries and so much more. You can find something for anything you want to work on. She takes requests too. You can friend her on facebook or comment on her website or on YouTube and she will take your suggestions. Another thing I like about Yogatic is its yoga dictionary. It has the name of the pose, a picture of Esther performing it, plus the benefits it provides and exactly how to do it.

www.doyogawithme.com

I have just discovered this website recently through a you tube video. I love what I have seen so far. There are yoga classes for beginners to advanced. You can do something really relaxing or work on building strength. They have a series of yoga anatomy videos so you can be sure you are doing the poses exactly right.The core activation videos have helped me to strengthen that area and learn the proper way to hold my muscles when doing pilates or yoga. My killer lower back pain has subsided since i have learned the proper way to work my core. I think I will learn a lot about how my body moves with these videos. You can even sign up and be a part of their community. Then you can rate and comment on videos and post in their forums.

So there are my four favorite places to find yoga videos online. I would love to hear if you like them too. And if there are any others out there you enjoy, please share in the comment section below. I am always searching for new yoga workouts.

Namaste.