Austin’s Best Online Yoga Classes
Many local studios are offering yoga classes online these days, and finding your favorite has never been easier - they’re now all at your fingertips!
Practice Yoga Austin
Favorite Teachers:
Shanti Kelley
Jenn Wooten
Stacie Hawkins
Black Swan Yoga
Favorite Teachers:
Kaylee Nelson
Elese Rose
Bryce Valdez
Wanderlust
Favorite Teachers:
Christine Anderson
Jeremy Anderson
Brett Haginas
Austin Yoga Tree
Favorite Teachers:
Jonathan Troen
Mary Scott
Anne-Marie Schultz
Sanctuary Yoga
Favorite Teachers:
Fonzy Hernandez
Angelena Stokes-Wickersham
Austin Private Yoga
Favorite Teacher:
Anne Marie Herring
Sukha Yoga
Favorite Teacher:
Erinn Leigh
Check out these studios and teachers listed, and discover what kind of practice serves you best.
Keep in mind that each studio, teacher, and style provides a different offering. Some classes will be more physically intense, while others are more meditative and slower-paced.
Different yoga practices are designed to create different experiences, each with their own unique intention.
For example, one teacher might guide you through a challenging sequence that builds strength and stability in your hips so that you increase your ability to balance.
But maybe instead of that particular kind of practice, your body needs something more soothing, with a focus on flexibility and release of tension so that you feel more emotionally centered.
The exploration of different yoga styles, studios, and teachers encourages you to listen to your likes and dislikes, your personal needs and interests.
This kind of inner discourse of listening to your body and mental dialogue, in itself, fosters yoga - the connection between your mind and body.
As you practice online, check in with yourself.
Notice how you respond to specific cues, how it feels to move through particular transitions, how your breath is flowing - easily or maybe it feels more challenging.
There’s no right or wrong way to practice yoga. As long as you are inquiring into your experience, including the thoughts, emotions, and sensations that arise, you are learning from your practice. You are learning more about yourself.
In knowing yourself better, you also gain a deeper understanding of the world around you. The world around you being your relationships, your community, this culture and society, and the interconnectedness of everything within this sphere.
Online yoga supports community connections.
While online yoga may not feel as community-oriented as in-person classes, it still fosters community ties. We are living at a time when being in a studio isn’t necessarily the best option.
And because of that, supporting your community is even more important as we look to those around us for strength and resilience.
Even though your yoga practice may feel physically more isolated, remember that you’re not alone in that feeling - and sharing that experience will help keep everyone connected.
Online yoga meets you where you are.
As your yoga practice changes, from strength-based to flexibility-centered for example, or from in-person to online, remember to welcome in gratitude and compassion.
Gratitude for the ability to access yoga when you need it. Compassion for yourself as you adjust to a new way of practicing.
Yoga is your relationship with yourself, regardless of where you practice. Stay kind and open to your experience to reap the full benefits of each online yoga class.