The Why: We've all heard about the amazing benefits of regular yoga, but it can be such a hassle (not to mention expensive!) to drag yourself to a studio several times a week.  With YogaToday.com you can download free yoga videos or play them right on the site — you don't even have to leave your house. They also tell you the level of each class, and there are typically two students following along: one a beginner and the other experienced.

The Health Bonus: Yoga is great exercise, with health claims ranging from better strength, flexibility, posture, coordination and balance to stress reduction, stronger bones, cardiovascular conditioning and the prevention of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, carpal tunnel syndrome, arthritis and more. Devotees are pretty emphatic about the benefits on three levels: physiological, psychological and biochemical. 

What We Liked Best: YogaToday.com offers a new class each day, and the videos can be saved to your hard drive so you can fit them into your own schedule. And all the classes are filmed with wonderful backdrops, such as Jackson Hole, Wyo. Nice. Just watching the video can be a peaceful experience. Also, the video and music are both crystal clear. And all at no cost. Wow!

What We Liked Least: The site doesn’t archive programs (other than the last four days). So, if you’re looking for a specific class — like beginning yoga moves — you will not be able to find it. The good news is that there will eventually be a searchable archive, but you’ll have to pay a small fee to download from it. Also, it would be nice if when you watched you were able to view in full-screen mode — I didn’t see that option.  And there’s advertising in the beginning. I guess they have to pay the bills somehow.

The Price: Free

Website:  http://www.yogatoday.com/

Where to Buy:  Visit the website to view the four most recent sessions.

Offerings: Daily one-hour video downloads with wonderful, diverse instructors. You can download in Windows Media, QuickTime/iPod or Audio Only.   

Ingredients: The experienced instructors practice various styles including: Ashtanga, Vinyasa, Hatha, Anusara,  Kripalu and Kundalini.   

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written by Jake, June 25, 2007

Another great yoga video online source is My Yoga Online ( http://www.myyogaonline.com >. They offer a large library of cla*ses that can be viewed full screen. They charge a small monthly fee, less than the price of a cla*s at most yoga studios, and you don't have to watch commercials before the videos. Certainly worth checking out.