Whether you’re a long time yoga lover or have decided to kick start a new habit, an idea of the best yoga channels on YouTube will always come in handy.
Armed with one of the best yoga mats, you can get your fix of any type of yoga, whether that's Hatha or Vinyasa, from the comfort of your own home without spending a dime or venturing to a studio.
Yoga can become a haven of peace, acting as your sanctuary when you need a bit of zen, but it can also help to develop strength, coordination and balance, and many athletes use yoga as a way to manage stress, and even improve lung function.
If you're hoping to develop your practice, the best yoga YouTube channels are a great place to start, whether you're new to yoga, looking for a specific style, or want an inclusive space to move your body. These are our favorite options.
1. Yoga With Adriene
- Best yoga YouTube channel for accessible practice
Texas-born Adriene Mishler of Yoga With Adriene has been creating yoga content since 2012, and has garnered an impressive 13 million subscribers on YouTube.
Mishler began her yoga training a few decades ago, and is certified by an Austin-based National Yoga Alliance school in Hatha Yoga. Her aim is to reach as many people as possible with high-quality, free, accessible videos.
You’ll find a solid variety of yoga styles and ability levels on Yoga With Adriene, including options for beginners, yoga for back pain, curated playlists and morning yoga.
Throughout Adriene’s career, she has continued to study and develop skills in yoga and somatic studies. Dog lovers will particularly love this channel, as Adriene’s precious dog Benji likes to make an appearance here and there.
2. Yoga with Kassandra
- Best yoga YouTube channel for calming practice
Yoga With Kassandra has been running since 2014, with more than 800 free yoga classes for you to access. Ottawa-based Kassandra began practicing yoga herself back in 2008 as a way to manage her stress and become a bit more flexible.
Within a few years, she was so invested in the practice that she started her training, and ingrained yoga in her everyday life. The channel primarily focuses on short, slow routines that you can do in 15-30 minutes, but there are more dynamic classes and pose tutorials too.
If you’ve always wanted to learn how to do the splits, want to find the perfect routine for your star sign, or improve the flexibility of your joints, Yoga With Kassandra could be the channel for you. Kassandra is also the author of Yin Yoga: Stretch The Mindful Way.
3. Tara Stiles: Welcome Home to Your Ease
- Best yoga YouTube channel for busy homes
If you find that yoga classes tend to seem too perfect in clean, white-walled rooms with no noise, Tara Stiles: Welcome Home to Your Ease offers a more realistic take, allowing you to incorporate the reality of home life (including unpredictable schedules, children and noise) into your practice.
Tara is not only the co-founder of Strala Yoga, but a best selling author, who has practiced in more than 100 countries across the world. If you become particularly inspired, you can even do your own training with Tara and Strala.
Relatable in her work, Tara shares plenty of 10-minute meditation and yoga videos, routines for stress, for those with a range of hobbies and careers, and even hangover routines for when you're nursing your head after a heavy night out.
One of Tara’s most popular range of videos are her Mommy and Me yoga videos, which are perfect for mothers with young children looking to get their dose of self care.
4. Yoga with Zelinda
- Best yoga YouTube channel for inclusive practice
When Zelinda first tried yoga in 1999, she felt nervous and out of place, so when she came to teach yoga, she wanted to create an inclusive space where everyone is welcome, including people with a range of body sizes and shapes.
Over the years, Zelinda has taken part in additional yoga teacher and yoga therapist training at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in Chennai, and now offers training courses herself.
With just shy of 50k subscribers, Yoga with Zelinda’s YouTube channel has playlists for upper body strengthening, yoga for men, routines for those with mobility and balance issues and much more. Zelinda also frequently answers Q&As on yoga for bigger bodies, too.
5. Yoga With Bird
- Best yoga YouTube channel for morning yoga
If you like to start your day off with some movement, Yoga with Bird's channel is a great option. The classes, led by 200-hour-certified teacher Francine Cipollone, are designed to bring some gentle stretches and poses to your day.
Her channel has a focus on morning stretching, evening wind-downs and full body flows to encourage flexibility. There's more of a focus on developing the mind-body muscle, helping bring your awareness to how your body feels as you move in a similar way to a mindfulness practice.
Whether you want to breathe your way into a new week, need a good stretch when you get out of bed, or want to wake up feeling relaxed with a routine that focuses on stress relief, Yoga with Bird’s channel has got something for yogis of all abilities.
6. Dianne Bondy Yoga
- Best yoga YouTube channel for accessibility
Over the past 30 years, Dianne Bondy has dedicated her work to advocating for greater accessibility in yoga spaces, and wants to ensure that the future of yoga is one where all feel welcome.
Passionate about challenging bias and stereotypes, Bondy isn't just busy creating content for her Dianne Bondy Yoga YouTube channel, but works towards making more positive changes through her public speaking, features on podcasts and through training courses that she provides.
If you're interested in a holistic approach to your yoga journey, check out Dianne Bondy Yoga and her range of playlists, like yoga for stiff bodies, hands free yoga and lessons on how to love your body.
7. Breathe and Flow
- Best yoga YouTube channel for men
Yoga is a practice anyone can do, but many yoga YouTube channels definitely aim classes at women. That's not the case with Breathe and Flow, a channel run by Bre and Flo, two registered yoga teachers and former Silicon Valley pros.
The now-married couple left their corporate jobs to focus something more meaningful, starting the Breathe and Flow community together. And while stereotypes would lead people to believe that yoga is a predominantly female-heavy discipline, yoga for men is rising in popularity.
The American Journal of Men's Health suggests this is partly due to the lack of male instructors which makes it harder to find role models in the practice. Bre and Flo are aware of this, and use their channel to incorporate men and women, with playlists around yoga for men and pregnancy yoga.
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