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Movement is magic. Somehow, that fight you had with your partner, the overdue credit card payment, and the metaphorical question mark hanging over your head about all the dark things in life seem even the tiniest bit more manageable after you feel your core engaging in Plank or your bicep burning in Downward Facing Dog.
Maybe it’s because doing hard things is a reminder that you can even do things more difficult things. A yoga training supports this on a physical, mental and emotional level. When you sweat it out on the mat, everything from carrying shopping bags to having a difficult conversation feels more achievable. And you don’t need an hour-long lesson in the studio to experience that.
5 yoga workouts on YouTube to break a sweat
One of the best things about a yoga workout is that you don’t need a gym membership, expensive equipment, or a matching crop top and leggings to participate. Save this for the next time you need a reminder of how strong you already are.
1. 20-minute morning yoga workout | Yoga with Cassandra
A yoga training that slowly increases in intensity. This 20-minute practice by Yoga With Kassandra starts with a relaxing child’s pose. Before you know it, your whole body is activated when you press it Chaturanga into Three-Legged Dog and later lift your back leg from High Lunge to a one-legged chair pose. It is a yoga flow that is as challenging and playful as it sounds.
Wake up your muscles.
2. Core + Restore | 27-minute yoga for your core | Yoga with Adriene
We know, we know: a 27-minute yoga workout for your core sounds pretty hellish. But not when Adriene Mischler begins the practice with calming breaths and lying down poses—a reminder that, yes, even subtle exercises “count” as core work.
Some of the ab-activating moves are classic yoga (Bridge Pose); others are yoga-like (Legs Up the Wall minus the wall). Mischler explains them all in great detail, so you feel like you’re not only training your core, but also understanding which muscles are working.
Build core strength.
3. 30 Minute Yoga Flow to Get Stronger | Yoga with Tim
No music plus minimal cues equals this grounding yoga workout from Yoga With Tim. The only sound is your breathing as you steady yourself in Plank and find your balance in Warrior 3.
There’s a well-deserved hip stretch at the end, though you may want to pause the video (or at least turn off autoplay) to get into a longer Savasana.
Join us.
4. 20-minute yoga flow to stretch and strengthen | Yoga With Bird
A yoga workout with a calming atmosphere may sound like an oxymoron, but Yoga With Bird achieves that balance perfectly in this 20-minute sequence. You’ll move at a slow and steady pace through smooth vinyasa flows and fiery Boat Pose variations, while listening to relaxing music and Bird’s “soothing voice,” in the words of one commentator.
Bird also opens with a reminder to “do what you can.” If you practice consistently, you may surprise yourself at how much more feasible the moves feel.
Activate your whole body.
5. 15-Minute Full-Body Yoga to Build Strength | Charlie follows
A shorter practice more then it will count towards your strengthening goals, especially if you get into a Chaturanga push-up within the first few minutes, as you’ll see in this video from Charlie Follows.
You don’t stop flowing until about halfway through, when you release into stretches that feel great after all that strengthening work, including a lying shoulder stretch and Half Frog.
Feel the burn.
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