Readers Respond: Share Your Budget Yoga Tips

Responses: 21

By Ann Pizer, About.com Guide

Updated September 17, 2009

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For inexpensive and very accessible yoga classes -- check out your local community college. Costs vary by state and school but you can get 16 weeks of classes (usually 3 hours per week) for less than $75. Sign up for credit/no credit status if you don't want to earn a grade. Enjoy.
—Guest MaryAnn

In my case, I have noticed the more I talk about yoga practice, the more people are interested. It is very meaningful to have a group of dedicated practitioners gather together and teach each other. I also teach yoga for a living, so I offer this in the community to unite neighbors at no cost, sharing a facility that recognizes the positive affects of such outreach in the community without charging. We can develop the practice together along thematic lines. This way of connecting to community can be achieved with one other person, or several people. Commitment to each other's wellbeing is all that is necessary, and a deep willingness to practice.
—Guest Ricky

We have a yoga instructor come to our home each Tuesday night. My wife and I and 3 or 4 neighbors have an instructor who comes and does an hour and fifteen minute yoga class for us in our family room. We pay by the month and there is no overhead to pay. Most yoga instructors have "day jobs" and do yoga as a side. They're paid poorly but love yoga. As a group, we pay about $50 per session which is more than the "Y" pays and she's delighted to do it.
—Guest Roger Hoskin

convince your employer that sponsoring a workplace yoga session at lunch will benefit not only employees, but also the employer. the benefits of yoga are well-known, so sell him/her on the ones that will benefit the company. i did that at my workplace, and we have twice weekly 45 minute sessions at lunchtime, paid for by the employer.
—Guest redryder

There is a great home practice tool, called the My Yoga 2 Go Practice System that includes; a deck of 70 pose cards and a clear plastic tote with pockets to insert the cards and then hang on a wall. The system comes with 7 different sequences coded by color then pose number, it is a great way to practice at home. You can combine your own sequences or follow the suggested sequence. It's a more organic approach to yoga home practice than a DVD because you set the pace, stay in the moment and connected to the breath.
—Guest beth