From the article: Budget Yoga
If money were no object, many of us would go to yoga classes every day, but the economic reality is that most people can't afford that many classes. Share your strategies for getting your yoga while staying on your budget. Readers Respond
coupons & discounts
- Check groupon, yelp, amazon, living social and any others. They email you daily, allowing you to purchase classes at steep discounts. Purchased one today. I also have several DVDs, classes on DVR from Fit TV. Exercise TV from my cable provider is free and I like you tube as well.
- —laureljaneg
MeetUp groups
- Try looking up any local MeetUp groups in your area - or start one! http://www.meetup.com I belong to two local yoga Meetup groups. The instructors offer it for around $5/class and one even donates her $$ to a local cause. I also have found classes at a local community schools fairly inexpensive. Namaste
- —Guest FibroChick
Yoga at the Y
- I take yoga classes at my local YMCA. Many of the instructors there also teach at local studios and offer a wide variety of styles. I can attend as many classes as I want (mornings, mid-day and evenings, 7 days a week) for a single fee w/ free child care included. What's not to like?
- —Guest lotekky
take advantage of cable
- Since my husband pays for cable TV with many channels there is a FiTV and I can DVR any instructional classes to be done at a more convenient time.
- —Guest phoke
Yoga at home
- I used to go to yoga classes but then I just bought a mat and a book and I know do my yoga at home, keeping the book with me for reference. If there's anything I need to check, I also use youtube to make sure I'm doing it correctly.
- —Guest Joanna
YFH - yoga from home
- online yoga classes are the way to go. you just need a yoga mat, comfy clothes and a computer with internet connection.
- —Guest Betty
Podcasts
- Itunes has a great range of podcasts to choose from. The one I've been using the most is Hillary Rubin's. I love yoga, but getting to the studio every day was time consuming and costly.
- —Guest Aussie Gal
Downloads and Yoga in the park
- I know someone already mentioned free downloads and I have checked those out and they are great. I also enjoy the downloads at lotuspetalyoga.com they cost around $10 and are really worth it. Also in the summer some local instructors provide yoga in the park. They do a donations based class outside which can be really nice to get in a lot of variety.
- —aliwinet
Inhale
- I am a little hyper and even though I was really just into stretching at the time, "Inhale" on the Oxygen network hooked me on "maha" yoga for good. I recorded the shows on my EyeTV and have been doing them 3 or 4 times a week for 8 years. It almost killed me at first because I was pulling all my muscles but I finally achieved patience and enjoy the "shows" just as much now as in the beginning. I am also trying to help the struggling local studio stay in business by going once or twice a week.
- —molsof
Printed Matter, Flash Cards, DVD/Web
- After having been to a studio a little while, their prices rose markedly in anticipation of the recovery (+ they were hurting .. not having been well off, I was never one of their best customers anyhow) Throughout, I cobbled together my own sequences from books, myyoga2go cards and DVD/online streams of live classes. For motivation, I tell myself I am doing the first 15 minutes, and then I stay for the next ... pretty soon over an hour has gone by ... At home, I don't miss the patter by the instructor, nor am I over-energized by presence and energy of the other students.
- —Born_Overqualified
Cheap Yoga
- I joined the local YMCA and get unlimited yoga classes for a single monthly fee.
- —Guest Lynn
Free Classes Online
- I have found several really good classes online. You can download them through Itunes and watch them on your laptop. I just place my laptop on the floor in front of my mat. My favorite is Yogamazing.
- —Guest Michelle
Guest Deb
- I teach physical education in a small, private school (pre-k thru 8th). I begin each class with stretching and yoga, so not only do my students benefit from yoga, but I get mine done six times a day!
- —Guest debmalwick
Free videos/dvds at library
- I sign out free videos/dvds from the library. Doesn't cost a thing, except gas, but the library is on my way home from work.
- —Guest Nancy Brown
$3 per class
- That's what my local Department of Aging charges. And, judging from other people in the class, you don't have to be very old to get in. (I think the official age cutoff is 55, but they don't seem to worry much about enforcing it.) So check out your local public programs. Not just the Department of Aging, but also Parks and Rec. And the college or community college near you may offer local residents a big discount. Mine doesn't have yoga classes, but I can use the fitness center's many machines as much as I like for $30 per quarter.
- —theresamorrison
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