Yoga on demand

June 25, 3:13 PMLA Yoga ExaminerLeslie Hendry

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 If Yogaglo isn’t yet a household name, just wait. It’s a creative addition to the ever- glowing world of yoga. With a twist. It’s virtual. Not completely, but it has the option.

Owner, Derik Mills, conceived of the idea stuck in traffic missing yet again another yoga class. The frustrated brainstorming on that one fateful jam has thus far paid off for anyone who has $18 bucks a month for a yoga buffet…in their home. You don’t have to buy a dvd only to get bored with it, you don’t have to drive anywhere special, or worse, park.

Yoga on demand has now arrived. It works like this: pay a monthly fee and get access to Yogaglo classes streaming online. The teachers are a carefully selected group of amazing instructors in the heart of yogalandia (Santa Monica/LA.) who offer different styles and classes from flow to prenatal. (Prenatal yoga in your house is simply revolutionary and no babysitters required.)

For a full on class, drop in, it's paid for, included in the monthly fee. The studio itself defies those images of purple painted walls with hippy beads streaming down the bathroom door. This is a beautiful, fresh, aesthetically pleasing place to bend.

An unobtrusive camera is capturing in the back for any yogis who want to be discovered, or if you’re camera shy you can opt out of the picture all together.

Yogaglo will also have lectures from accredited scholars, like Dr. Chris Chapple, who has written numerous books on yoga, and states, “the yoga process is something we all have in common.”

When yoga meets technology, favorite yoga classes can be saved and shared with friends via Facebook and Twitter, or if you can't quite get that last pose, pause and go look at the video demonstration.

Noah Maze, a regular Yogaglo Anusara teacher said, "Yogaglo brings ancient teachings and practices of the Sanskritic traditions into relevance through web access of the highest quality yoga content."

Now if Mills is stuck in traffic he can put his headphones on and listen to one of the lectures downloaded from the site, or listen to fresh world music that has that je ne sais quois quality. Travelling outside of the U.S. for a global seven-year journey gave Mills the perspective to bring together the idea for a global yoga community with the spirit of unity, inspiration, and giving back. (5% of Yogaglo's profits are donated to the company's non-profit parnters.)

To share it with us all, LA Yoga Magazine  and Yogaglo are bringing together people who care about giving back (and want to have fun). Local businesses, big and small, as well as nonprofit groups, music, wine and food will be at the Yogaglo lot this Friday night, 5pm - 10pm. 

 
For more info: yogaglo.com or LA Yoga Magazine