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Yoga for the Everyday Body

Like Duolingo, but for Yoga for the Everyday Body. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

11 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free forever · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Yogi the Yak
Yoga for the Everyday Body
with Yogi the Yak
11
Levels
2
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in Yoga for the Everyday Body

  • The exhale begins before the body starts to hinge downward
  • Movement follows the rhythm of the breath, not the other way around
  • The breath acts as the signal for the muscles to engage or release
  • Exhaling empties the lungs and relaxes the diaphragm
  • An empty torso allows for deeper compression in folds and twists
  • Inhaling creates internal pressure that can block a deep twist
  • The breath leads the movement
  • Applying the logic of exhaling to create space
  • Inhaling provides a structural cushion
  • Ujjayi breath sound
  • Breath leads movement
  • Inhaling complements opening movements
  • Restriction builds heat
  • Exhaling for compression
  • Lifting with inflated torso
  • Smooth, steady breathing is the primary indicator of a safe practice
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives Yoga for the Everyday Body the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

Try a question

Here's what playing it feels like

A real question from this course. Take your best guess.

The Breath Leads the Way

In a healthy yoga practice, what should determine how fast or slow you move your body?

Get it right to open this lesson and 10 more in the app.

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Where Yoga for the Everyday Body takes you

Ditch the intimidation and learn how to use yoga as a practical tool for mobility, better breathing, and instant stress relief in your daily life.

  1. 1

    The Daily Reset

    • Moving with Your Breath
    • Finding Your Foundation
  2. 2

    Flow and Recovery

    • The Art of the Transition
    • The Science of the Finish

2 sections · 4 units · 11 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

How it's taught

You pick the voice

This course
The Bestie

Yoga for the Everyday Body is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.

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