World Yoga Day 2025: Five fitness and mental wellness apps for Apple Watch users

Every year, International Yoga Day is celebrated on June 21 to recognise the importance of the ancient practice of improving mental wellness and physical fitness of the human body.

Given the fast-paced life we lead, Yoga is more relevant than ever before. Most people, particularly in urban regions, do very little physical activity. During the weekdays, everyone is busy with work to meet tight deadlines and at weekends, they prefer to relax by binge-watching their favourite TV series or going out to a good restaurant to eat nice food.

Due to passive lifestyle, there is a huge increase in cases of cardiovascular diseases, leading to the death of many people as young as 21. It is high time, people began to focus on fitness and mental wellness.

Apple Watches are the best smart wearable in the industry which can help not just with accurate heart-related readings, but also help develop strict discipline. It has several fitness and yoga apps to improve health and lead a healthy lifestyle.

Here are some of the best yoga apps on the Apple App Store:

Asana Rebel: Get in shape

Asana Rebel: Get in Shape app.

It is one of the most popular fitness apps on the Apple App Store. It is an all-in-one app, which offers more than 100 plans covering hardcore heavy workout tips and also helps with Yoga and meditation for mental wellness.

For online training with the experts, users have to subscribe to premium plans.

Lotus Flow- Yoga and Workout

Lotus Flow- Yoga & Workout app.

Whether the user is a beginner or an advanced practitioner, Lotus Flow offers special yoga, fitness and mindfulness tips to improve health.

The practice videos are done with experienced yoga instructors from around the world with unique approaches to yoga, fitness, or mindfulness, says the company.

For more personal sessions with one-on-one online training with the experts, users have to subscribe to premium plans.

Prayoga

Prayoga app.

It is developed by the Bengaluru-based company Parjanya, founded by a couple, Raksha Rao and Krishna Prasad. It makes good use of Augmented Reality (AR) tech on iPhones and helps you do yoga poses the right way. With the Apple Watch, they can control meditation music or playlists easily and with less hassle.

For online training with the experts, users have to subscribe to premium plans.

Daily Yoga

Daily Yoga app.

It offers dozens of beginner-friendly yoga classes which help users easily learn and perform, including wall pilates, chair yoga, and sofa yoga.

Users can do a yoga workout that suits their needs and abilities. Over time, they can choose to increase flexibility, improve strength, maintain good posture, and eventually get fit and healthy.

There are custom yoga poses which can be performed anywhere, including the living room, hotel, beach, or even sitting on a chair or sofa.

For online training with the experts, users have to subscribe to premium plans.

Glo | Yoga and Meditation App

Glo | Yoga and Meditation App.

It supports a wide range of activities such as yoga, pilates, meditation, and fitness classes designed for beginners and experienced users.

Besides offering recorded video sessions, it also supports live sessions run by experienced yoga gurus and fitness coaches with subscription plans.

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