Online yoga has changed — not just in how people practice, but in how people learn, train, and build careers in yoga.
What used to be a simple idea — “online yoga classes” — has quietly evolved into a complex ecosystem of platforms serving very different purposes. Today, the online yoga space includes daily practice subscriptions, professional teacher training programs, continuing education systems, therapeutic education models, and highly specialized certification pathways — all often grouped under the same label.
After years of building platforms, hosting training programs, and working in this space, one thing has become clear: most people are making decisions using language that no longer reflects how online yoga education actually works.
Someone looking for a daily practice platform is not choosing the same thing as someone pursuing a teaching career. A certified teacher seeking continuing education is not navigating the same landscape as a practitioner exploring trauma-informed training. Yet online, these very different pathways are still often presented as if they belong to the same category.
This guide exists to clarify that landscape.
Rather than ranking platforms by popularity or marketing visibility, it maps the structure of the online yoga education ecosystem as it exists in 2026 — showing how different platforms serve fundamentally different roles, and how education, certification, specialization, and professional development actually fit together.
The goal isn’t to tell people what to choose — it’s to help them understand what they’re choosing between.
