12 Free Online Yoga and Fitness Classes You Can Do at Home Alone During the COVID-19 Outbreak

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Gyms are closed. Yoga studios have packed up their mats and shut their doors. Most of us are self-isolating at home right now, if our work doesn’t require us to be out in the world. But even though life as we knew it has come to a screeching halt, we still need to exercise for our physical and mental health.

Last year I underwent treatment for Stage 3c ovarian cancer. Prior to my cancer diagnosis, I’d done yoga for 20 years and, living in Brooklyn, walked almost everywhere. But I didn’t do any cardio workouts. Post-treatment, I had a session with an integrative oncologist who recommended that I add cardio to my weekly exercise regimen, and do it a significant amount. In addition, as this past winter approached, my psychiatrist told me that I should do some form of cardiovascular exercise for at least 20 minutes, at least three times a week, to ease symptoms of depression and anxiety.

During the periods when I was able to exercise while I was undergoing cancer treatment, I continued with gentle forms of yoga, and I also joined a gym and started working out on the elliptical. This routine was getting repetitive and boring, so this past summer, as I was…