"There was little choice in the matter. By late March, schools, workplaces, stores, restaurants, gyms, and yoga studios had shut down in compliance with state and federal orders due to the pandemic. Isolated at home and anxious about the future, many found it challenging not to idle away those long days of lockdown in a state of perpetual fear or funk."
"Within hours of stay-at-home orders taking effect, many yoga studios quickly adjusted. Although some teachers were already teaching on various online platforms, those who weren't quickly learned how to upload a class to YouTube, livestream on Instagram and Facebook, or figure out Zoom. It was a chance to support students with the sequences, meditation, and breathwork they were accustomed to practicing. It was also an attempt at restoring some sense of normalcy, routine, and community to everyday life."
The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly closed studios, schools, workplaces, and gyms, leaving practitioners isolated and anxious. Practitioners and teachers pivoted to online delivery, quickly uploading classes to YouTube, livestreaming on Instagram and Facebook, and teaching on Zoom. Online offerings preserved sequences, meditation, and breathwork while helping restore normalcy, routine, and community. Home practice surged across the country in 2020, and cultural responses like memes reflected the ubiquity of at-home yoga. Longstanding trends toward varied modes and meanings of practice accelerated, reshaping where, how, and why people practice yoga in the 2020s.
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