Angelica GovaertOwner/Founder, Yogalebrity · Online Yoga Empire Builder

You Don’t Need to Be Flexible for Yoga

18 May 2026 · 0 min

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In this instructional monologue, Angelica Govaert emphasizes that yoga should be accessible to everyone by meeting practitioners where they are in the present moment. She rejects the need for extreme flexibility or complex poses, arguing that ancient yoga techniques can be adapted for modern, inclusive practice. The focus is on removing performance pressure, allowing participants to keep their arms down and engage in yoga comfortably, regardless of their current physical abilities.

what I really like to bring to the table is that it meets you where you are in this present moment. That's it. It's not, there's no, you know, you're not going to, you know, reach your arms around, reach your legs around your neck. You don't have to have your leg over your shoulder balancing on one arm. It's none of that. It's all about reaching you where you are today and taking the ancient technologies and implementing them in a way that's available to everyone. And you can put your arms down.