FitStar Stretches Its Lineup with FitStar Yoga, Featuring Yoga Legend Tara Stiles...

FitStar Stretches Its Lineup with FitStar Yoga, Featuring Yoga Legend Tara Stiles SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FitStar, a digital health and fitness company dedicated to creating accessible and personalized workout apps to motivate people to live healthy lives, has released FitStar Yoga on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. FitStar Yoga features internationally recognized yoga expert Tara Stiles in customized video-based programs that provide the perfect yoga experience for any body, from beginner to expert.

Built on the breakthrough personalization technology powering FitStar Personal Trainer, recipient of App Store Editors' Choice, Best of 2013 and Best of 2014 App Awards, FitStar Yoga is made for beginners and experts alike to reduce stress, gain strength and improve overall well-being. At its debut, FitStar Yoga features personalized workouts from more than 300 yoga poses, along with eight hand-crafted Freestyle sessions such as Before Bedtime, a 20-minute session that helps the body relax and The Flexible 15, a 15-minute workout created to promote flexibility. FitStar Yoga builds dynamic sessions that continually personalize the experience based on user feedback and capabilities -- just like a personal yoga instructor. And FitStar Yoga will be updated constantly with new poses and Freestyle sessions to keep things fun, fresh and fit.

"Yoga was by far the most requested new curriculum from our users and with Tara Stiles sharing our mission of inspiring people globally to live healthier lives, FitStar Yoga was a natural

collaboration," said Mike Maser, CEO, FitStar. "More than 250 million people practice yoga around the world, with yoga pants hundreds of millions more that would like to start." Maser added, "We saw a perfect opportunity to create a low-cost, accessible and highly effective mobile yoga experience that lets people everywhere build flexibility, gain strength, and reduce stress at their own pace, without the limitation of cost or the intimidation factor of how to get started."

"Democratizing access to yoga for people everywhere is my passion and I worked closely with FitStar to create a highly effective and totally customizable yoga program based on my personal experience teaching yoga all over the world," said Tara Stiles of the partnership with FitStar. "FitStar Yoga is unique because you can fully personalize, such as the duration and intensity of your session, and the app continually tunes itself to your level."

Key features of FitStar Yoga include: Dynamic HD-quality videos showcase customized programs while Strala Yoga founder Tara Stiles provides guidance.

More than 300 yoga poses featured in the app allow for endless personalized session options, as well as with eight hand-crafted Freestyle sessions.

Customizable sessions where users can choose a duration and intensity, with sessions lasting anywhere from 15-60 minutes.

Custom audio tracks and streaming music support will help keep users moving at their own beat.

Individual progress and milestones can be tracked with achievements, unlocking new poses and badges.

Participants can connect FitBit, Jawbone UP, or MyFitnessPal accounts to automatically sync their weight and consolidate their fitness activity.

Integrated with Health app to contribute to user's overall Health dashboard (must update to iOS 8.1 or above for these benefits).

FitStar profiles are shared between FitStar Personal Trainer and FitStar Yoga, with badges and friends shared between both apps.

Apple TV support puts the workouts on the big screen and the iPhone or iPad becomes a remote control.

No matter the fitness level, FitStar Yoga is accessible for anyone, anytime. FitStar Yoga is the only adaptive yoga app on the market and the personalized sessions will push aspiring and experienced yogis everywhere to reach their goals. With the social features of FitStar Yoga users can encourage friends on their journey through comments and badge sharing. In-app session feedback allows participants to give feedback during or after each session, without interrupting the workout flow, and helps make sure each new FitStar Yoga workout is personalized.

FitStar Yoga is available for free from the App Store on iPhone, iPad and iPod touch or at http://fitstar.com/getyoga.

The cost for FitStar Yoga Premium is $7.99 monthly or $39.99 yearly. For less than the cost of a pair of yoga pants, get an entire year of FitStar Yoga Premium with access to exclusive, customized sessions for losing weight and gaining flexibility, a variety of new workouts added monthly, HD video, connect

to some of the most popular yoga tights devices and apps, and much more. FitStar Yoga Premium users will have unlimited access to all content and other exclusive features, while FitStar Yoga Basic users will have access to a more limited selection of workouts.

FitStar Yoga assets can be downloaded here.

About FitStar

FitStar's mission is to build a digital health and fitness platform to inspire people to live healthier lives. Founded in 2012, the company is backed by several prominent angels and venture investors including Google Ventures, Trinity Ventures and other high profile investors.

FitStar is based in San Francisco. For more information and on-going updates, please visit FitStar's website at www.fitstar.com.