Apple Plans Apple Watch Activity Challenge for International Day of Yoga on June 21

[MacRumors]

International Day of Yoga is set to take place on Tuesday, June 21, and Apple is celebrating with a new Activity Challenge that will let Apple Watch users earn a new yoga badge and a set of animated yoga stickers.

Earn this award inspired by the International Day of Yoga. On June 21, do a yoga workout of 20 minutes or more. Record your time with any app that adds workouts to Health.

To earn the award, Apple Watch users will need to complete a yoga workout that lasts for 20 minutes or more on June 21. The award for completing the challenge looks similar to the award provided for past Yoga Day challenges, and there are several sticker options for various yoga poses.

Apple holds Activity Challenges for various holidays and events throughout the year, and began offering awards for International Day of Yoga back in 2019.

Any yoga workout will fulfill the requirement, as long as you select the yoga workout type from the Workout app on the Apple Watch or use an app that adds yoga workouts to the Health app. Apple's Fitness+ service, available for $9.99 per month, offers built-in yoga workouts that you can do.

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[jav6454]

One achievement I’ll miss as I don’t do Yoga. It sucks to not have all the stickers.

 

[Derekuda]

So this is the "innovation" apple is now known for huh? Watch "badges", memojies, and imessage stickers.

 

[AppleGuesser]

So this is the "innovation" apple is now known for huh? Watch "badges", memojies, and imessage stickers.

Clearly you underestimate how much innovation it takes to make a badge 😉

 

[jav6454]

So this is the "innovation" apple is now known for huh? Watch "badges", memojies, and imessage stickers.

In all honesty, these are rewards if you complete the challenge. Where did you get that these are "Innovations".

 

[ponzicoinbro]

The wonderful human and anti-cultist J. Krishamurti debunked all the cult beliefs about yoga that were invented by modern people who turned this practice into a capitalist industry complete with woo woo magical thinking products and psuedoscientific beliefs. Even worse these days so many yoga teachers will try to brainwash with conspiracy theories about space lizards and extra dimensional matrix elf people.

The real yoga can only be practised if people let go of all this magical thinking about kundalinis and chakras and dimensions. Then you go back to the root. It should be about physical health and practical thinking.

 

[LoveTo]

One achievement I’ll miss as I don’t do Yoga. It sucks to not have all the stickers.

Can’t you just select Yoga workout and go for a walk? I think that should do it? As I understand, workouts like Dance or Yoga are not structured as the actions can be unpredictable.

 

[jav6454]

Can’t you just select Yoga workout and go for a walk? I think that should do it? As I understand, workouts like Dance or Yoga are not structured as the actions can be unpredictable.

In theory, you can, but I'd rather earn my award as intended. Call me silly, but I want the award to have a value at least, Lol.

 

[BornAgainMac]

Yoga is nice. Just set the exercise to start and lay down quietly on the bed. In 20 minutes, the exercise will be completed.

 

[LoveTo]

In theory, you can, but I'd rather earn my award as intended. Call me silly, but I want the award to have a value at least, Lol.

As @BornAgainMac pointed out, lying down is one of the Yoga poses. You can get it authentically that way. 😊

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

Is this their first one for this 'event'?

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

As @BornAgainMac pointed out, lying down is one of the Yoga poses. You can get it authentically that way. 😊

Then drinking 32 ounce beers is weight lifting, but I get your logic. If you want to get obtuse, standing still is a pose too. For those that still can, touching the ground or your toes while bending over is a pose too. Yoga is so cool, there are some poses that are 'yeah, not in a million years', and some that are just there to let us chill out.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

The dog/cat looks like they are barking. *shrug* My dog can't figure it out, looks at me with knitted brows. So concerned... It's touching and hysterical.

 

[topdrawer]

who is the art director for those. geez.

 

[LoveTo]

Then drinking 32 ounce beers is weight lifting, but I get your logic. If you want to get obtuse, standing still is a pose too. For those that still can, touching the ground or your toes while bending over is a pose too. Yoga is so cool, there are some poses that are 'yeah, not in a million years', and some that are just there to let us chill out.

Sorry for my limited understanding but I don’t see how drinking beer is weightlifting? I didn’t get the analogy at all. Lying down is a core Yoga pose, no joke. I didn’t know that just standing still was a pose. Will take your word for it.

 

[jav6454]

As @BornAgainMac pointed out, lying down is one of the Yoga poses. You can get it authentically that way. 😊

Lol, I'll see with a friend who does do yoga

 

[Alp3r]

I see the subliminal 222 hidden in the logo, you never know what they’re flashing in your faces with things.

 

[orbital~debris]

One achievement I’ll miss as I don’t do Yoga. It sucks to not have all the stickers.

I didn’t do yoga before Apple Fitness+ existed. Their yoga workouts always give me a great stretch, and help relax muscles I didn’t realise were taut.

Always feel better physically and mentally after doing one of the yoga workouts (and others), so I really love the service – among the best things Apple have done recently.

The award and stickers are nice to collect; they always look better on device than in these articles.

 

[svish]

Looking forward to the challenge on 21st.

 

[namavadhuta]

The wonderful human and anti-cultist J. Krishamurti debunked all the cult beliefs about yoga that were invented by modern people who turned this practice into a capitalist industry complete with woo woo magical thinking products and psuedoscientific beliefs. Even worse these days so many yoga teachers will try to brainwash with conspiracy theories about space lizards and extra dimensional matrix elf people.

The real yoga can only be practised if people let go of all this magical thinking about kundalinis and chakras and dimensions. Then you go back to the root. It should be about physical health and practical thinking.

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[namavadhuta]

The wonderful human and anti-cultist J. Krishamurti debunked all the cult beliefs about yoga that were invented by modern people who turned this practice into a capitalist industry complete with woo woo magical thinking products and psuedoscientific beliefs. Even worse these days so many yoga teachers will try to brainwash with conspiracy theories about space lizards and extra dimensional matrix elf people.

The real yoga can only be practised if people let go of all this magical thinking about kundalinis and chakras and dimensions. Then you go back to the root. It should be about physical health and practical thinking.

Registered just so I could Like this post.

Refer also the distortion of the meaning of karma. Superimposing the good/bad thing on it. It is Physics. Good/bad is subjective, beside the point.

 

[Hessian]

The wonderful human and anti-cultist J. Krishamurti debunked all the cult beliefs about yoga that were invented by modern people who turned this practice into a capitalist industry complete with woo woo magical thinking products and psuedoscientific beliefs. Even worse these days so many yoga teachers will try to brainwash with conspiracy theories about space lizards and extra dimensional matrix elf people.

The real yoga can only be practised if people let go of all this magical thinking about kundalinis and chakras and dimensions. Then you go back to the root. It should be about physical health and practical thinking.

After a few years practicing yoga at various venues and clubs, I cannot say I have ever seen anything you describe. Sounds a bit hokey. I am sure you can find someone somewhere supporting this claim, but I doubt it is as prevalent as you make this sound as an industry.

Wondering if your speaking from experience or something you read...?

 

[Canyda]

I didn’t do yoga before Apple Fitness+ existed. Their yoga workouts always give me a great stretch, and help relax muscles I didn’t realise were taut.

Always feel better physically and mentally after doing one of the yoga workouts (and others), so I really love the service – among the best things Apple have done recently.

The award and stickers are nice to collect; they always look better on device than in these articles.

Yeah, I had never done it either and as an older guy (post-50), my flexibility is starting to suffer with age, and I gave it a shot recently because I'd injured myself doing my normal cardio and needed something different to do while I recovered. I enjoy it. Don't do it every day but try to get one or two in a week now as I can. It certainly has helped stretch me out.

 

[frumpywumpy]

Sorry for my limited understanding but I don’t see how drinking beer is weightlifting? I didn’t get the analogy at all. Lying down is a core Yoga pose, no joke. I didn’t know that just standing still was a pose. Will take your word for it.

I think the volume of 32oz is to indicate that it would be a heavy amount. I would propose that it was a mild form of ad absurdum.

the standing up pose is called “Tadasana”