Prepare for Apple’s International Yoga Day activity challenge on June 21st

For another year, Apple Watch is running an activity challenge on June 21st to mark the International Day of Yoga.

This the chance to recognise the ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. The day has been celebrated internationally since 2014, when the United Nationals officially deemed it as Yoga Day.

The health benefits of this type of exercise are numerous. They include everything from improving mental well-being to injury prevention. If you’ve never tried it now might be a good time to give it a go.

Apple Yoga Day challenge

Since 2019 the Cupertino outfit has been running an Apple Yoga challenge to mark the occasion. To earn the badge users will need to complete a yoga workout of 10 minutes or more on June 21st. That’s half the length that was required in some of the previous years.

Share your practice with the planet on the International Day of Yoga. Record a yoga workout of 10 minutes or more on June 21 to earn this award.

Just make sure to record with an app that syncs yoga workouts with the Health app. You can also register the activity with Apple Fitness+.

As usual, those who successfully complete the task will be rewarded with animated stickers that can be used in Messages and FaceTime. They’ll also see a virtual trophy in the Achievements tab of the iPhone Activity app.

Apple Watch has had native support for yoga workouts since the introduction of watchOS 5. The functionality allows users to track various types of yoga sessions, from restorative to power vinyasa flow.

Source: MacRumors