How to Light Your Yoga Videos on the Cheap: If you want to create professional looking videos for your virtual studio, good lighting is mission critical. Lighting is an art form that can seem intimidating when you’re first starting out as an online teacher. (For many of us, chatting happily into an iPhone camera feels worlds different than filming in a studio with a big, bright, professional lighting setup.) But there are some super simple yet effective ways to control and manipulate lighting in your yoga or fitness videos.

Over the years, we have watched all of the video content that is uploaded within Hey Marvelous, and we have observed how teachers become more comfortable on camera with every new upload. It is obvious the best tip – just like anything else in life – is to practice, practice, practice. In addition to time and basic practice, here are six tips we know will accelerate your confidence on camera.