The Yoga Postcard Series: Classes Filmed on the Road

Last fall we started sending you postcards. Not the paper kind (our handwriting is a mess). Each one is a yoga class filmed somewhere we were actually standing that week. It might be a lake at 10,000 feet or the deck of a ship halfway to Hawaii. One was a crater with steam coming out of the ground behind Erin’s mat.

We call it the Yoga Postcard Series, and with the last Texas class out, there are 17 so far. Here’s what the series is, where every postcard came from, and how to use them.

What a postcard is

Every Postcard class opens the same way, with “Welcome to” and the name of the place. Then Erin teaches a class shaped by where we are. The location isn’t a backdrop we picked for a pretty thumbnail. Usually we biked or hiked or sailed there first, and the class came out of the day.

That’s always been true of how we film. Erin has said for years that a lot of her classes are inspired by the location. The Postcard Series just makes it official, and gives each class a name and a place you can point to on a map.

Every postcard so far

Colorado, fall 2025

Turquoise Lake, Leadville. We rode our bikes a couple of miles in to film the Autumn Reset and Release, right around 10,000 feet.
Leadville again, “beautiful yet brisk,” for a mobility class that works from the feet up to the hips.

The Pacific Ocean, on a ship

A core stability class filmed in the middle of the Pacific on our way to Hawaii.
Low Back Relief in 25 Minutes, also at sea.
I Need to MOVE! (I’m Stuck on a Ship!). Erin had been on the ship for seven days and needed a fast, fun flow. Her intention for the class was to have fun moving her body, and it shows.

Hawaii

Hilo, for a full body stretch at the end of a long walk (Erin couldn’t decide if it was a walk or a hike).
Kona, on a beach we stumbled across while biking, for the back strength and flexibility class.
Volcano National Park, a morning mobility flow from inside a crater with steam vents going off behind her.
The south coast of Kauai, for the traveling flow along a hike. More on that one below.
Poipu Beach on Kauai, for a peak pose class working toward visvamitrasana.

New Mexico

The Valley of Fires, for a 45 minute strength and mobility flow.

Texas

Davis Mountains State Park, the first of the Texas classes, an expansive flow to match the view.
In front of the Guadalupe River, for a very, very slow flow.
Livingston Lake, for Moon Salutations.
Livingston Lake State Park again, for a fast flow over the water.
Brazos Bend State Park, for the Sunset Stretch.
Brazos Bend again, for “Move and Breathe in 45 Minutes,” a class Erin calls your chance to walk away from it all.

In Texas, Erin told you the plan right up front: travel the entire length of the state and film along the way. That’s what those six classes are.

Woman sitting in prayer pose on a beach at sunset

A few of our favorites

The ship classes. Filming yoga on a moving ship is exactly as silly as it sounds, and we loved it. If your lower back needs attention, the Low Back Relief class starts in extended child’s pose, which Erin calls her favorite spinal stretch, and it’s only about 25 minutes. If you need to shake off a week of sitting, the “stuck on a ship” flow is for you.

Kauai, filmed in sections. This one has a story. Matt announced on Instagram, without telling Erin, that she had a great idea for a class. She did not, yet. So she came up with one on the fly: a single class filmed in sections along the hike we were taking, starting on Shipwreck Beach. Keep glancing at the screen and you’ll watch the background change as you go. (Matt has since been told to check with Erin first. He is working on it.)

The volcano. It’s not every day you get to do a low squat in a crater. The class is a quick morning mobility flow, and it starts in that squat. Erin’s advice if you feel creaky in the morning: ease in and rock from foot to foot until you find your sweet spot.

Moon Salutations at Livingston Lake. A calming practice, and for all the hands-free lovers, no wrists are involved. Erin filmed it in honor of a full moon, but you can practice it any time, especially toward the end of the day.

How to use them

Pick by place. Need a beach? Head to Hawaii. Want something wide open and quiet? Texas. It sounds silly, but where you’d rather be is a pretty good guide to what you need.

Pick by length. The Postcard classes run from about 19 minutes (the volcano) to just over an hour (the Poipu peak pose class). Most land between 25 and 45 minutes.

Take the trip in order. Start in Leadville and follow us across the Pacific to Hawaii. From there it’s the New Mexico desert, then the long drive across Texas. It’s a pretty good way to spend a few weeks of practice.

Add a soundtrack. These classes have the wind and the water in them, but if you’d like music underneath, Erin’s Spotify playlists pair well.

Where next?

We’ll keep filming as we go, so there will be more postcards. And if you’d rather practice in one of our favorite places in person, our spring and November retreats in Nosara are as close as it gets to stepping into a postcard.

These classes are free because of the people who support Five Parks Yoga. Every postcard is partly yours. Thank you.