{"id":53118,"date":"2026-05-17T14:45:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53118"},"modified":"2026-05-17T14:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T06:45:35","slug":"hong-kong-yoga-masters-new-app-uses-ai-to-provide-personal-insight-and-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53118","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong yoga master\u2019s new app uses AI to provide personal insight and advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Can the modern technology of AI benefit the ancient practice of yoga? Yogananth Andiappan, a second-generation yoga master and fixture of Hong Kong\u2019s wellness scene, says yes.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The 44-year-old, who opened the Anahata Yoga Studio in 2007 and the non-profit centre Andiappan Yoga Community in 2010, both in Central, is expanding his online yoga platform by integrating AI into its functionality to help provide more personalised feedback than other similar apps.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Andiappan has used AI to analyse over 1,000 yoga poses for his Yogi.live platform, generating comprehensive descriptions covering anatomy, modifications and therapeutic applications to help users perform them correctly.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It also has a built-in \u201cAI yoga research assistant\u201d that lets students and instructors ask questions about yoga for specific health conditions, injuries and wellness goals and helps connect them to evidence-based studies for further reading.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Users can even upload a photo of themselves in a pose for the AI to analyse and give advice on how to correct or adjust it. (Andiappan assures the South China Morning Post that any images users upload for analysis will not be integrated into the AI data set.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-w116i4 e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-bjn8wh e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Yogi.live\u2019s AI analyses photos of users\u2019 pose attempts and gives advice on how to improve them. Photo: yogi.live\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/05\/15\/a768b604-04dd-47cb-8929-6367fee47b3d_ba27a8cd.jpg\" title=\"Yogi.live\u2019s AI analyses photos of users\u2019 pose attempts and gives advice on how to improve them. Photo: yogi.live\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1bj5zno e1gf69pb1\">Yogi.live\u2019s AI analyses photos of users\u2019 pose attempts and gives advice on how to improve them. Photo: yogi.live<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Subscriptions to the online platform and mobile app cost US$10 (HK$78) for a monthly plan or US$100 for an annual one. Through those plans, users can also access yoga videos and live-streamed classes. With the help of AI, Andiappan says the English videos will soon be available in Mandarin and Cantonese as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3353632\/hong-kong-yoga-masters-new-app-uses-ai-provide-personal-insight-and-advice?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can the modern technology of AI benefit the ancient practice of yoga? 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