12 popular health and fitness Udemy courses you can take at home, from yoga and Pilates to nutrition and mental health

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Our living rooms are now our fitness studios.

• Learning how to be healthy and fit can be a challenge but it helps to have an expert teach you the best ways to achieve your personal goals.
• Online classes are a great resource to take advantage of when you can't enlist the services of a personal trainer, nutritionist, or therapist — and the fact they're accessible via your home computer makes them a viable option for everyone.
• One of the leading online learning platforms is Udemy, a site that offers more than 100,000 online classes, with many of them focusing on a variety of health and fitness topics.

Editor's note: Udemy is currently holding a sale on many of its classes, and each class recommended on this list costs less than $20 through 6/13.

For anyone who finds themselves spending more time around the house (with a bit of extra time on their hands), it's naturally tempting to use that time to binge-watch your favorite Netflix shows. We've all done it — and we'll all do it some more, too. But there are better ways to accomplish that while being more productive at the same time.

Exercise is a great way to reduce stress, for example, helping us to burn off excess calories we've consumed while sedentary. But what can you do when you're typical outlets (gyms, fitness studios, basketball courts) are either closed or inaccessible? That's where Udemy comes in, offering up a wide range of online health and fitness courses designed specifically to keep you fit and teach you a few things along the way.

For those who don't know, Udemy is a website that provides access to more than 100,000 online seminars covering a dizzying number of topics. Prices vary depending on the subject and length of the course, which is presented through instructional videos.

For instance, you could sign up to learn how to be a better iPhone photographer for $49.99 or take a beginner's course in drawing for $149.99. There are classes that teach you how to speak French ($10.99), how to play the guitar ($199.99), and even how to become a web developer ($199.99). In short, if there's something you want to learn, chances are Udemy has a course for it.

Udemy's vast library includes an entire section dedicated to health and fitness, too. This category includes dozens of different courses to choose from with options that focus on both your physical and mental wellbeing. There are videos on nutrition, meditation, sports, yoga, dieting, and more.

In fact, you could spend hours sorting through the various courses in an effort to find ones that appeal to you. But with so many to choose from, that can be an overwhelming task. To help make that process a bit easier, we've selected a few of our favorites that just might make your time indoors a little healthier and more well-balanced.

Updated on 6/12/2020 by Rick Stella: Added links to other Insider Udemy stories and explainers, updated the sale price and checked the links for each recommended class, and updated the prices and formatting throughout.