By Victoria Jackson
Technology creeps into yoga more and more. We’ve moved from the innocent days of yoga videos to the point where we now have digital mats that offer feedback during practice and even vibrating yoga leggings that signal when you’re out of alignment. I guess it’s the same principle as balancing the chakras, just updated for our modern world! I tend to avoid these kinds of gimmicks and limit my yoga technology to a decent mat and a couple of blocks. But recently I acquired a digital activity tracker and it’s hard not to be fascinated by the data it records. It looks a bit like a clunky digital watch but it’s packed full of technology that measures my heart rate, activity levels, sleep quality and much else besides. It’s designed for those with greater athletic aspirations than me, so it’s been interesting seeing what it makes of my yoga life.