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I too have struggled with bringing yoga practice into my home. I've gone back and forth between resistance training and asanas, only to always land on asanas as what I truly want to do.
My challenge is that I don't have a lot of room. If I make a few arrangements, however, I can figure it out, so I guess it only comes down to motivation. I have found that if I do asanas in the morning before work, I'm more likely to do them nearly daily.
I follow the teachings of B.K.S. Iyengar, and this has worked out quite well considering the number of parallels between Yoga philosophy and Buddhism.
One thing I notice early on with regular practice is that I sleep far better than usual. I give credit to the physical relaxation that yoga brings, but I cannot overlook the mental aspect of it either.
Resistance training has many benefits, but yoga has much more to offer. Asanas are just one of eight limbs of yoga, and even that one limb can rival resistance training on its own. This depends on your goals, of course. But considering mine, this much is true.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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