Choose The Right Music For Practicing Yoga. 10 Favorites

Despite their clear differences, practicing yoga and listening to music serve a similar purposes.

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Both soothe, amuse, and reunite the body and mind. Some people find it easier to achieve this flow state while practicing yoga while listening to music. Many yoga practitioners prefer to practice while listening to music with a meditative vibe. Because yoga is associated with mental clarity, relaxation, and meditation, people prefer to listen to this genre of music. Yoga practitioners listen to meditation music the most because it is connected to all these.

There are many benefits to playing music in yoga classes. It can help to set the mood and create a calming environment as well as energize students during more vigorous classes or sequences. Music can also help to deepen the breath and increase focus and concentration.

It can be used as a tool to guide the practice, with different tempos and rhythms corresponding to different poses or sequences as well as being a source of inspiration and motivation. I find it can also help to create a sense of community in the class and bring people together.

Catherine Wilde, a homeschooling mom of three & founder of Soul Care Mom, and Best Selling Author of Reclaiming Your Inner Sparkle shared some tracks she enjoys and use in her classes include:

1- Fly Among Clouds - Taylor Dawson

2- Compassion - Mindful Changes

3- Upon A Painted Ocean - Aquatic Dreamer