I just realized I never posted the second yoga class mix I made (and I posted the first one over two years ago – although I’ve done mixes for my holiday classes, I really have only planned two mixes for regular full-length yoga classes since I finished my teacher training. But you know, it’s been a busy few years!). I really like this mix because I’ve worked in some songs that don’t come from the typical “yoga” milieu. This mix has been working well because it’s a little longer that the other one I made; my class at Wellness on Park was an hour and 15 minutes, so this filled the time nicely.
Yoga Class Mix # 2: twelve songs, 1.3 hours
| Track No. | Song Title | Duration | Artist | Album | Notes |
| 1 | Baba Hanuman | 13:59 | Krishna Das | Breath of the Heart | Krishna Das, always a favorite. I like this one as a class-starter because it has a nice, easy, regular beat to warm up to. |
| 2 | Jahta Dance | 4:16 | DJ Drez | Jahta Beat – The Progression | And then with DJ Drez we start kicking into a higher gear. |
| 3 | Drop | 4:53 | Cornelius | Point | I love this song – it’s basically a remix of water noises you can dance to. So much fun. |
| 4 | Three | 3:49 | Massive Attack | Protection | A great song to keep the energy moving. |
| 5 | Runaway | 5:06 | Beats Antique | Blind Threshold | A friend turned me onto Beats Antique. She loves them because she’s a belly dancer, but I think their music works beautifully for a yoga class! |
| 6 | Raghupati | 5:38 | Bhagavan Das | Now | A good solid beat for standing practice. |
| 7 | A Higher Place | 4:31 | Röyksopp | Melody A.M. | Röyksopp is an electronic music duo from Norway whom I discovered when I was living in Boston several years ago with much cooler people than I am. I thought the beat of this song and the title/lyrics fit well for a yoga class. |
| 8 | Devi ‘Rave’ | 4:29 | Krishna Das | Pilgrim Heart | More Krishna Das – this one really gets you moving! |
| 9 | Nataraja | 15:06 | Jai Uttal/Ben Leinbach | Music for Yoga and Other Joys | And here we start slowing it down. The perfect song for transitioning through the last standing poses, through the balance pose (ideally: dancer pose, natarajasana!) and to the floor. |
| 10 | The Greatest Gift of All | 4:32 | Lotus | Lotus | This song can work well for seated poses or for savasana if you get there early. |
| 11 | Gayatri Mantra | 9:49 | Deva Premal | The Essence | I love Deva Premal’s version of the Gayatri Mantra! I think it’s a great savasana song. |
| 12 | Bliss | 6:59 | Yogini | Putumayo Presents Yoga | And one last savasana song, just in case. Also a good one for winding down the class if you like to keep the music running while people are rolling up their mats and getting ready to go. |
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