Yoga Beats: Does Music Make or Break Your Flow?

Dear beloved movers and shakers,

We hope this letter reaches you in a moment where you are taking a pause, whether that be in silence or while listening to your favorite tunes. 

As you may have already seen and heard, we are expecting our second baby this year and are thrilled to be adding another wolf cub to the family. Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful comments and messages, we feel so blessed to have such a caring and supportive community. Those of you coming to the live satsang today, we’ll see you there with the new bump and more updates!

Today we are deciding once and for all whether you should play music while you are on the mat…just kidding. Playing music during the asana (movement) part of a practice really does divide opinion and some yogis strongly dislike music while they flow. We’re going to look at how and when to use music to enhance your practice, when to turn it off, and sharing how we create our yoga playlists. We will also be sharing some sweet musical offerings we know you’ll love, for whatever occasion it is! 😉 

At live events, we love to play music to accompany classes and play instruments in post-meditation kirtan sessions or in singing circles and satsangs. We don’t often play music in our online classes because it’s a bit challenging for us to sing solo but we noticed that after sharing exclusive, longer videos like Bre’s 80 minute Mandala practice, we received so many lovely comments about her ukulele playing at the end that it prompted us to consider the value of live music in our online offerings to really give a taste of our teaching style to the Wolfpack family. ♥️ Later this year, we will be filming about a dozen songs that we sing around the fire and after yoga classes so keep your eyes peeled for those!

Let’s read on to learn about balancing music and silence, how music is connected to humans, our favorite ways to celebrate live music, where to find some incredible playlists, AND how to build your own!