As we all know, I'm a huge proponent of playing music during your practice. While most yogis gravitate towards more "traditional" music from the likes of Krishna Das, Deva Prema, and Jai-Jagdeesh, my speakers bump tunes from Van Morrison, Tom Petty, and George Michael. I treat my practice like I treat my life - keep it casual, keep it fun, and always sing along. Though my playlist is pretty non-traditional, there is a common thread of "zen" in every songs to maintain a consis

Let me begin this post by saying you don't really need anything to do yoga - it can be done anywhere, at anytime, with only your body and your willingness to listen to it. As a Western society, we have really sold into the idea that we need material things to make us happy - we believe that having more will make us more complete. The reality of it is, yoga in and of itself can lead us to a level of self awareness in understanding that we already are complete. That being said,

I absolutely love listening to music with lyrics when I practice - lyrics give me something to focus on rather than listening to my own brain chatter. I'm especially into covers...it's so fun to recognize an old favorite reimagined. And we can find a parallel between covers and our practice - oftentimes, musical covers have the same lyrics and chord progressions as the original, but the tempo and emotion may be completely different. When it comes to our practice, we could com