One Hour Yoga Playlist for Home Practice
Need a playlist for your home yoga practice? Follow the link here: click this text to go to my Spotify playlist for an hour-long, mellow, groovy personal practice.
If you’ve always wanted to take your yoga practice out of the studio and into your home, having a yoga playlist to inspire you can really help. Follow along with the guide below, as you play my Spotify playlist : ::fluidity:: : The playlist and guide will take you through a yoga class that slowly builds in intensity, then mellows back out for a luscious savasana. Match your movement to the mood and flow of the music, and know that there’s no right or wrong way to move!
Voice of Eternity - Connect to your breathing, slow down, meditate. Once your breath feels smooth and deep, and your mind feels peaceful, gently move within your seated pose, or flowing between your cat and cow poses.
Umi - As the music starts to pick up, you can start to find a bit more movement. Perhaps lift into a downward dog and wiggle it out. Move and groove, warming up your wrists, hips, anywhere you’re feeling tight.
Begin (ft. Wales) - This is your sun salutation song! Match your breath to each movement, and trust that you know the sequence. Perhaps you move through 3 - 5 Surya Namaskar A’s during this song. If you’re unsure and need a refresher on Sun A, refer to this lovely piece on Yoga Journal.
Beads on the Wind - Sun salutation B, moving into any variations that feel good. Listen to the music, it’s free-flowing and dancey! Let your body move smoothly to the beat. Let your hips and shoulders sway, find the edges of the music and your movement.
Chillaxing - This song is for your standing sequence. It’s a little slower, so hold each pose for 3-5 breaths as you flow through a few standing poses. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy, perhaps Vira (warrior) 1 into Vira 2, into a wide-legged forward fold. Maybe your hips need opening, so you move into your side angle pose, into a low lunge and simply hold here. Slow it down, chillax, and listen to what your body is desiring.
Time - Same standing flow, the second time through. Pick up the speed of your movement to match the music’s pace. One breath per movement. Perhaps you add on something a little deeper. Add an arm balance or a balance pose wherever it fits if it feels good in your body. You should be getting warm now, so challenge yourself to go a little deeper. This song is 4 minutes, 22 seconds long, so if you have time, flow through a third time! You know the movement now. Let it be a dance.
Truth - Standing balance pose OR time to get upside down. This song is slow, allow calm to flow through you as you focus on a Drishti or a focal point for your gaze. After you’ve held both sides of the balance pose, or taken the counterpose for your inversion (child’s pose for headstand or handstand, fish pose for a shoulder stand), move down to your mat!
Three Aums - Seated stretches. Anything your body is craving! Seated forward fold, baddha konasana (butterfly), wide-legged forward fold, etc. Take this entire song for slow and deep stretches, hold for 5 - 10 breaths.
Shivaratri - Slow it down even more. Match your breath to the calm of this song. Backbends can happen here if you’d like. Take your twists here as well, and hold for a nice long time each side. Any final stretches on your back (hamstring stretches in padangustasana, hips in figure four, etc.) as you take your final wind down.
Heart of Gaia - Savasana. Lay still and soak in all your beautiful efforts. Let your mind float in the musical notes of this gorgeous song.