Yoga Music

Yoga music is a very important element within the overall atmosphere of a good yoga class. The music a teacher chooses to play during class will set the tempo and tone for the class. Yes the music will be playing in the background, but you want the music to work with the flow of the movement and not be a distraction. The music should reinforce the tranquil vibrations or the energetic vibrations of an active class.

In this article we will look at various different kinds of music for yoga, where you can download the music or purchase yoga music CDs.

Music For Active Yoga is a multi-volume CD from various artists and produced by YOGAFit Training Systems. This music is described as, "Slightly upbeat and intense, this is a solid strong CD for Power Classes and longer work phases. Follows the traditional YogaFit 3 mountain format with beautiful relaxation music at the end."

Shakti Fusion is a yoga fusion music CD that covers a wide spectrum of musical genres including rock, jazz, world, folk, and Latin. The CD is described as, "Shakti Fusion is a high-energy, heart-centered chant band that blends ancient Sanskrit mantras and original English songs with contemporary jazz, rock, Afro-Cuban, and world beat dance rhythms."

Chinese Yoga with Dorian Music is Chinese yoga music to listen now. It is produced by pianist John Onvlee, and it features high-tech meditation soundtracks in Alpha, Theta and Delta level formats.

NAMASTA, the North American Studio Alliance offers yoga and Pilates music, Massage, Tai Chi and meditation. Music for Pilates features various artists, the Mat Pilates PowerMix 2, and Body Control Pilates (Mind, Body, Soul Series) are all Pilates music CDs available for purchase.

The Spirit of Yoga, by Ben Leinbach, is described as, "Music to ease stress away and promote peace of mind. Ideal for yoga, meditation, healing, whenever the attention is directed inward toward that dynamic place of stillness. Featuring Grammy nominated Jai Uttal chanting and on dotar and Manose Singh on bamboo flute."

Yoga and Pilates music share many of the same characteristics and most can be used interchangeably.

There are many places online where you can find free yoga music, and free yoga sounds or music that you can download and play in your portable music player, or listen right on your computer's speakers. SOme of the online yoga music is offered as a demo in order to get exposure for the artists featured.

When you find free yoga music online or free yoga music to download make sure that it is the producers of the music that is offering it for free. You don't want to get caught up in copyright infringement over a yoga music download.