Yoga Playlist - St. Patty's Day 2013

Taking advantage of the opportunity to play some Dropkick Murphys during a yoga class, I added a few Irish musicians to this week's playlist.  You can listen to the playlist on Spotify by clicking here.  The only song I coudn't find on Spotify is the beautiful "The Lady of Shalott" by Loreena McKennitt, which I played during savasana.  Enjoy!

• Into the Mystic, by Van Morrison
• Lovely Day, by Bill Withers
• Canyons, by Instant Empire
• The Wolves, by Ben Howard (and check this out if you haven't seen it yet!)
• Four (featuring Reese Weil), by Plan B
• If So, by Atlas Genius
• Sloppy Seconds, by Watsky
• One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Remix), by Asaf Avidan and the Mojos
• I'm Shipping Up to Boston, by the Dropkick Murphys
• Bad Girls, by M.I.A.
• Money on the Clock, by Oddisee
• If I Ever Leave This World Alive, by Flogging Molly
• Feel It All Around, by Washed Out
• Need Your Love (featuring Ray Dalton), by SOL
• Won't Let You Leave, by Jenny O.
• Where Are You Now, by Mumford and Sons
• The Lady of Shalott, by Loreena McKennitt

And here is the quote I shared during this week's classes:

"When we find ourselves devoid of passion and purpose, the first thing we need to do is stop.  But that's not easy. The rest of the world is zooming by at full speed.  Left alone with ourselves, without a project to occupy us, we can become nervous and self-critical about what we should be doing and feeling.  This can be so uncomfortable that we look for any distraction rather than allowing ourselves the space to be as we are."   -- Dawna Markova

303 Day Yoga Playlist - 2013

Happy 303 Day, Colorado!

Like last year, I've put together a special local music playlist for this week's yoga classes. You can listen on Spotify by clicking here. For my larger Best of Colorado playlist, click here. And let me know if there's a local artist/band that you recommend!

• I'm Not Lonely Like You Are, by greencarpetedstairs
• Come In / Stay Out, by Bare Bones
• Oh, My Molly, by You Me and Apollo
• Live and Learn, by Fierce Bad Rabbit
• You Won't Have To, by Ashtree
• Like a Ghost, by El Toro de la Muerte
• Beat of My Heart, by Ending People
• Run Away, by SKYFOX
• Chemicals*, by Breathe Carolina
• Replicator, by Wire Faces
• Alonerous, by Genetic Engines
• Wake's Only Daughter, by Elephant Revival
• 1939, by Tin Horn Prayer
• Come Close, by Medic
• Replace Me, by The Yawpers
• Fyah Side, by P-Nuckle
• Only You, by Roniit
• You Should've Seen the Other Guy, by Nathaniel Rateliff
• The Hurricane Night, by Tim Hanauer
• May, by The Haunted Windchimes
• eleveneleven, by A Shoreline Dream

*Some of my yoga classes will instead hear "Blackout" by Breathe Carolina because I couldn't find a clean version of "Chemicals" :)

Yoga Playlist, posted February 2013

Enjoy!  Click HERE to listen on Spotify.

·        Diamonds, by Rihanna

·        Animal, by Neon Trees

·        Young Blood, by The Naked and Famous

·        Safe and Sound, by Capital Cities

·        Tonight Tonight, by Hot Chelle Rae

·        Payphone, by Maroon 5

·        Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton), by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis

·        POWER, by Kanye West

·        Alone, by K'naan

·        I Love It (feat. Charli XCX) [Cobra Starship Remix Radio Edit], by Icona Pop

·        On the Rocks, by Grieves

·        Are We All We Are, by P!nk

·        Swim Until You Can't See Land, by Frightened Rabbit

·        Something Good, by alt-J

·        Runner, by The Yawpers

·        I Have Made Mistakes, by The Oh Hello's

·        Let Her Go, by Passenger

Forget perfection and become yourself instead

This weekend I've been talking in my yoga classes about letting go of the desire to be perfect.  We all have flaws, and it's often from those flaws that beauty and creativity emerge.  "Blessed are the cracked, for they let in the light."

"The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself."  -- Anna Quindlen

"And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world."  -- Anne Frank

Happy Holidays, and best wishes to you in 2013 and every year after!  

An Adventurous Life

It seems a few people have been trying to find the following quote that I shared with my classes last week.  It's a good one!

"The only life worth living is the adventurous life.  Of such a life the dominant characteristic is that it is unafraid.  It is unafraid of what people think.  It does not adapt either its pace or its objectives to those of its neighbors.  It thinks its own thoughts, reads its own books, develops its own hobbies, and is governed by its own conscience.  The herd may graze where it pleases or stampede where it pleases, but he who lives the adventurous life will remain unafraid when he finds himself alone."

--Raymond B. Fosdick--