I’ve been playing with the play-list for the Hot Yoga for Teens class I teach once a week. It’s an abbreviated class, only one hour in duration, but involves as many of the 26 hot yoga poses as we can fit in, along with a lovely savasana at the end. The students spend the first few weeks learning the poses and then each week we add in a few new challenges and technique hints to bring up their level of yoga and deepen their experience.
I like to include a lot of current and pop tunes which are fun and have positive messages. I always keep in mind the teens and try to choose stuff they’ll enjoy. Also, I encourage my students to suggest tunes to add and they love to hear their favourites during class. This particular play list may be more energetic than most yoga play-lists, which are known for their relaxing, calming sound tracks. I wanted to empower the students and let them know anything is possible through hard work, dedication, focus, and love. So this is what it looks like currently. It’ll change before the next session starts, but for today we’ll enjoy this version.
Breathe – Sia
Amber – 311
Hey, Soul Sister – Train
This Too Shall Pass – OK Go
Uprising – Muse
Sober – Pink
Karma Police – Radiohead
Sewn – The Feeling
Love Is The Answer – Weezer
Hey World (Don’t Give Up) Michael Franti & Spearhead
Hungry Heart – Minnie Driver
Breathe – Anna Nalick
Claire de Lune – Claude Debussy
For suggestions on music for kids and teens yoga class visit The Magic of Music on The Kids Yoga Resource.
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Woo hoo – thank you Donna! This is incredible. Going to post on our facebook page… Thank you as always for yet another fantastic tip. Thanks also for the link to our ‘Magic of Music’ post at The Kids Yoga Resource.
Great list! Have you heard the “We are the World” remake? I play it for my 8-12 yr olds and they can actually recognize a lot of the artists. It’s very cool!
Thanks for the suggestions. Now, off to itunes to download the songs. Do you happen to recommend any of the albums as a whole? I like finding new music, but I mostly end up getting chanting music. So this is helpful for me to get to know popular music.
Thanks @Lisa for the repost.
@Karen the “We are the World” remake is fantastic. For tweens I’d use completely different music – I’ll have to start compiling a play-list for that age.
@Aruna-I rarely use complete albums,instead I focus on the feel of the music and how it’ll work with the themes I’m teaching. Most albums have a variety of feelings so I pick and choose depending on my mood and the audience. My adult classes aren’t as pop oriented with more world music/chanting. Kids classes are more fun and light hearted with nursery rhymes, finger plays & good ‘old fashioned rock n’ roll.
What a great playlist, Donna! Thanks so much for sharing. You’ve inspired me to put together a fun, playful and pop-y playlist … and not just for kids, some of us grown ups respond really well to fun, uplifting music.