The Best Songs for Yoga, Pilates, Warm-Ups, and Cooldowns
Zen Out (60 to 115 beats per minute)
Best for yoga, Pilates, warm-up, cooldown, stretches
"Lei Lei Ha" (Transglobal Underground Remix) - Watcha Clan
"Silencio" - Nelly Furtado and Josh Groban
"I Look to You" - Whitney Houston
"Pretty Wings" (Uncut) - Maxwell
"Slow Light" - Moby
"Only You Can Love Me This Way" - Keith Urban
"Pagan Poetry" - Bjork
"By Two's" - Yo La Tengo
"The End" - Pearl Jam
"Call Your Name" - Daughtry
"Just Ain't Gonna Work Out" - Mayer Hawthorne
"Release" - Tom Sinclair
"Another World" - Antony and the Johnsons
"Oblivion" - Joshua Bell and Carel Kraayenhof
"Stalemate" - Joss Stone with Jamie Hartman
"African Velvet" - AIR
"Who Says" - John Mayer
"Rama" - Earthrise Sound System
"All Things Must Pass" - Yim Yames
"Closer to the Bone" - Kris Kristofferson
Meet Our Mix Masters
Deekron, the Fitness DJ, producer of the free music podcast motiontraxx.com; Derek Beres, DJ and yoga instructor at Equinox Fitness Clubs in New York City; Jay Blahnik, fitness expert for msnbc.com; Patrick Goudeau, Nike Elite Fitness trainer; Mark Jenkins, celebrity trainer; Harley Pasternak, celebrity trainer; Lacey Stone, founder of Lacey Stone Fitness in New York City
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, January 2010.
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