Alt Yoga

When it comes to your yoga practice, the right sonic environment is crucial — you want music that will let your thoughts stream freely and allow your pranayama (breathing) to cleanse and elevate. Enter Alt Yoga Essentials, with Brian Eno's otherworldly "An Ending (Ascent)," Cocteau Twins' hypnotic "Lazy Calm," and Daniel Lanois' "Todos Santos" to help guide you to yoga fulfillment. In the meantime, float over to Next Steps for more Alt Yoga sounds.

Yoga demands serenity, whether you strive to achieve spiritual peace, meditative mind-and-body bliss, or even just a ripped physique. Our Alt Yoga Essentials helps create an atmosphere of calm and tranquility, from the soothing, fluid sounds of Michael Brook's "1000 Slide Shows" to the soft sonic radiance of the Album Leaf's "Eastern Glow," and the shimmering melodies of Max Richter's haunting "Horizon Variations." There's more — sink further into ambient yoga music in Deep Cuts.

Attaining oneness with mind and body gets just a little easier when your yoga soundtrack includes the balanced sonic textures of Honeyroot's "Summer Sky." Follow the strains of "Diana's Lullaby" by Jorane to transcend your own earthly boundaries; drift into the atmospheric wash of Delerium's "Window to Your Soul"; and let Explosions in the Sky grace your yoga session with the lilting "Magic Hours."

Yoga is more than just exercise — it's a discipline that works out mind, body, and spirit. You're definitely going to need more than just a good beat to motivate and enhance your yoga practice. That's where our Alt Yoga Essentials comes in, with three playlists of tranquil tunes that offer a serene yet steady musical environment. We've got everything from the pulsing sonic mantra of LCD Soundsystem's "Great Release" to the interplay of musical light and dark in Tristeza's "Chiaroscuro" to the ambient glow of Ensemble's "Carmine" — all geared toward making the most of your mind-and-body workout.