TADASANA TEACHERS SPEAKING ON MUSIC Music connects us literally to the pulse of life. It entrains us collectively to the essence that we all share, which is the pulse of the breath and the pulse of the heartbeat. -Shiva Rea The undercurrent of music is that it brings us all together. It’s like love. You can’t really express how it moves you. It just does! -Mia Togo Santa Monica has been an experimental ground for music in public classes to communicate and cultivate our unified flow. -Shiva Rea I like to use modern, fun, uplifting music to help propel the vibe of the class. We get in there, we throw our feet in the air, get a little hang time, and see what we can come up with. -Brock Cahill Music helps me to step outside of my insecurities into something that is bigger than me. It’s a reminder that we are insanely talented beyond our beliefs. -Kathryn Budig It puts me in a meditative state and connects me to something deeper. It makes my spirit happy. -Joan Hyman
Chanting takes me to the highest place. When I chant, I am really connecting to source. There is no race, no borders. Music helps us to connect with each other. -Kiyomi Takahashi I’ve been in front of live music most of my life. I’ve always sort of been the sweaty white guy up front. I’ve always been that guy. -Tommy Rosen I really love to play DJ. I’m responding to what’s going on in the room seeing how I can keep nudging the vibe in the direction that it might be ready to go to create a full experience for people. -Julian Walker I grew up as a classical violinist. Music was my first meditation. As I moved along in life, the not-so-subtle revolution of rock-and-roll started to teach me how to aim power and focus in a positive, upward momentum.” -Brock Cahill I am inspired by world music and love to offer live music in my classes. I usually have live drummers who help us tie in to that rhythm, that primal drive that keeps us moving even when things get difficult. -Gigi Yogini
My musical choices are suspect because I’m a big fan of 1970’s soft rock. -Seane Corn Music is inspiring because it’s this emotional language that speaks to everyone. It can communicate the same emotional state to many people at the same time and create a unified experience. -Julian Walker I do feel that music has a place in the yoga classroom, as it does in life. -Tommy Rosen Music is probably the thing that inspires me most. It pulls me out of my linear, sometimes neurotic mind, and helps me go to a place that is underneath the workings of the busy mind. -Hala Khouri Rhythm and Music is essentially happening in our bodies all the time. -Sarah Ivanhoe
“THE UNDERCURRENT OF MUSIC IS THAT IT BRINGS US ALL TOGETHER. IT’S LIKE LOVE. YOU CAN’T REALLY EXPRESS HOW IT MOVES YOU. IT JUST DOES!” - MIA TOGO
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