Spotify Music Playlists
Sometimes during our martial arts classes, we’ll play a little bit of relevant workout music from a Spotify playlist in the background; customized Spotify Music Playlists to the rescue!
Many different group class settings play music in the background. Think about aerobics, kick-boxing, yoga, and other classes.
I imagine we have all found a decent Spotify playlist on our favorite streaming music app to help us focus. For studying, working, jogging, lifting weights, practicing Tai Chi, Meditating, achieving Deep Sleep, visualizing, or whatever the activity might be (Wisdom of the Body, even!).
If I’m not listening to Podcasts (check out our Resources), I’m listening to music.Â
I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
How does Spotify Music Playlists or just Workout Music help?
Music adds Spice to Life. (Do Life. Do Kung Fu!) And in this vein, too, Kung Fu.
Music has therapeutic value. The right kind of music soothes our frazzled nerves. Some of that effect comes from the music's rhythm. Biologically we are rhythmic creatures with all sorts of rhythms: heart and breathing rates, hormone cycles, sleep cycles, mental alertness cycles, and so on. Other musical benefits are emotional, for reasons that are sometimes hard to explain.
It gets you in the mood and sets the vibe. Music brings a little bit of juice to the table. Sometimes, when you’re working out, and you get tuckered out or just plain tired, you need a little boost. A second wind might be just what you need. You couldn’t even think about doing another rep.
And then that song comes on from your Spotify Playlist. The beat is pumping, and the tune is catchy. And it moves you to do one more rep. Or two.Â
1. Music is the good kind of distraction.
2. It ups your effort.
3. Music puts you in the zone.
4. A good beat can help you keep pace.
5. Music can elevate your mood.
6. It makes you want to move.
7. Listen to music already? Take it to the next level: Making music while you work has an important added benefit.
Music Genres in our Workout Music playlists
Country? Classical? Just what type of music are we mixing in here to our Spotify playlists?
These workout or martial arts music playlists (or whatever you want to call them) are a kind of living document; you, the public, have access to them. And, of course, my students do as well. They can suggest songs. They can let me know if one of them on the list has curse words. or perhaps they found a tone in the lyrics to be offensive. This idea is essential for me to adapt and adjust.
But I don’t simply accept all song suggestions.Â
Workout Music Criteria
The Tai Chi music will generally fall into the New Age category and is super for practicing Tai Chi, Yoga, Qigong (Check out our Qigong Podcasts), massage therapists, body-workers, meditation, visualization, dealing with Insomnia, and much more. Conversely, the external playlist will feature faster tempos, lyrics that inspire or touch the heart (see our Lineage & History and request a Free Trial!), and more.
- No songs with an Explicit rating will be accepted.
- Does the sound or tempo accurately reflect the vibe we want to cultivate for this class?
- Do the lyrics of this workout song have depth?
- Oh goodness! Is it in Mandarin or Cantonese and at least satisfy one of the above requirements? That might be nice, especially since we are studying Mandarin Chinese language!
Now What?
Enough of that.
Let’s get into the Tunes, shall we?Â