10/10/2026
Why do I teach without music?
Firstly, it’s how I was taught. Music was never an integral part of the practice. Plus, the style of yoga I teach focuses on the sound of the breath—Ujjayi. I want students to experience learning to be themselves without the distraction of external sound. To learn to be with themselves.
This is what I learned to love about yoga when I first started...I learned how to be with me. The practice teaches us to move from the external noise to our deepest selves.
These days, with technology, there is very little time that folks aren’t being pulled away from themselves through various distractions. When practicing without music, the opportunity is there to listen just to the teacher’s instructions and the breath. Our ability to be with ourselves and not be distracted helps us regulate and feel okay in the present. To get to know ourselves and to drop into the deepest part of ourselves….Anandamaya kosha... bliss.
I love music—my husband is a musician—but the silence is sacred. 🤍
