Halloween Yoga

 Do Halloween and Yoga really go together?  For me they do!  I love to change the names of my yoga poses the week before Halloween- Uttanasana becomes "Bat", Dolphin becomes "Sea Monster", Crow becomes "Edgar Allan Crow", and there is no need to change Corpse Pose!  I always enjoy mood lighting in my yoga classes and it is easy to bring electric flickering candles and strings of Halloween colored lights.  I have a favorite bat patterned yoga shirt gifted to me from a friend and I have been known to add a little makeup.  So, yes, Halloween can certainly work into my yoga lifestyle!

Here is my yoga Halloween playlist.  I have been known to blast it outside of yoga class...

1. The Blob- The Five Blobs

2. Carmina Burana- The Philedelphia Orchestra

3. Cry Little Sister- Gerard McMann

4. Danse Macabre- Camille Saint-Saens

5. Don't Fear the Reaper- Blue Oyster Cult

6. Ghost Riders in the Sky- Riders in the Sky

7. Grim, Grinning Ghosts- Disney

8. Hall of the Mountain King- Mannheim Steamroller

9. The Headless Horseman- Thurl Ravenscroft

10. I Put A Spell on You- Screamin' Jay Hawkins

11. Main Theme from "Halloween"

12. Main Theme from "X-Files"

13. Night on Bald Mountain- Mannheim Steamroller

14. October- U2

15. Possum Kingdom- Toadies

16. Something Wicked This Way Comes- James Warburton and Diana Haunts

17. Sympathy for the Devil- The Rolling Stones

18. This is Halloween- Nightmare Before Christmas

19. Thriller- Michael Jackson

20. Time Warp- Rocky Horror Picture Show

21. Toccata and Fugue in D Minor

22. Twilight Zone Theme

23. Werewolves of London- Warren Zevon

24. Woman in the Wall- The Beautiful South

What is your favorite Halloween song or Halloween Yoga tradition?


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