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Music Blog Part Two: VGM Suggestions for Yoga

5/22/2015

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Arnie Roth and Nobuo Uematsu. Some of the more mellow songs from Distant Worlds and A New World are great options, offering orchestral versions of favorite FF tunes (which works well for yoga).
Now for experimentation: locate, listen, and collect video game music (or music from anywhere, really) that helps to energize, relax, and/or clear your mind and body. You’ll probably have an instinctive idea of what to pick, but to provide a starting point, here are some tips for your finding your collection:

1)      Many games have their soundtracks readily available, but even more useful for yoga, many games now have arrange albums or instrumental collections that may have yoga friendly renditions of the music.

2)      There are some Final Fantasy albums that provide a great basis for a relaxing game music collection, and those are the Potion: Relaxing with Final Fantasy albums.

3)      TPR has done a few albums with “melancholy” versions of Final Fantasy music. These also work well as the basis for a collection.

4)      Don’t be afraid to make playlists and combine your favorite relaxing songs with your game music. I have some viola meditations that work really well with VGM that I use all the time, for example.


Some of Hilary's Favorite VGM for Yoga (Scroll way down for Danielle's)
Most of it falls under the “calming/quiet video game music” umbrella. You’ll be able to see a bit of a forest theme going.

SNES era:
Itory Village (Illusion of Gaia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erKDJjWqjvs 
The Dark Space 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAmYi6ULG9U
In the Earthen Womb 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KelnHjOateU
Overclocked Remix, Rachel's Gift 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RInpt9x8rLI (an all-time favorite)
OC Remix of Soul Blazer Tears for a Moonlit Knight 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fycsj-ebB8
The Pure Land (Secret of Mana) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_XFuwO8UyU
Main/Opening Theme (Secret of Mana)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qob_6G9OXcI
Really, I recommend anything from Secret of Mana that is not battle music.    
Rydia’s Theme (Final Fantasy IV) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIs6F-E8P3o (This is the DS version.)
Overworld Map Theme (Final Fantasy IV) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5sf3CZWKvA
Cry in Sorrow 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNGMCwZq2yQ
Illusory World 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nnPeL_xc3A (if you want something otherworldly)
Celes’s Theme (Final Fantasy VI) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoBn04lcNmo
Another World of Beasts 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVFq1mjcdP0
Remixes of Cyan’s Theme 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Gr062tWn1o (Lots of good stuff here.) 
Secret of the Forest (Chrono Trigger)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r1iesThvYg
Corridors of Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESqZb7hY1S0
Schala’s Theme 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJtwEpQe6w0 (Lots of material on this soundtrack, too.)
Lenna’s Theme (Final Fantasy V)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAgrNyrAv3g
Home Sweet Home instrumental 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPCnjb_3MzA or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDBxRuv4p74
New World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg5jEDNp3zI

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PSX era:
Flowers Blooming in the Church (Final Fantasy VII)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zr0pNEnJ2dI
Tifa’s Theme 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbOqcR-BORo
There’s also a great remix of Tifa’s theme that is a bit jazzy called 
Short Skirts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lIkDVVI2vs
Shingo Forest music (Star Ocean: The Second Story) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP9yPa0AtzA
Versions of Rena's Theme on Overclocked Remix 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jmh9a1J9L3g
her original music 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDNodVCXKU0
Arlia Village music 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzShumL0Ous
And Cuddle. I almost forgot about Cuddle, which would be sad: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aw2zRnCAXAU
Panzer Groove 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wos6jUHDoyk
OC Remix called Yggdrasil Speaks to Me (Valkyrie Profile) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oobQQumiZk
Requiem of a Predicament (Valkyrie Profile) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luzgVgTycBQ
Echoes of the Spiral/Ruined Sparkling City (Legend of Mana) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xevd898bCyg
Lumina music (Legend of Mana) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axHTOoP8gbw
Over the Hill (Final Fantasy IX) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6wPtSRvHak
A Place to Call Home 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBGgUtd7EdA
Awakened Forest 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc3xoQqFFns

PS2/Gamecube era:
"Lady of the Lake” remix (Zelda: Twilight Princess) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts2sTdRpD24
Water of Life (FF Crystal Chronicles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvNOZPaMxQg 
Thoroughly Blue 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KhQuYAqpc8
Macalania Forest (Final Fantasy X) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9E8IIBAd_U
Movement in Green (Final Fantasy X) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-1zWQOzhbw
Divine View (Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EG64JRxYbE
Overture to the Destiny 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV3Y17cu6F4
Star Shape (Shadow Hearts) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSTNe2yiNio
Old Smudged Map (Shadow Hearts 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f6siAA3C9M
Town of Twilight 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcm3ak-SLqM

PS3 era/recent:

Atelier Ayesha (Recollection Hill) 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DszUkw3KWOE
Epitaph for Boletaria remix (Demon's Souls)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPqtYWIXsAs
The Sanctuary of Zi'Tah (FFXIV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuvxcpQ-veg

And bonus, in case you can’t go without the battle music…here’s the piano version of Let the Battle Begin! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7pwqJCP54k (YAY TIFA).

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Some of Danielle's Favorite VGM for Yoga (That Hilary didn't already list!)
Mine isn't in any sort of organized era form... Sorry, fwriends. 

Calm Before the Storm (FFX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR-NSvXByW8
Luca (FFX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6rtwoVGPZw
Besaid Island (FFX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxJE6SSX-aw

Fez OST (the whole thing)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYL-5N08JtA

Minecraft Alpha Album 
(all of it, but especially Minecraft/Calm 1, Sweden, and Subwoofer Lullaby; also much of Beta Album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0apGY2GmFU

Faron Woods (Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsVT_-RsONg

Vigil (extended) (thanks, Joey) (Mass Effect)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IitCQCaKi3E

Snowcloak Theme (thanks again, Joey) (FFXIV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUzOHkTLHWs

Troia (FFIV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu7Ddlk-CD8 

Forest Haven (Windwaker)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8D4WL961HE

Shiek’s Song (Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRKAZrMXm4c

Buzz Buzz’s Prophecy (Earthbound)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID_4UPladqQ

Braid OST (a lot of it)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejW9xIFCMw&list=PLF6BA4E2337E64899

Dream of the Shore Near Another World (Chrono Cross)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROKcr2OTgws

Eternity: Memory of Lightwaves (FFX-2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9ee_Ez6tFk

A New World (Intimate Music from Final Fantasy): Troia, Town, and New World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1uXolJmFek (Troia)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGX6RlqlgRI (Town)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzltOjqS-x8&list=PLpwxfwK9RQdkQzPlYgyv9AwbpqzXJX9J6 (New World)

Balamb Garden (FFVIII)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eU0tRBHnE0

Blue Fields (FFVIII)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNdGoENQNQ4

Music from Shenmue OST (sift a little)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxZrVCa517w

You’re Not Alone! (FFIX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKAoSY5bhSw

Aquatic Ambience (Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDvKwSVuUGA

Serenade of Water Piano Version (Zelda: Ocarina of Time)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYjmhobhKAU

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"Time passes, people move... Like a river's flow, it never ends..." Yoga agrees: accept all, flow with the music and everything that moves through you, mind and body.
Let us know what game songs come to mind for you. 

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Beauty and calm to aid in your practice. Inspiration of water, of Shiek, of Legends.
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    Danielle enjoys yoga, writing, games, cartoons, and music. She relates a lot to Avatar Korra and is training hard as a yogi to learn element bending. She's also interested in exploring the element of PLAY found in both yoga and video games. Danielle is the one you see in the videos and the creator of Y4G. 

    Hilary is the co-author of this blog, and an idea contributor to Y4G. She started gaming young, enchanted when her neighbors would play Final Fantasy II/IV. She started yoga in high school, and has been enjoying and balancing the two ever since. If she is not doing yoga, she may be practicing naginata, a traditionally female martial art, and her other active pursuit. Her adventuring class would probably be white mage or monk.


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