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  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).  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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AuthorDanielle 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. Archives
October 2015
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