Shake Appeal

Musical inspiration breathing life into my heart,
from the mat to the dance floor.

Hatha Flow

Tracklist for my current Hatha and Slow Flow classes. Students perk up to The Shins with some energy and I love when Panda Bear’s Drone comes on towards the end of class to settle things down. I also apparently love Junior Boy’s FM ! Namaste xo. 

Angel Echoes - Four Tet

Sol y Sombra - Woods

Love Like A Sunset - Pheonix

FM - Junior Boys

Eyes Be Closed - Washed Out

New Slang - The Shins

Anywhere Anyone - DNTEL

Motion - Balam Acab

Drone - Panda Bear

Fantasy - The xx

No Widows - The Antlers

In lieu of buying my ticket to their show this June in Toronto, this is Radiohead’s 2008 LP In Rainbows performed, From The Basement. Great musicianship and heartfelt emotion. One of my favourite videos. xo 

The XX’s Infinity

I hope they have a new album in the works. I miss that sultry sound. xo

Update: As per P4K November 2011, they have ! No mention of a title or release date, however.

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—Leave Me Alone (cover)

Leave Me Alone, a New Order cover by Vancouver’s Destroyer. xo 

One Breath, One Movement

My latest playlist for the Vinyasa class I teach in Toronto at YogaSpace, as well as a skeleton playlist for my Lifestyle classes. Mostly a mix of my other ones but with a few new tracks. A student told me my music choices were “avant garde”, I told him thats what I was going for ! Namaste xo.

Moon Fever - Air

Angel Echoes - Four Tet

Fake Empire - The National

Ghost Under Rocks - Ra Ra Riot 

Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) - Arcade Fire 

Spell - Slowdance

Army Of Me - Bjork 

Only If For A Night - Florence and The Machine 

Swervin Remix Inst. - Clams Casino

Someone Great - LCD Soundsystem 

FM - Junior Boys

Inch Of Dust- Future Islands

Serve the People - Handsome Furs  

Black Heroes - Ratatat

Jacksonville - Sufjan Stevens

A Short Reprise For Mary Todd, Who Went Insane, But For Very Good Reasons - Sufjan Stevens

Different Names for the Same Thing - Death Cab For Cutie

Good Love - Bat For Lashes

Motion Picture Soundtrack - Radiohead

Auntie’s Lock/Infinitum  -Flying Lotus (feat. Laura Darlington)

I love Baltimore’s Beach House. Their 2010 album Teen Dream was a smash success (damn amazing if you ask me) and this Spring’s Bloom should be just as grand. Downloading as we speak ! xo Update: Have given it a few listens and it’s slowly growing on me ;) 

I love Baltimore’s Beach House. Their 2010 album Teen Dream was a smash success (damn amazing if you ask me) and this Spring’s Bloom should be just as grand. Downloading as we speak ! xo

Update: Have given it a few listens and it’s slowly growing on me ;) 

Does anybody remember Ratatat ? I sure as hell have not ! xoxo

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—Comeback Kid

Sleigh Bells rules. I wish they were played at Loop, something pop that can be thrown down to ;) and need I say more about Alexis ? (re: photo, she’s fucking amazing clearly).

Alexis Krauss

Girls like Lana Del Rey should have hooked up with a dude from a hardcore band. I wish I happened to be sitting at that table at the right time ! This year’s Reign of Terror is pretty great, the follow up to 2010’s Treats. I love Comeback Kid, Road to Hell, and You Lost Me. Pretty girl encouraged to yell and flail around ? Love it !! xo

I have been wanting to go to mainland Portugal for some time now, and with my dad going in October this year I was inspired to begin making plans. Radiohead and Caribou are playing in Lisbon this summer…it seems like it was meant to be ! I would like to stay a couple nights in the city and a few at a seaside Yoga centre. I have to saveee, then I can be stoked. xo

Update: Soo saving is hard ! May have to go see Radiohead at Downsview Park instead…Lisbon maybe next summer. xo

Sweet Nostalgia

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The problem with Lana Del Ray is that she may be smarter than you. After all, here she is, half-formed and already fully famous, ready for her closeup, clothed only in fantasy and in nostalgia for an America that no longer exists.

Sometimes, on YouTube, in between shifting veils of 1950’s stock…