It’s the end of the day. You’ve picked up groceries, washed the dishes, tossed a load of clothes in the wash, and you haven’t even touched the second half of your long to-do list. You don’t have time to drive to the gym, but you know that if you wait until the day that your task list is cleared before you workout, that you will die pudgy and holding a fast food wrapper. So, you decide to fit in some at home workout time. Pilates, yoga….. just something to clear your head and get in a good sweat. But the only thing running through your mind is the second half of the errands. Finding the perfect playlist can really help you to center your mind, regardless of whether you prefer meditative yoga or hard and heavy Pilates.

Pilates Playlist Options

Soothing Pop

• Everybody Hurts by Avril Lavigne
• Wish You Were Here by Avril Lavigne
• The Prayer duet by Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli
• Trains and Winter Rains by Enya
• Only Time by Enya
• May It Be by Enya
• Footprints in the Sand by Leona Lewis
• Light On by David Cook
• Chasing Pavements by Adele
• Fix You by Coldplay
• Jolene by Ray LaMontagne
• Collide by Howie Day
• I Will Follow You Into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie
• First Train Home by Imogen Heap
• Glosoli by Sigur Ros
• Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros
• To Whom it May Concern by The Civil Wars
• I’m Yours by Jason Mraz
• Fall For You by Secondhand Serenade
• Think of You by A Fine Frenzy
• Down in the Valley by The Head and the Heart

There are artists whose entire works could also be added and you could easily play the cd or album, as well:

• Andrea Bocelli
• Enya
• Coldplay

Calming Classical

• Wood Darker Than Night by Coeur De Pirate
• Vladimir’s Blues by Max Richter
• The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi
• Hungarian Rhapsody by Franz Liszt
• Tales From the Vienna Woods by Johann Strauss
• Cinderella by Sergei Prokofiev
• Deux Arabesques by Claude Debussy
• Pavane by Gabriel Faure

There are artists whose entire works could also be added and you could easily play the cd or album, as well:

• Explosions in the Sky
• Ludwig Beethoven

This playlist will be the easiest to find entire albums but each composer has a different feel, so you’ll need to get familiar enough with them to know what you like, but I suggest you listen to a variety online and then you’ll get a much better idea.

Happy Jazz and Oldies

• Come Away With Me by Norah Jones
• Blues in the Air by Sidney Bechet
• Woke up this Morning by BB King
• Right to be Wrong by Joss Stone
• Don’t Wait Too Long by Tony Bennett
• Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye by Lady Gaga
• Moonlight Serenade by Glenn Miller
• We Saw the Sea by Fred Astaire
• The Very Thought of You by Al Bowlly

There are artists whose entire works could also be added and you could easily play the cd or album, as well:

• Artie Shaw
• Al Jolson
• Billie Holiday