Planet Yoga

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 23, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Karuna
• ASIN: B00005YUFV
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #122,596 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Jai Ma - Wah

2. Kashi Vishwanath Gange - Krishna Das

3. Gopala - Jai Uttal

4. Govindah - Rasa

5. Raghupati - Bhagavan Das

6. Prayer to Rudra - Krishna Das

7. Sri Ram - Diana Rogers

8. Ganashyama - Dave Stringer

9. Gayatri Mantra - Deva Premal

Disc: 2

1. Home - Drala

2. Meditation of the Night - Benjy Wertheimer

3. Zenith - Benjy Wertheimer

4. Morning Meditation - Ali Akbar Khan

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

49 of 49 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent compilation, May 9, 2002

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JESUS R. AMADO (Maracaibo, VENEZUELA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Planet Yoga (Audio CD)

If you ever attended a yoga class where background music was played or if you have read any yoga magazines, chances are that you are familiar with most of the artists compiled under this two-Cd album. Names such as Krishna Das, Jay Uttal, Deva Premal and Rasa, just to name a few, are some of the great artists grouped here. Even if you don't practice yoga, but enjoy listening to world (or trance) music, you'll probably enjoy this tape as much as I do.
The first Cd has Indian healing chants but performed by westerners, (as Krishna Das writes on the intro to the booklet); so if the lyrics are Indian, the music is not. It may fall in the category of enviromental or acoustic which makes it more appealing for our western taste.
The second Cd is instrumental and more suitable for a meditation or relaxation practice. The insert booklet comes with illustrations of a basic yoga class with asanas or poses familiar to anyone who has practice yoga.
I listen to this album on my way to and from work and it really takes my worries away from rush hour. The music selection is excellent and there are a few tracks that have quite an upbeat tempo, you'll probably will want to dance to. The best thing about this compilation is that you get all these great artist in one single album, so you save some bucks having to buy each single one. I'm sure this album will become a bestseller soon.

41 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must have for yoga class, August 20, 2002

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N. Boler "snow yogi" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Planet Yoga (Audio CD)

I am a yoga teacher and am picky, picky, picky. It is hard to find a compilation cd (or any cd) that you can play through without the sour apple track that makes you bristle during class. These two are perfect. The first cd is beautiful...great fun chants, I actually like all of them...very uplifting before class...then the 2nd cd is just right during class. No annoying vocals or horns or screeching flutes, just a steady meditative pace, and no wimpy New Age tracks. Peace!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Winner!, May 1, 2004

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Nicole S. Urdang (Buffalo, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Planet Yoga (Audio CD)

This is a CD I listen to all the time, and it's been months since I got it; however, I like the first CD far better than the second one in this set.
I think Krishna Das sounds better on this CD than on any other one I have heard, and Deva Premal's voice is like honey.
Very uplifting, not light and ethereal. Good for feeling grounded.