A Valentine’s music playlist is such a fun way to celebrate this week. I love music and am almost always listening to music, whether I am exercising, teaching movement classes, at home, or in the car.
Music for Movement and Mindfulness
Music is not only fun, but an effective tool to help us move more. When I am sluggish, an energizing and uplifting song can convince me to get moving or head out for a walk. If I only have a few minutes for a movement break, I can easily set a time limit of one or two songs before getting back to my task. My children love a dance break, and so do I!
On the other hand, music can help us to wind down when we need to relax and restore. Some calm and peaceful music is a useful tool to help me slow down and clear my mind when I would otherwise burn myself out. When music is part of our environment, we have an easy way to set the tone for our day and switch gears if needed.
Music for Valentine’s Day
Here is a quick chat about my thoughts on music and Valentine’s Day:
If you are following along in our Monthly Mindfulness Challenge for February, our focus for this month is loving kindness, which is perfect for Valentine’s Day. This playlist is full of songs about love so it can help us focus on our intention in an enjoyable way. You can also send it to a friend for a quick (and fun!) act of kindness.
For more on the February Mindfulness Challenge, here is the video announcement for this month:
My Valentine’s music playlist is so much fun to put together every year. I appreciate variety and acknowledge that everyone has different preferences, so I included music from several decades a genres. If you have some favorite songs, I would love to hear from you, too!
Happy Valentine’s Day – I am wishing you lots of fun and loving kindness this week!
Glad I discovered this blog! The playlist is spot on!
Thank you so much!!
Fun post, love your song choices!
Thank you! Happy Valentines Day!!
How cute!!! I’m making dinner at my house for V-Day, I’ll be sure to play this in the background!
Thank you!!! I hope you have a wonderful Valentine’s Day dinner!
I absolutely love practicing loving kindness. And your Valentine’s playlist is pretty cool, too!!
Thank you so much!!!
This is the sweetest thing ,ever! I love what you said about using music to change your mood and energy, and also to get you up and moving. I completely agree! Thanks for the playlist – I’m listening to it now 🙂
-Alexa
Thank you so much!!! Happy Valentine’s Day! 🙂
What a great idea! Whenever I hear “I really like you” by Carly Rae Jepsen, I have a flashback to a grueling Pop Pilates song workout that involved squats. Just hearing the song turns my legs into jelly. Nice picks though!
I love that song get moving and it is so interesting how songs will bring back certain memories! Thank you!
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