近年來瑜珈風行全球各大都會，成為最新、最時尚的運動。這種運動源自於印度，是當代共通於印度教、佛教和耆那教的一種冥想方式。梵文中，瑜珈意為控制、駕馭、統合，但也和冥想與融會有關。但後來我們所熟悉的瑜珈則是透過哈塔教派傳遞，該教派對瑜珈的定義只在姿勢和運動上，因此現今僅視瑜珈為運動的一種。

瑜珈運動的姿勢，應該是從西元前兩千年前的印度河文明時代就存在了，後來經過印度教、婆羅門教和耆那教的文明洗禮，最後與禪宗緊緊相繫，但總不脫冥想和緩慢動作的修練模式，尤其是禪宗所講究的盤坐、枯禪等降低物質慾望以達悟道的理念，更是和瑜珈打坐息息相關。

西方古典音樂中，有許多節奏平穩緩慢的名曲，很適合瑜珈對於內外平衡的追求，這些音樂可以幫助瑜珈學員認識何為放鬆，進而獲得平靜，因此在許多瑜珈教室中經常被播放。這份合輯特別將這些古典音樂收集在一起，可以說是非常有創意的發行。片中這些巴哈、貝多芬、蕭邦、莫札特的名曲，分別由阿胥肯納吉、包羅定弦樂四重奏、阿勞等大師共同演奏，錄音音效和詮釋手法都是最頂尖的藝術表現，不僅可供瑜珈，更是純欣賞的絕佳選擇。

CD 1: Classic Yoga

Erik Satie (1866 - 1925) 3 Gymnopedies
1. No.1 Lent et douloureux 3:10
Pascal Roge

Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1750)
2. Adagio for Strings and Organ in G minor (Arr. by Remo Giazotto) 7:20
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Munchinger

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2 -"Moonlight"
3. 1. Adagio sostenuto 6:47
Claudio Arrau

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
Suite No.3 in D, BWV 1068
4. 2. Air 3:50
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Munchinger

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
Serenade in G, K.525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"
5. 2. Romance (Andante) 5:43
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924)
6. Elegie, Op.24 6:50
Lynn Harrell, Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly

Johann Pachelbel (1653 - 1706)
7. Canon in D (arr. Karl Munchinger (1915-1990)) 4:37
Stuttgarter Kammerorchester, Karl Munchinger

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
8. The Lark Ascending 16:08
Iona Brown, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Sergey Vasil’yevich Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18
9. 2. Adagio sostenuto 11:27
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Gregorio Allegri (1582 - 1652)Miserere
10. Ed. Willcocks 11:17
Roy Goodman, The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Willcocks

Total Playing Time: 1:17:09

CD 2: Classic Yoga

Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849)
1. Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2 4:05
Vladimir Ashkenazy

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) Symphony No.6 in F, Op.68 -"Pastoral"
2. 2. Szene am Bach: (Andante molto mosso) 12:44
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)Clarinet Concerto in A, K.622
3. 2. Adagio 7:42
Karl Leister, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner


Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) Piano Concerto in G
4. 2. Adagio assai 9:53
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) Serenade for Strings in C, Op.48
5. 3. Elegie: Larghetto elegiaco 9:27
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924) Pavane, Op.50
6. for choir and orchestra (1901) 5:48
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) Suite bergamasque
7. 3. Clair de lune 4:48
Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887) String Quartet No.2 in D
8. 3. Notturno 8:13
Borodin Quartet

Thomas Tallis
9. Spem in alium 11:33
The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Cambridge University Music Society, John Langdon, David Willcocks

Total Playing Time: 1:14:13