12/24/2025
Why live music changes a yoga practice
There’s something that happens when music isn’t just playing in the background, but is actually listening.
Billy Mickelson is a rare kind of musician—a one-man orchestra. A virtuoso cellist who also works with live looping and processors, Billy doesn’t perform over a yoga practice. He listens to it. He feels the pace of the breath, the tone of the room, the subtle shifts in energy—and shapes the sound in real time.
Sometimes the music holds the space quietly.
Sometimes it swells and carries you.
Sometimes it leads, sometimes it follows.
That kind of responsiveness is rare. And it changes everything.
It creates a practice that feels immersive, alive, and deeply memorable—where movement, breath, rest, and sound become one conversation.
If you’ve never practiced with live music like this, it’s something to experience.
Join us January 1 for Flow Into the New Year
and January 4 for Restore Yoga + Yoga Nidra
both with live music by Billy Mickelson.
By donation. In person (Jan 1) and in person + Zoom (Jan 4).
Links to register are in my bio.
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