A playlist of songs with an easy-to-find beat per second, to use while timing breathwork or physical therapy exercises.
When practicing breathwork, we are frequently advised to count how many seconds we use for various parts of the breath, but we are also supposed to be relaxed and comfortable, which is not always a compatible instruction with having a clock in view, or a phone or timer in hand. Physical therapy exercises of many kinds also require maintaining a pose or doing a set of movements for a certain number of seconds. I have put together a playlist of songs spanning several decades that feature a steady 60 beats per minute. [The musician side of me insists that I specify that many of these are actually at 120, but they have a strong every-other-beat drum] The idea is to find a song on this list that you know so well you can sing it in your head, and time your exercises to it. Do you need to hold that stretch for the length of one verse plus chorus? Do you need to inhale for one line and exhale for the rest of the chorus? I find this easier and more enjoyable than staring at a clock, or trying to keep track of counting in my head.