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Therapeutic Aspects of Indian Classical Music
A global tool of transcendence, music's therapeutic benefits are receiving a great deal of attention. Music is sound and the sound is rooted in vibration. Healing with sound is immensely popular and well documented as an effective holistic treatment. Musical sounds unleash knots created on our body sensory organs caused by the routine exertion and yields pronounced, calm, and balanced life. Treatment by listening to music leads to enhanced and thinkable brain. Through musical involvement in the therapeutic context, patient's abilities are strengthened and transferred to constructive areas of their lives. Music therapy also provide avenues for communication that can be helpful to the introverts, who constantly repress their emotions. Dr. Tony Cicoria, a well-regarded orthopaedic surgeon and a former football Player, actually embraced death and returned to life, after being struck by the lightning while talking on the phone. This robust fellow developed several neurological syndromes as explained in the book Musicophilia by Dr. Oliver sacks. " I saw my own body on the ground. I said to myself, 'Oh shit, I'm dead.' …Then —slam! I was back. " recalls Dr. Cicoria, while reminiscing the incident. A couple of weeks later, although his memory problem persisted, life still returned to normal when suddenly in a few days, his insatiable desire to listen to the piano music aroused. He listened seriously for hours. He felt completely mindful and free from the disturbing past when eventually, he started to teach himself to play piano. In the third month after being struck, Cicoria was inspired, even possessed by music, and scarcely had time for anything else. Some years passed, he continued to work as a surgeon, but his heart and mind was now centered on music. He met a fearful motorcycle accident meanwhile, but made a complete recovery through his piano-playing and was back at work in two months. i Music and the human body It is known that approximately 70% of the body is water and sound travels faster in water than the air. Therefore, inculcating sound vibrations for healing is becoming essentially credited. In addition, there are seven glandular systems in our body and musical notes are also seven. Each note has a unique vibration which stimulates the energy centers and subsequently our body.
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Before some decades, ancient Indian classical musical maestros affirmed that, ragas influences emotions of human being by changing the resonance of human body.Some ragas like darbari kanada, khamaj and pooriya are found to help in defusing mental tension, particularly in the case of hysterics. Raga malhar Pacifies anger, excessive mental, excitement & mental instability, Raga jaijaivanti have also been pound effective in curing mental disorders and calming the mind.Although it is require to verify this raga correlation systematically. By survey, it has been seen that no schemes have demonstrated yet. In the light of above discussion, the proposed research presented in this paper is aimed to discover the science behind phonetics of raga and its effects on nerve system. This research is one step to explore scientifically the ancient way of alternative medicine i.e. raga therapy, which is a need of the day since current advances in technology and rising workload on human being is accom...
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Modern science and medicine are now rediscovering the healing powers of music. It's a yoga system through the medium of sonorous sounds. Depending on its nature, a raga could induce or intensify joy or sorrow, violence or peace, and it is this quality which forms the basis for musical application. Music therapy carries a great vintage in the ancient holistic medical science of India. The whole subject of music medical therapy is now getting attention from across the world. In India, the stream still grabs a backseat and needs to be empowered with certain advertising tools. In this paper, author has endeavored to bring the real scenarios of Indian culture and human temperament; present place of music therapy in India and suggested the steps to promote it in the Indian masses.
Opendra Chander Singh : ‘To summarise what is music. One can safety say it is a kind of yoga system through the medium of sonarus which act upon human organism and awaken and develop their proper functions to the extent of self realization the ultimate and goal of Hindu Philosophy or religion.’ No doubt music is a wonderful hobby. It makes your free time leisure both pleasurable and profitable. And these benefit can be enjoyed not only by you also by those around you. Hobbies provide a welcome escape from routine. Even if we are content and happy with our present studies or jobs a hobby is still useful for the relief it provides from the hard work studying entails or the job. Stress most working person face. Even for house bound women groaning under the monotony of housework having a happy is the best way to relax and unwind. One of the most attractive hobbies I can think of is music. Learning it, singing, playing an instrument of just listening to great music and drinking in this sheer nectarine
Indian classical musical maestros affirmed that, ragas influences emotions of human being by changing the resonance of human body.Ragas like kanada, khamaj and pooriya defuses mental tension. Raga miya-malhar pacifies anger, excitement & mental instability, Raga jaijaivanti have also been pound effective in curing mental disorders and calming the mind. Although it is require to verify this raga correlation systematically. By survey, it has been seen that no schemes have demonstrated yet. The proposed research presented in this paper is aimed to discover the science behind phonetics of raga structure and its effects on nerve system. This research is one step to explore scientifically the ancient way of alternative medicine i.e. raga therapy, which is a need of the day since current advances in technology and rising workload on human being is accompanied by stress. This research focuses on to study the influence of Indian classical ragas structure on human body while person is listeni...