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Integrating Music Therapy Into Daily Life

Integrating music therapy into daily life for the well being of the family:

What makes up the well being of a family? This is a complex equation involving the interplay of several factors which makes up the mosaic of what one would call ‘well being’. A family is a happy one, only when there is complete harmony between the family members as well as an inner peace and happiness of each family member.

Well being involves a harmonious balance of physical health, emotional health, mental and spiritual health.

Taking up each factor, one by one:

Physical health:

Staying physically healthy is a combination of healthy eating habits and exercising regularly. It is basically a lifestyle choice that has to be sustained on an ongoing basis. Continue reading “Integrating Music Therapy Into Daily Life”

A Mother’s Day Post

INSPIRED BY AN EARLY MORNING CALL TODAY:

MAA

The phone rings, shrill and strident,
Out of pitch and discordant,
With the tanpura, that I am strumming,
Poignant ‘Todi’ that I am humming

Who is this, disturbing me so!
“Go away” – I don’t want to know.
In this world of music, let me be,
My poetry, My thoughts, and Me Continue reading “A Mother’s Day Post”

Krishn Kanhai: Songs of the Cowherd God

These are the sleeve notes from my album Krishn Kanhai, written by Meera Ravi.

Lord Krishna is the most personal of all the Gods in the Hindu pantheon. The eighth incarnation of Maha-Vishnu, His life story is replete with vivid imagery at every stage – as a naughty and lovable child-prince of the tribe of chieftain Nanda, as a handsome young man roaming Nanda’s vast and verdant territory, playing; the king-maker of Dwaraka and the philosopher and prophet of the Bhagavad Gita.

There is a Krishna for every one of us to love and make our own and He inspired some of the most moving poetry of the bhakti movement in India. Here is a collection to kindle your devotion for the Cowherd God – gems fired by the passionate love of the bhakti poets and polished at the well-spring of their genius.

Continue reading “Krishn Kanhai: Songs of the Cowherd God”