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”

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”

It was our first winter in Amsterdam. Having arrived in late August, we were in time to see the last lap of the summer. Balmy evenings, leafy pathways and lingering sunsets. As autumn set in, we began revelling in the beauties of the season, the days growing shorter, the changing colours of the leaves and the perceptible drop in temperatures. One of the greatest joys of living in Europe is, to experience the changing seasons. Each season comes bearing the delights of Nature, beautifully packaged in its own unique style. The flowers of spring and the promise of a new beginning; followed by the warmth of the ripening fruits and grass in summer. The falling leaves and the harvest in autumn and then of course the bliss of a crackling fireplace, and hot cocoa in winter!

Continue reading “Silent Night – Holy Night”

It was the year 1982; I was a fresh graduate in Chemistry from Bombay University- a slightly confused young lady, on the threshold of several avenues which beckoned me. Should I pursue a course as a research scholar in Organic Chemistry- my first love? Or should I throw myself into the heady, exciting and challenging world of avant-garde theatre (a brief but intensely fascinating stint with the talented Shri Jayadev Hattangady’s theatre group had thrown my well-ordered universe topsy turvy.) Or should I pursue a path in Classical Music- which has always been a guiding ‘dhruva-taara’ for me all along , steadfast but so subtle that, I, myself was not wholly aware of just how much, a life within and around music meant to me.

Continue reading “‘Guru charan nitha laaabho’”