Music is a fundamental part of humans, and our brain is hard-wired to differentiate between noise and rhythm, and react to different tones and tunes. Sounds have an influence on brain and subsequently on body too. Hence, music is clinically used therapeutically to manage various conditions.
Although “Music Therapy” is a modern term, it can be rooted back to ancient Indian scriptures mentioning the therapeutic use of music or Ragas. Known as Raga Chikitsa or Raga Therapy, the musical rhythms in Bhajans and Kirtans were used to to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs.
As per Indian classical music, Raga is a melodic structure, performed at specific time and season to evoke specific moods. Hence, every raga has unique effect and triggers corresponding emotions within the listener. The are sounds for five basic elements of human body are:
Few of the many benefits related to music therapy are:
With benevolent blessings of Guruji Sri K.T. Sivanandan Vaidyar, and support from the entire AMCT team, Dr. Harshit Maniar from Rajkot (Gujarat) provides professional music therapy.