Ragas for
health: Awakening Peace, Vriddhi and Sumanas were recorded in
Chennai by violinist Michael Braudy, with noted veena player and
medical doctor, P. Bharathi, who has pioneered music for therapy
in India. These recordings evoke the specific benefits of ragas
for health.
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Celtic
Afternoon Concert
Live at Sufi Books, NYC |
Recorded live
at Sufi Books, February 8, 2003, Celtic Afternoon Concert
features spiritual music of Ireland and Scotland with traditional
& contemporary selections of the lyrical and wistful music
of the heart soften and brighten a winter afternoon.
- Tell Her I Am (Sample)
- Winter Solstice (Alpha Monroe) (Sample)
- If Ever you were Mine (Sample)
- Corn Rigs (harmonica) (Sample)
- The Fall of Foyers
- Sporting Paddy and the John Doherty's Reels
- My Dearie and Thou Die
- Flatbush Waltz (Andy Statman) (Sample)
- Gan Ainm (unnamed) Jig with Jew's harp
- Introductory remarks about O'Carolyn
- Sebeg Seamor (O'Carolyn)
- Introductory remarks about Rag Durga
- Druga with Digeridoo
- Daybreak and November (Alpha Monroe)
- The Forest at Dusk (Tin Whistles)
- Give Me Thy Hand (O'Carolyn)
- Wind That Shakes the Barley (2 fiddles)
- Rag Bhimpalasi ("Indian/Irish Air")
- Stack of Barley and The Foxhunter's Reels (harmonica)
- Farewell to Cernobyl (violin & bass harmonica) (M.
Ferry)
- Aly's Waltz (Aly Bain)
- Over the Moor to Maggie
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| Awakening
Peace
Healing Ragas for the World |
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1: Rag Jaijaivanti induces a feeling of inner calm,
happiness and contemplation.
Dr.
P. Bharathi - veena
Michael Braudy - violin
K.V. Balakrishnan - percussion
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2: Rag Shuddha Danyasi, an uplifting raga, generates
feelings of joy and inspiration.
Dr.
P. Bharathi - veena
Michael Braudy - violin
K.V. Balakrishnan - percussion
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Vriddhi
Ragas for Energy and Cellular Growth
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1: Basant Mukhari, a morning raga for relaxation and
natural invigoration.
Dr.
P. Bharathi - veena
Michael Braudy - violin
K.V. Balakrishnan - tabla
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3 4
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2: The human endocrine system exhibits it's own internal
rhythm. The pace of Rag Malayamarutham is intended to regulate
this internal rhythmic flow, thereby helping to maintain
a state of physiological balance.
Dr.
P. Bharathi - veena
K.V. Balakrishnan - tabla
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Sumanas
Ragas for the Heart and Circulatory System |
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1: Carnatic Todi is an evening raga, with the rasas,
or moods, of devotion and sympathy. The combination of lowered
notes emphasized in this recording is intended to produce
a soothing effect on the emotions, a result of the cascading
downward flow of notes which may benefit the circulatory
system by regulating blood pressure.
Dr.
P. Bharathi - veena
Ashaman - guitar
K.V. Balakrishnan - tabla
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2: Rag Shubhapantuvarali, a raga of devotion, also acts
on the heart. (The Sanskrit word Sumanas, can be translated
as "Good Heart"). The rhythm of the recording
approximately matches that of the human heartbeat.
Dr.
P. Bharathi - veena
Michael Braudy - violin
K.V. Balakrishnan - tabla
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3: Rag Pilu evokes sympathy and devotion, like the 2nd
track, and also emphasizes the emotion of love.
Dr.
P. Bharathi - veena
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General note
on the music:
The stated and intended
effects of this music are based on several factors, including the study
of many psychological and music therapy sources on the effects of ragas
and their notes, our knowledge of the ragas, and the intuition of the
performers. In addition, medical research was conducted in two Madras
hospitals in the winter of 2001 by Dr. P. Bharathi, and demonstrated
positive preliminary results. For one, blood pressure was lowered in
a group who listened regularly to Sumanas, compared to a control group
who did not listen to the recordings.
Quotes and reactions
from other listeners confirm the relaxing quality of Sumanas, as well
as the relaxing/invigorating effects of hearing Vriddhi.
"I am really
enjoying the Vriddhi CD. I listen and nap very deeply, awakening
feeling better. Thank you! Your sound blends beautifully with the
veena."
Carla Van Arnam, T'ai Chi teacher in Charlottesville, VA
"I play these
recordings constantly while working on clients. They are very effective."
"At times, the music charges me, adding a vigorous flow to my
work. At other times, it allows me to channel my energies into a more
calm pace."
David Greenhouse, LMT in New York City
From other professionals
and friends:
"I sleep
much better after listening to Sumanas. It is very relaxing."
"I've heard
a lot of CDs that claim to be able to relax me, which is no easy task.
When I listened to Vriddhi and Sumanas, I found my body
nicely relaxed as I had to reach for the repeat button"
Chris Sampson, KPFT 90.1 Houston
"This music
is pure joy to the heart. I have not heard anything like it before.
I play the music to all of my yoga students and classes"
Barbara Newborn, Yoga instructor, Chief of staff of National Stroke
Medical Education Institute
"Great tape
for bodywork, especially when people need to be focused in their bodies
and their minds' stilled."
Kate Stewart, bodywork/zero-balancing practitioner and exercise
teacher in Surrey, England
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