Indian Music Therapy Ragas.

Indian Music Therapy Ragas

In world music, Chinese music, Indian music, Greek music, Rome music, etc are very ancient. However, in Indian music, there is a name to every raga similar to western music having different scales. But these gentle Indian ragas were formed by musical experts and yogis from the Vedic period. In Indian music, specifically Carnatic, Tamilian and Hindusthani music, have ragas names with meaning for each of them and this has been researched by Guruji and published under the title “Raga Bhava Artham”. This work is quite popular among Carnatic style musicians. It is true that these ragas and their names are as ancient as Mohenjadaro culture. These ragas have an impact on the listeners’ mind and the environment and these were researched by the experts and the names given to these ragas were based on the observations made.

In this website, Guruji Natyacharya will be detailing through youtube visuals about the nuances about the swaras of these ragas, the songs set to these ragas, the prayogas of these ragas and how our anestrous set keertanas to these ragas knowing their therapeutic nature. This website is all about the therapeutic nature of these ragas like a medicine as following origin and methodology. Guruji's research is that every raga has a therapeutic nature and stimulates navarasas in a person. As a proof to this, he gives therapy to children with Hyper-activity, Autism and also mentally challenged people. In this space, he describes about the Guna and therapeutic nature of Carnatic and Hindustani ragas and also explain the methods to do raga alapana in these ragas. Every natural sound has the ability to kindle many emotions within the listener. Congregational resonation of such sounds is called raga. The rasa bhavas expressed by these ragas and its impact on the listeners and environment were closely observed while naming these ragas. From very ancient times, Indian musicians have been releasing the mental stress of people by implementing the Indian way of music therapy to the fullest of their capacities through the songs that they sing. This is what is meant by therapy through music. Guruji Natyacharya Sri S Balachandra Raju has done wide research on the implementation of therapy through music and he has brought out videos, books and audio clippings for the same.