Music, especially New Age music, is fast being recognized as a useful therapeutic tool for physical and mental well being

How to get optimum results

Recommended by Anand Avinash:

Start by visualizing your ear canal expanding. Extend your consciousness inwards into the entire body and then reach outwards towards the entire cosmos. This awareness of the ear extends to the vastness of universe and to the celestial music of the spheres.

To be effective in healing, music should have the following characteristics:

Pulse:
At or below heart rate (72 per minute) for calming or reducing tension.

Rhythm:
Smooth and flowing at all times for integrating internal body rhythms and energy flows.

Melody:
Slow and sustained for meditational purposes; pitch sequences primarily by step at pulse rate or slightly faster for energizing.

Duration:
Minimum 15 minutes of steady music; 20-45 minutes is optimum.

Tone quality:
Generally the softer quality instrument like the flute and organ.

Resonance:
Should be sustained for 4 to 8 seconds for calming.

Music therapy can also be used for personal development in the following areas:

• Memory and learning

• Enhancing certain work skills

• Peaking creative thinking

• Calming down wild

• Temperaments

• Chaotic music for relieving negative emotions