Yoga & Music Therapy In Medicine

Content

Functioning of human brain (modern research) Threads & images (Picture memory) Psychology and importance of Positive thinking Nutrition, importance of flowers in meditation Different type of meditation: Chakras & Astral body (Indian) Yoga, Dhyan, ayurveda eating habits and importance of OM Meta Physics and Modern explanations (Karma & its effect also quantum entanglement) Geeta (The main tenant of Indian philosophy) Use of Mantras for improving memory (Gayatri Mantra and MMJ) Application to Verbal GRE/GMAT Conclusion References

Introduction

Unleash your potential (improve your efficiency as a human) This class will be using various aspects of physiology, psychology, yoga, meditation, nutrition to help you improve your score in exams like GRE and GMAT Good memory, concentration, and positive thinking are very important to excel in tough exams Various techniques will be shown that will improve you to excel in exams To achieve perfection you have to explore all the options available to you in the most perfect ways These methods are bound to increase your score in the exams

Research on Functioning of brain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_memory

How does brain function? How do we remember things? What is memory? Different parts of brain Short and Long Term Memory Most people are fairly good at remembering some types of things and not so good at remembering others

http://health.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/nervous-system/human-memory2.htm

Psychology and Positive thinking

Human brain thinks in different ways which depends on programming, past and hormones Yoga helps you to get your body moving and maintains good health Control over the unconscious mind In order to turn the mind toward the positive, inner work and training are required. Attitude and thoughts do not change overnight. Positive and negative thinking are both http://www.tcyonline.com/blog/tag/gre/ contagious

Yoga, Dhyan and Importance of OM

Yoga: Merging of various aspects to finally experience positiveness How to concentrate and do dhyan Importance of OM in Indian philosophy

http://www.tantra-kundalini.com/muladhara.htm

Meditation, Chakras & Astral

body

Asanas Mudras Mantras Yantra Selection of flowers Biulpatra

Importance of teerth (spiritual places): 12

Astral body Creation of neuro-pathways http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini_yoga Energy of the Universe

http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/dws/dws_r8_charts.html

7. Sahasrara Illumination, Godliness. The spiritual mountaintop, pinnacle of light, energy and consciousness. Aham Brahmasmi 6. Ajna Divine sight. Sensitives and clairvoyants reside in the pastel petals of this refined realm, with access to many levels of superconsciousness and inner worlds of light. Meaning: "command 5. Vishuddha Divine love. Here, limitless love wells up, a vision of all souls as brothers and sisters and all things as sacred. Selfless souls, exceptional artists and mystical poets reside here 4. Anahata Direct cognition. Those who reach this realm, with their delicate, penetrating insight into many fields of activity and knowing, are mankind's guides, counselors, mentors and problem solvers. 3. Manipura Willpower. This is the hub of willpower. Accomplished men and women perform at high levels mentally and physically when living in this center of energy, discipline and endurance. Meaning: "Jewelled city 2. Svadhishthana -- Reason. Home of intellect. Educated people work through this center of logic and analysis. Great minds have mastered it. It is the pandit's dwelling place and the pragmatist's refuge. 1. Muladhara Memory-time-space. The abode of memory, the foundation of all human knowledge, this center is also the seat of our basic instincts of survival, sexuality and others. Meaning: "foundation." Location: base of spine. Deity: Ganesha and Brahma. Shakti: Dakini. Color: red. Vehicle: elephant. Petals: four. Plexus: sacral or pelvic. Element: Earth. Plane: Bhuloka.

Nutrition (Spices & Herbs)

Chawanprash Tulsi Neem Haldi Triphala Bilpatra (leaf of a plant dedicated to god shiv)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_herbs_and_minerals_in_Ayurveda

Mantras

MMJ Gayatri Panchakshar 5 Hare Ram (ISKON) Om Aghor etc

Mantras

Actually mantras must be pronounced in the very same way as told by the Sanskrit pundits, otherwise mantras would not be beneficial. Although, it depends on the reasons of chanting, example mantras of 6 acts or magical powers needs to be chanted with all right pronunciation, right setup, right fire.... But mantras for kundalini activation need not be done with the same way.....Also we have 3 energy floating in the system : Rajsik, Tamsik, & Saatvik... if we want to capture the saatvik energy from cosmos then mantras may be done without accurate setups.... For your case, if you want to active kundali, get good health, get good fortune, then the setup does not matter.... But for my case if I want all magical powers then I have to do it very right way, also I have to select tamsik energy from cosmos as it if more easy and aggressive....

MMJ

Read it for better memory

Meta Physics
Metaphysics is a branch of philosophy concerned with explaining the fundamental nature of being and the world Quantum entanglement is a property of the quantum mechanical state of a system containing two or more objects, where the objects that make up the system are linked in such a way that the quantum state of any http://www.himalayanacademy.com/resources/books/dws/dws_r5_truth-compare.html member of the system cannot be adequately http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_entanglement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaphysics described without full mention of the other

Conclusion

A new dimension of improvement is shown Applicability and cases are shown Optimizing fitness, nutrition and psychological states can lead to better score

Music Therapy

The Perception of Sound

Psychological and physiological effects of music. Psychoacoustics is the study of the perception of sound.
Vibrations and frequency Resonance tone Entrainment rhythm

Humans are Naturally Musical

Pitch contour vs. Pitch interval (Trainor) Evolutionary?

43,000 82,000 year old instruments (Zattore and Anon) Functions:

Social lubricant Testosterone reducer Lowering cortisol Releasing oxytocin

Effects on the Body

Intuition and experience know that music effects the body. Listen to this: Feet tapping/head nodding ?? Rhythmic entrainment is contagious

Brain resonates, breath and heart rate follow. Alter the pulse of the brain (with music!) and the rest will follow

Sonic Neurotechnologies

Filtration/gating (F/G) filtering out the lower range of music and then adding the frequencies back in. This process retrains the auditory processing system. Binaural beat frequencies (BBF) sound frequencies are altered by a certain number of Hz. This causes the brainwaves to be entrained and can be useful for pain reduction, enhanced creativity, or accelerated learning.

Developmental Effects

Chicken Embryo studies (Panicker, Wadhwa, Roy)

Music increases the size of immunostained cells in chicken embryos. This correlates to an increase in neurons important for memory and learning. The number of immunostained cells increases if the sounds are species-specific.

Relaxing Effects

Alzheimers patients increased melatonin (Eisdorfer, Kumar) Drumming increases relaxing pain chemicals (Bittman, et. al) MRT-music increases naturally therapeutic painkillers in pregnant women without drugs (Sidorenko). Burn assistance with pain and anxiety (Presner, et al).

Learning Effects

Larger Brocas area in musicians better on spatial tests (Sluming, et. al). Mozart Effect (Campbell) Increased Norepinephrine (NE) in young chicks = music alters brain chemistry

Therapeutic Applications

Treatment vs. Healing

Treatment comes from the outside Healing comes form within Treatment facilitates healing Healing is making whole, restoring a state of perfection and balance that has been lost through illness or injury (Weil).

Healing music Dr. Weils Sound body, sound mind: music for healing

Intro The deep

Music and Brain Waves

38-15 Hz waking mind 14-9 Hz relaxed, daydreaming 8-4 Hz -- subconscious 4-0.5 Hz deep, restorative sleep

Music as a Treatment

Relax cancer patients and ease suffering. Aid to the quality of life. Improve physical movement. Boost the immune functions. Music can boost productivity. Music can enhance romance and sexuality (Campbell). Music creates a sense of safety and well-being.