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Resonances of Joy
Ragas for Vishuddhi – the Throat Chakra
Tanpura female & shruti in G: gives freedom to the vishuddhi chakra (5th) at the back, softens the pelvic area and fosters creativity and tenderness and sensitivity.
Nadatarangini solo in E: frees the throat chakra of tension and rigidity, expands your aura around the throat area and gives you trust in life and in using your inner voice.
Ragas
1. Tanpura female & shruti in G (34.54 minutes)
2. Nadatarangini solo in E (28.11 minutes)
Chakra Resonance Ragas
The Chakra Resonance Ragas are a form of nada yoga (meaning "union through sound") that connects you to your essence (yoga) through tones and sounds (nada). The music is fully instrumental, with tanpura, shruti, swaramandala, and/or nadatarangini, and supports your receptivity to a meditative, open state of awareness.
Each raga heals and balances the chakras in a specific way, as well as the energetic, emotional, mental and physical layers of your humanity, with its harmonic vibrations and overtone-rich sounds, some of which you cannot even hear. Listening to the meditative atmosphere of these ragas for a few minutes before your meditation, in particular the tanpura ragas, can be very helpful in letting go of what you were doing before and becoming open to the deep value and depth that meditation can bring.
The Sanskrit word raga literally means "mood," "atmosphere," "feeling" and "tone." So raga is about mood and tone. These ragas always use a tanpura in a particular tone composition, a solo tanpura or a duet of tanpuras, sometimes accompanied by a shruti (Sanskrit word meaning "sound" or "that which is heard"), and occasionally used to support other musical instruments. Several types of tanpuras are used, including male, female and bass tanpuras. This, as well as where they are made in India and how many strings they have (tanpuras usually have four strings, but some have five or six strings), influences the tonal range, timbre or sound color, overtones, and atmospheric ambience of the tanpura.
The Throat Chakra
The Throat Chakra has the Sanskrit name Vishuddhi. The Sanskrit word vi means ‘beyond all comparisons’ and the word shuddhi means “purification,” so it literally translates as “profound purification.” Because these are spiritual values, this purification refers to a form of purity that is beyond duality (comparisons), and when you go beyond duality, you no longer feel divided, you feel whole. It is about healing (being whole) and because it is in the throat region, healing through Vishuddhi has to do with communication, expression and a proper connection between the head and the rest of the body. Vishuddhi is located near the thyroid gland (metabolism) in the pharynx and is associated with the plexus cervicalis (the pharynx) and the plexus pharyngeus (the larynx) and you can feel its energy most easily at the bottom of the pharyngeal area, in the middle between the front and the back of the neck.
The energies of Vishuddhi help you to experience the value of inner purity by expressing what moves you, in whatever way or form, in your speaking, praying, singing, and other forms of creativity, so that what touches you from within doesn’t become muted, but that you can purify all unclarity and murkiness that still remains by sharing it with the world around you. As you move beyond the murky and unclear, you experience your inner self as a source of love, happiness and joy. On a physical level the subtle flow of your breath also passes through this area, releasing its energy and waste. By opening yourself to the energies of Anahata, you have become aware of true love, and you can connect more deeply with its beauty when you further purify yourself. When you express yourself with this intention, it can purify you, making you feel more honest, open and pure, and this allows ego-driven intentions to transform into genuine communication (literally: sharing together). The love that fills you when you are open to Anahata, can now also become part of your speech and expression. The energies of this chakra can be recognized by the freedom and sincerity with which you share with others what touches you within, or to show it in how you express yourself.
As Vishuddhi becomes more open, you can gratefully tap into how the experience of love inspires you to be more sincere and open in your communication, the joy that then begins to influence your voice and choice of words, the space that this gives in your chest and in the attitude with which you face the world. As a more open contact with your inner purity develops, you begin to recognize the purity of your inner self and essence in the beauty of the world around you as well, as the essence that is present underneath all murkiness in everyone and everything.
Track 1: Tanpura female & shruti in G
The value and potency of this raga o Heals the freedom of Vishuddhi (5th) at the back of the spine and promotes creativity. o Softens the pelvic area and promotes the expression of tenderness and sensitive feelings. o Let your communication have more of the fluidity that corresponds to the depth of your sexuality.
Track 2: Nadatarangini solo in E
The value and potency of this raga o Frees the Throat Chakra of tension and rigidity. o Instills trust in the continuous flow of life and in using your inner voice. o Expands your aura around the throat area, shoulders and head.