In their own words
Four essays on the music, the ensemble, the practice of Nada Yoga, and the neuroscience of deep listening, by Sri Swamiji, two long-standing members of the Celestial Message Troupe, and a contemporary voice. Published here in the authors’ original English.
- Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji
Music Heals the Healer Too
From Nada, Music of the Divine, Royal Albert Hall, London, 22 September 2012Sri Swamiji on Nada Yoga, the seven notes as a map of evolution, and why music is medicine for the healer as much as for the patient.
Read the essay → - Jaitra Varanasi
Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji’s music: a bird’s eye view
Nada Sagara program for Meditation & Healing Concert, Sydney, Australia, 6 April 2015A long-time member of the Celestial Message Troupe surveys Sri Swamiji’s work as composer, his rare ragas, the Nadamantapa auditorium, and a quarter-century of touring together.
Read the essay → - Rudrapatna Shankar Ramesh
Rhythms in Healing Music
Nada Sagara program for Meditation & Healing Concert, Sydney, Australia, 6 April 2015The ensemble’s mridangam player on a lifetime in Sri Swamiji’s service: training from age one, the rhythm patterns of the Pancha Tattva Raga Malika, and the experience of playing alongside the Modern Veena.
Read the essay → - Editorial
Music and the brain: what listening does
Original essay for muziekvoormeditatie.nl, 2026A short, sourced overview of what contemporary neuroscience says about meditative listening: brainwave entrainment, alpha and theta states, and the parasympathetic shift that follows a long, slow piece of music.
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