Nada Yoga: Union Through Sound

Using music and sound to connect to a higher state of consciousness is common in most spiritual traditions. This is especially true in India, where many of the Hindu gods and goddesses are musicians: Krisha plays the flute, Saraswati holds a stringed veena, and Ganesha created the tabla drums. There is also a “yoga of sound,” called nāda yoga, described in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika as one of the most powerful and fruitful meditation techniques to ...

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