1. Music Therapy at Moon Light

Music Therapy is a modern from of approach that helps the young and adults who suffer from exceptional behaviors, to make effective brainy adjustments towards social, emotional and mental aspects. This system may address physical, psychological, emotive, cognitive and social needs with therapeutic rapports. Under this system, Alpha and Theta Music rhythms creates right and left spheres of the brain creating a deep relaxation, meditation creativity and clarity. Certain intermezzo communicates one to be comfortable with bedridden state. The circulatory system of human body balance itself automatically bestowing consciousness rendering immune from external chaos, disruption and illusion. It is seemingly provides better effects on moonlit nights.

In civilized world, several hospitals in western nations celebrate "Moonlight Sonata" combined with rhythmic light sounds and music for entertaining to get relief from pain and agony of the patients. Currently several hospitals conduct prayer in the morning and evening. The doctors and nurses who engaged with charity noticed that harmoniously blended music and sounds arising out of the instruments influence the bed ridden patients to reduce anxiety, discomfort and cardiac relaxation. The Classical music was derived from Samaveda and its combination of light music is capable to lessen the anxiety often felt by seriously nauseous patients. A recent study from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee reported that heartattack survivors of a hospital feel less worried immediately after listening to classical music and the change was reflected on their body. Within a short period, their heart beat rates slowed from an average of Seventy Nine (79) beat per minute against Seventy One (71). The study noticed that the average number of breaths they took dropped from Seventeen (17) to Sixteen (16) per minute. The heart beat variability became more flexible and more flexible.^[1] By distracting patients from their fears and focusing their minds infinitely more soothing than memories of a heart attack, Moon-Lit-Sonata may even help save their lives.^[2] Florida State University researchers who studied 40 premature babies in a neonatal intensive care unit found that playing Brahms "Lullaby" for 15 to 30 minutes a few times per week increased weight gain in both boys and girls. It seems to have an innate sensitivity to music, as part of civilized life. As a culture, Ancient Greeks used music as a treatment to reduce the pain of delivery of the women. The music is considered as the language of the nature which influence all creatures of his world. Since 3000 years before Aryan Civilization, the Indian Music exists on pride and privilege as nurturing Samagana. The studies conducted at Pittsburg University Music Therapy Department had been distinguished that conversing ragas such as Bhairavi. Hindola, Kalyami, Desh, Shanmukhapriya along with light music instruments made the patients better mental state. The seven Sangeeta Swaras are allocated to the seven planets of Astrology.

Medical Astrology emphasizes that human body is adherently connected with the seasonal change occurring in line with the revolution of the moon. One day had been divided into eight yamas covering three hours each. During the nights of Waxing Moon in which scheduling Music Therapy will have better results as follows:

First Yama	7:00pm to 10:00pm
Second Yama	10:00pm to 1:00pm
Third Yama	1:00am to 04:00am
Fourth Yama	04:00am to 07:00am

During this period the Tridoshas Vata-Pitha-Kapha affects the body severely. Our saints have already noted the salient features of Melakarthara Ragas related to Moon covering Chandramukhi, Chandrakantham, chandrareskha and Chandrarekhi. The modern findings about music therapy related with the states of moon stands highly instrumental mechanism for advanced treatments.

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

White JM. Effects of relaxing music on cardiac autonomic balance and anxiety after acute myocardial Infarction. American Journal of Critical Care, Volume 8, No. 4, 220-230.

[2]:

Standley JM. The effect of music and multimodal stimulation on responses of premature infants in neonatal Intensive care. PediatrNurs, Vol. 24(6):532-8).