Scholarship and clinical practice in psychotherapy and cognitive science have produced many new insights into the nature of human development, trauma, and healing from PTSD. In this essay I will discuss how trauma relates to the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system and how yoga nidra may provide healing from trauma. Therapy that utilizes yoga nidra is considered…
In this review of the literature I present a map that situates a transdisciplinary inquiry into the problem of understanding ritual trance musicking. Historical evidence suggests that body movement in religious ritual has been used since early human societies to “heal divisions in tribes and families, prepare a tribe for battle, and engage in something…
“Psychology is the science of consciousness.” -Sri Aurobindo, Essays Divine and Human nada brahma –mantra Sages from many spiritual traditions have extolled the power of sound to bathe the spiritual seeker in a stream of meditation, carry divine revelation, or even confer enlightenment. Musicians have spoken of the healing power of playing music and…