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Namah Vol. 32, Issue 1, 24th April 2024

as you wake up in the morning in a natural but with a recent problem regarding the
and relaxed way, then possibly making an blockage of menstruation, a phenomenon
average if there are different readings. That which had been repeating for a couple of
value corresponds to our natural rhythm, months, also causing the subject a related
called rest. On that frequency (and multiples state of anxiety and slight depression.
and submultiples) we can start on any physical
activity (walking, talking, playing, dancing, The first procedure consisted of detecting
etc.) with maximum performance and her personal tonic note. This examination
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minimum energy consumption. Furthermore, of her voice, lasting approximately an hour,
by setting it to a metronome and letting it go allows us to determine what is considered the
in the background while we do other things, basic frequency corresponding to the state of
the pulsations will tend to bring our heartbeat centredness, psycho-physical efficiency and
a little at a time to that optimal value (it is the emotional balance. This frequency corresponds
same mechanism that the shaman uses with to one of the 12 notes into which the octave
the drum to bring back to the right rhythm is divided in the temperate system used in
the heartbeat altered by an illness). the West. Its physical location is at the navel.
All the techniques foreseen by Nāda Yoga
As a practical example, we report some cases of will be based on this note, starting from the
users/patients to whom specific therapeutic practice of the OM Mantra (AUM) which,
techniques have been applied, with the use in the structuring foreseen by Professor
of musical scales obtained from the Melakarta Shri Vemu Mukunda, is divided into the
a
System. intonation of the three separate phonemes
a
a
a
A, U, M to be done with a simple Prannayama
formula which includes times of inhalation
(Puraka), retention (Kumbaka) and exhalation
m
(Recaka) accompanied by free singing. The
use of the personal tonic note ensures greater
precision of the vibratory energy both from
a physical and psychic-emotional point of
view but even not knowing it you can still
work well with C or G.
Case Study No.1
This procedure is accompanied by con-
The subject in question was a woman of around centration in the three psychophysical points
37-years-old (Anna C.), in good general health, (Granthī) of the navel (A) to stabilise the
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a
a
3 In Hindu philosophy, we talk about a sound called AAdhara Shadja. AAdhara means base,
support, Shadja means tonic. This is talked about in many texts, but no one had understood
it well. People who practise Nāda Yoga have tried to find the tone through Svara Shadja Kara,
which means realising the note that connects to cosmic energy.
a
4 Granthī are the important points where the three main channels (nadis) of Pranna (Sussmna, Idda a
a
a
a
and Pinngala) join.
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