Hasu Patel is a disciple of sitar legend  Ustad Vilayat Khan Sahib, is a world-class female classical musician performing on sitar, the most popular string instrument of India. As a performer, composer and gifted sitar teacher, she has dedicated her life to preserving and propagating the traditional music of ancient India in its pristine purity. She holds degrees in music with honors and awards.

Her playing on sitar replicates fluidity and subtle nuances of the human voice. She sometimes collaborates with western classical and jazz musicians. She is on the Board of the International Alliance for Women in Music.

She teaches classical music of India at her Sursangam School of Musid.  To listen to her CD ‘Gayaki Sitar’ is a transcendental experience.
www.hasupatel.com

Workshop: Mystical Power of Vedic Music of India: The Body and Mind Healer
Sunday, November 11
Ballroom   10:45am to 12:00 noon 

Hasu Patel will present the hypnotic sound of Sitar, the most popular stringed instrument in ancient India.  

Listen to the complexity of this divine music which is based on Ragas (melodies) and Taals (rhythm). These melodies accompanied with microtones (shrutis) can help relieve stress and heal the body, mind and spirit. This music has been played for centuries as a tool for relieving stress, fear, pain (physical and mental), grief, anxieties, loneliness, low self-esteem, and negative thoughts. The music oxygenates the cells, extracting the physical and emotional toxins and filling the body with  divine energy.

 Hasu shows the proper way to use simple musical techniques such as chanting the primordial sound OM and Sanskrit hymns, and also by listening/singing the Ragas according to time theory.

Sitar music is an instrumental music, which expresses the emotions through swaras (musical notes). It means it is a silent inner voice. It soothes the rebel mind. This will help health professionals to bring harmony, love, peaceful solutions, kindness and self-awareness to their patients which then can help the society at large.  

Goal: To experience the healing power of Sitar music 

Learning Objectives: 

• Introduce classical music of India as a healing power 
• Learn the hypnotizing power of Sitar music of ancient India through the different techniques of deep listening and connecting with the chakras (energy points), and 
• To sing, chant and feel the vibrations of Sitar music.  

Morning Sound Healing Session: The Cosmic Sound of Sitar: Naad Yoga: The Healer
Ballroom, Saturday, November 10
7:30am to 8:15am 

According to Vedic philosophy, at the beginning of the Universe, there existed the cosmic sound called ‘Naadbrahma.’ The Naad means to flow 3⁄4 a process or a stream of consciousness. According to Indian Traditional Culture, music is the highest art form of Naad Yoga. 

Experience music as the Yoga of Sound. The primordial sound of the various musical swaras (notes) has its own corresponding subtle nadis (channels) in the kundalini chakras (the astral centers) of the human body. Music vibrates these nadis, purifies them and awakens the psychic and spiritual power dormant in them.

 Listening to the melodious sound of Sitar music, feel the inner consciousness, the secret of everything. Chanting, singing or humming the swaras (notes) or mantra ‘OM’ (a sound syllable that when repeated transcends the mind to a certain level of consciousness), will produce harmonious vibrations in the entire body. They elevate the mind rom its old rut to magnanimous heights of divine glory and splendor.

You will witness in Indian music how the science of Ragas (melodies) and Taals (rhythm) has been developed to perfection.

 Absorb yourself in the natural sound of music, to connect to self, cosmos and the original nature. Let your physical body of emotion, mind and spirit vibrate. Some music stimulates our emotions; some heals our body; some breaks down our electromagnetic field which leads to diseases. Classical Indian sitar music is  truly a healer.