Sound has a profound place in our earthly lives.

“Every aspect of one's being in which sound manifests has a peculiar effect upon life, for the activity of vibrations has a special effect in every direction. The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.” ~Hazrat Inayat Khan

To understand the universe and one’s Self, we must clear the programming, the limiting beliefs, the false narratives running our response to the world. 

We must get to our hearts. This is where our truth lies.

We practice this first, by disciplining the body. Daily asanas allow us to connect more deeply with our bodies and discover the places we hold our suffering. In this work you find stillness. Here you gain awareness.

Next, we work on our minds. We must clean up the thoughts that keep us in a state of fear and lack, causing us to judge, hate, and hold ourselves as separate from each other and God (in whatever form you understand God to be). For this we sing, we chant, we use mantras. This is our mind’s purification, an uplifting of conciousness. This is the place in which access to the heart is finally available.

It is in expression that sounds differ, because of the different instruments through which they are expressed. The deeper we penetrate into the mystery of sound, the more we are able to trace the link that connects all sounds. This link is what the musician calls harmony, and it is in harmony that is hidden the secret of joy and peace.