Music can quiet our minds and open our hearts, and the right music can help us meditate more deeply. But what kind of music is that? By experimenting with different songs while meditating you can see whether a song makes you feel sleepy – more - or disturbs or excites your mind – more – or, ideally, takes you deeper into thoughtless meditation.
Western classical music, especially Mozart or Bach, works great for relaxation but the gold standard for meditation is Indian classical music with a harmonic system designed to elevate the spirit in meditation and give joy rather than thoughts and reactions. The music below all works well for meditation.
Anand M on Flute ~ 31 minutes ShivKumarSharma ~ Raga Basant (spring) ~ 30 minutes Heavenly River ~ 11 minutes Mozart ~ 7 minutes Mozart ~ 9 minutes Hariprasad Chaurasia on Flute ~ Madhuvanti ~ 15 minutes Hammer Dulcimer Santoor ~ 10 minutesCDs for meditation, to buy (Amazon) and download: After much trial and error we have found these two CDs to be great for taking us into thoughtless awareness:
B. Rakesh Chaursia, Ulhas Bapat Amazon MP3 available.
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Listen to more Indian music designed for meditation.
Listen for free: Music India Online is great for trying out different classical Indian music CDs. All the musicians listed below make music easy to meditate to.
Happy meditating!