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Yoga and Music- Part 1

In this series of blog posts titled "Yoga and Music," I will explore the relationship between hatha yoga and Carnatic music in particular. This first entry is called harmony. Here I introduce the readers to the definition of yoga and explain how music is one way to experience the state of yoga. We look at how harmony in music is similar to harmony in the various layers of our existence. HARMONY Just 
  like 
  rhythm 
  is 
  essential 
  to 
  music,   life 
  too 
  has 
  a natural 
  rhythm. 
   When 
  all 
  instruments 
  in 
 an 
  orchestra  play in 
  synchrony, 
  it 
  is 
  sweet music. 
  When 
  they 
  are 
  off‐beat 
  and off‐tune,  it  becomes  cacophony. 
 Even when they are in tune, they have to work well together with full awareness to  create melodious  music. Similarly, when 
  our 
  body, 
  mind, 
  and spirit  are  not 
  aligned,  there  is 
 disharmony  and  stress. 
 When all layers of our existence are perfectly aligned, we experience y