A team of experts will demonstrate the yoga and discuss its
healing powers in 12 workshops over four days at Hotel Ashok in the capital,
Arun Buddhiraja, the founder of the Krishna Prerna Foundation, said.
"Bansi Yoga is a combination of yoga and flute used as
a deep relexation technique in 40 minutes of cyclic meditations. The
practitioner moves his limbs in a cyclic pattern and the flute, played as an
accompaniment, allows him to relax. The relaxation induced is equivalent to
eight hours of sleep," Buddhiraja told IANS.
The flute was a symbol of love, peace and water, he said.
Explaining the dynamics of the Bansi Yoga, Buddhiraja said
in some postures, the practitioner stands straight with his hands alongside at
right angles. The practitioner then moves his hand in a cyclic manner to the
music of the flute. The cyclic motion fans from the hand to the fingers and to the
shoulders.
The meditation is followed by chanting of the words Ukara,
Akara, Makara (u, aa, maa) - the essence of the word Omkara - to create
magnetic sound resonance in the body, Buddhiraja said.
"It is a physiological and psychological
clean-up," he said. The Bansi Yoga courses are designed for two groups of
people - corporate executives and the common people.
Commenting on the power of flute and "Raasrang",
writer and researcher Devdutt Pattanik said breath is the connection between
matter and soul. When breath was rhytmic, there was music, Pattanik said about
the cosmic power of the flute. "It draws one to the centre of
existence," he said.
The festival is also trying to bring back lost string
instruments under the Roots section.
"We are also reviving 51 languishing wind instruments
of the country. A team of musicians will play the instruments and teach
collectors how to restore it. It will serve three purposes of generating
employment for musicians, restoration and education," Buddhiraja said.
The instruments include rare wind pipes like sutli, peepah,
Ladakhi flute, kaliya and pungi.
Another attraction of the festival will be its diversity of
genres and an international cast of artists.
Tagaram Bheel from Jaisalmer will play the algoza, a double
flute that was said to have been invented by devotees to impress Lord Krishna.
Kawang Kechong, a Grammy nominee and practising Tibetan monk for 11 years, will
play the bamboo and metal flute.
Barcu Karadag, a popular Ney artist from Istanbul,
will take Indian audiences on an introductury tour of the Ney - an end-blown
flute from the Middle East.
Source: IANS
