Scared of relapsing into the same old daily routine of commuting and work? September is here with its share of stress and new projects. Here are some tips for rising above it and taking a deep breath to help you face the season in better shape.<\/p>\n
Music appeared 35,000 years ago. Equipped with rudimentary instruments \u2013 buffalo rhombus from hunting \u2013 men and women would play, dance, sing and tap to express their emotions, religious feelings and chant incantations intended to interact with natural phenomena they barely understood. Music, or rather the vibrations they created, was a way to lead them towards a spiritual trance. Today, in our unquestionably secular society, we no longer express our emotions using anything as rudimentary as a buffalo rhombus. But are we so far from removed from that prehistoric era? And what bridges still exist between today and this spiritual world, well-being and world music?<\/p>\n
Shamanic trance or world music, it is all the same <\/strong><\/p>\n Today, thanks to a variety of modern techniques, we can move from one state of consciousness to another. States of relaxation, trance, ecstasy and meditation can be induced, among other things, by shamanic sessions or brought on by Buddhist monks. In Western countries, this occurs primarily through sophrology, hypnosis, mindfulness meditation and many other disciplines. Sound yoga and music therapy are also a part of this world of well-being.<\/p>\n Some yoga teachers currently use instruments meant to vibrate at 440 megahertz, the frequency of the human body. Other wellness professionals even argue that 432 megahertz is the fashionable frequency of \u201cuniverse and happiness\u201d. World music musicians tend not to be so familiar with radio waves, but do have the gift of relaxing, soothing our minds and putting us into a trance.<\/p>\n The body, our first music instrument <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201c<\/span>Music is simply the laws of physics used for different purposes,\u201d says Mika de Brito, a yoga teacher who gives classes with Schubert\u2019s serenade, Berlin electro or hang drum playing in the background. And, as described by the Moroccan singer, Oum, when she is on stage, it is primarily at the physical level that things happen. Vibrations pass through her body: she is in another dimension. It is no longer about intellect but about feelings, then emotions. She and her musicians form a \u201clittle energy collective\u201d as she likes to call them. And the audience sees and feels that.<\/p>\n So, the cavity we call the body does indeed function like a musical instrument and has an extraordinary ability to both transmit and receive vibrations.<\/p>\n How can we vibrate better with the music of the world?<\/strong><\/p>\n In both practices - music and well-being - several methods exist. One is universal and well known. It consists of producing a repetitive sound stimulus that aligns with the frequency of the waves we are trying to reach. We then proceed to a kind of \u201cdeclutching\u201d of the brain<\/a>[1]<\/a> in which the senses are saturated in keeping with the model of hypnosis. We go from sensory over-stimulation to loss of self-control. The external environment disappears in favour of a modified state of consciousness: we go into a trance, the state prior to ecstasy and meditation.<\/p>\n And what\u2019s more repetitive and more exhilarating than Congolese rumba, maloya and Reunion kabar\u2026 when it comes to putting us into a trance? Let\u2019s listen to how a musical trance can be energising or \u201cconvulsive\u201d when it is led by the master of the Cape Verde funana, Bitori. Our body begins to move without us controlling it.<\/p>\n