• What are Musopathy Tonation Breathing Techniques? It has shown promising results in blood pressure control, pain management etc. TBT is a result of integrating various Indic forms like music, meditation, mindfulness, yoga etc.

Press Release.

IIT Mandi and Bhavnagar Medical College Collaborate. 

Dr Chinmay Shah, Dean Medical College, Bhavnagar confirmed that initial findings of the impact of Musopathy on Pain Management, Blood Pressure Control and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) by Bhavnagar Medical College in collaboration with IIT Mandi are promising. “We are excited to continue the Musopathy Tonation Breathing Techniques (TBT) intervention on several more participants over the next few days, with active inputs from IIT Mandi”, he said. “Subsequent studies are being planned on Sugar Control, Cognitive Health and other areas by the two institutions.” 

Promising results

On day 1 of the study, a few healthy participants as well as those with varying health issues were handpicked for initial observations. They were taught Nasal Tonation, one of several Tonation Breathing Techniques (TBT) in Musopathy and their physical as well as emotional parameters analysed.

Heart rate variability: Across the group, Tonation was the most effective activity for enhancing cardiac autonomic power, suggesting that controlled exhalation with vocalization of a single frequency is more effective at "coaching" the heart into a variable state than silent meditation or routine activities. 

Hypertension: Findings suggested that TBT acts as a powerful systemic relaxant that significantly reduces vascular resistance and appears to be highly effective for vascular decompression, particularly for those with higher blood pressure. TBT maintained stability while enhancing internal regulatory power for those with healthy baselines and provided immediate relief for those with elevated baselines.

Pain Management: An average 10% reduction in pain was observed amongst the study participants who were dealing with knee, shoulder or neck issues.

Tonation Breathing Techniques

TBT is an important part of participative Musopathy and consists of organic, non-strenuous inhalation and controlled exhalation with Melodic Tonation, usually through the nose or pursed lips. Tonation is defined as a sustained production of any single frequency (like 440 Hz) that is comfortable to the participant at the given time.

“TBT has elements of Music, Meditation, Mindfulness, Breathing Techniques and Yoga embedded in it and potentially offers benefits derived from the practice of all these. But it does not require any knowledge of any of these practices from patients or participants and is the least challenging to them,” said Chitravina N Ravikiran, who trained the medical team on this intervention. His Musopathy program for Microsign a few weeks earlier inspired leading medical and academic specialists of Physiology, Anaesthesia, General Medicine, Community Medicine, Microbiology and Pathology to explore its potential further. 

Pioneer of Musopathy 

IIT Mandi is the pioneer of the Music and Musopathy MS and PhD programs and research in the world. Musopathy (www.clisonics.com) is a quantifiable approach to health science, seeking to analyse and apply the fundamental, universal scientific and mathematical principles of sound and music based techniques to promote health and wellness and take these even to non-musician global populations.

It is distinct from Music Therapy which pursues personalised health solutions to populations who can relate to various genres of music such as Indian Carnatic, Hindustani, Western Classical, Jazz etc.

Prof Laxmidhar Behera, Director of IIT Mandi said, “These programs are tailor made for everyone from any part of the world to do independent or interdisciplinary research on the health benefits of both music and Musopathy.” 

Studies by Charusat University and other Musopathists indicate that its various elements like TBT and MANET help manage high sugar, respiratory issues (which proved particularly useful to hundreds of patients during the Covid pandemic), increases SpO2, muscle strain, stress, anxiety, sleep disorders etc and helps improve cognitive functions, focus, calmness and attentiveness.

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