Mousai recently conducted a program at a well known BPO in Pune. Since BPO shifts begin at night , the program was held in the late hours of the evening..In came an expectant lot of employees with not a clue of what was going to take place in the hours to come.
One of the employees Chetan Wagh came in looking a bit under the weather."Are'nt you feeling well Chetan?" I asked him."No, I have a bit of a cold and fever" he said.
The minute we began the first activity , we had Chetan enthusiastically participate in the dance forgetting about his fever for a minute.Sounds of laughter and joy filled the air ; and other curious employees from the company peeped in wondering why they were not invited to the ongoing event!:) For those 3 hrs seemed I was sharing the room with enthusiatic, playful children without a care in the world that were out to have a ball! Music and movement really brings the body back to it's natural state of playfulness; and it was delightful to see that happen in front of my eyes.
We then began a sounding exercise with a more meditative ambience being created in the room. The room was so silent and still..I could actually hear the participants breathing. Within minutes the room was filled with the melliflous voices that blended together so perfectly in perfect harmony..creating a melody that sounded like a gregorian chant..
At the end of the session we had Chetan come up to us and thank us..I asked him how he was feeling now..He said " Before the session began I felt tired and drowsy and had a throat ache..but after we did the humming and sounding for the body I felt the pain in my throat disappear and I was healed!Theres someting about music and dance that just put me in a trance and I feel so relaxed now.The body pain and fever has just disappeared.It was awesome!"
Giving him a hug we bid goodbye. Hearing something like this after a session will naturally give anyone a high..but more than his kinds words about the session ,I was delighted a living testimony for the power of music and movement....:)
Here's to many more Chetan Wagh's in the future! **Cheers!**
--Pragnya
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