7 Comical Tips For Better Running

Running is the easiest form of exercise and is also quite fun right from the start. With earphones plugged in, listening to good music or podcast you love, there is nothing else one needs to exercise but just simply to get their butt of the couch and start running. As you get past the inertia […]

9 Tips For A Healthier And Happier New Year 2014

Run daily – I am not suggesting you workout, do bench press or dumbbells etc, just walk or run every morning. It pumps up your energy, rejuvenates you and keeps you active all day. Sleep well – Today researchers say 5 hours of sleep is good, tomorrow they say 8 hours is a must. In […]

Running and Solitude Are My Best Friends

“I only run when I am inspired. Luckily I am inspired everyday at 7 AM.” –Madhav SBSS I love running. In my 10th Grade, in a nail-biting cricket match, I got out early but I helped my team win the match by becoming a by-runner for the last batsman. I ran between the lines like […]

Climbing The Tirumala Hills

Enjoy Venkatachala Nilayam in raaga Sindhubhairavi by Malladi Brothers On Nov 20, 2013 my long time friend Madhusudhan and I climbed the Tirumala Hills. We started early in the morning at 6 AM, got to the foothills (Alipiri) by 630 and started our walk up. The steps were steeper than they were 15 years ago […]

Music Benefits Both Mental And Physical Health

Playing and listening to music benefits both mental and physical health. The finding came from the first-large scale review of 400 research papers in the neurochemistry of music which found that music can improve the function of the body’s immune system and reduce levels of stress. Listening to music was also shown to be more […]

The Music Drug

Music is of course like a drug, a calming drug, an inspiring drug, a sleep producing drug, a giving you high drug, you name it, there is a tune/melody/raaga that takes care of your need. Enjoy this writeup by NPR columnist Tom Huizenga Who Needs Drugs When You’ve Got Music? here at – http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2013/01/16/169551061/who-needs-drugs-when-you-ve-got-musical-ecstasy

Your Brain on Music

Author Daniel Levitin wrote about how the brain responds to sound in This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession. He spoke with Farai Chideya about his fascination with the effect music has on the mind. Enjoy this nice interview with the author on NPR Radio http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9348246 “Mr. LEVITIN: Well, listening to music […]