The physics of resonance: A cross-disciplinary study of sound, music, and meditation in yoga and health
International Journal of Yogic Human Movement and Sports Sciences 2026 DR. Dona DAS Sengupta
Sound is, above all, a wave of pressure variation in time that follows the same laws as a plucked string, a swinging pendulum, or a struck bell. In this paper, the study of sound, music, and meditation is posed as a problem not just in psychology and/or comparative religion, but in applied physics. It explores the physics of oscillation, resonance, damping, and wave interference, and the...