Interfusion Festival X (IFX)

Hemant Kapoor and Terry Baranski will close Interfusion 2025 with a blend of Naad Yoga and Internal Family Systems (IFS), centered around the theme for this year's festival:
Harmony: The combination of separate but related parts in a way that uses their similarities to bring unity
After some opening thoughts on harmony and disharmony in our lives, we'll split up into groups of 3 for an exercise to explore how harmony and/or disharmony manifested at the festival for each of us. Following this, Hemant will lead us on a closing meditation - accompanied by music and singing!
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Indian classical traditions describe disharmony as when emotions cloud the Self, which is forever blissful. In Naad Yoga, it is possible to cut through the emotional cloud to arrive into complete harmony with oneself. Hemant will explain the principles of Indian Classical Music. Indian Classical explores the combination of 22 primary emotional notes (shrutis) expressed through the 60 healing ragas of Indian classical music. Participants will experience these emotions and moods through two specific ragas: Bhairo, which aids in cleansing and releasing unhelpful emotions, and Desh, which fosters joy and happiness. This immersive sound journey aims to align the listener’s chakras, promoting emotional and spiritual well-being.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) is an approach to therapy - and a tool for self-exploration - where we work with our mind, rather than against it, to restore balance and harmony to the internal system. By getting to know our minds in a very different way, we come to understand that the ways we tend to relate to disharmony are often counterproductive.