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Drumming

I have been drumming for a number of years and have taken on the task of making drumming accessible to others. Here I hope to share what it means to me to live with the spirit of the drum. In the last few years, the popularity of drumming has spread, so that one can hardly go to any festival or gathering without hearing the beat of the drums. Drum circles have sprung up across the country, in cities and small towns, meeting monthly or weekly, for men, women, or open to all. People from all walks of life have embraced the drum as a sacred part of their lives. Why do I drum? First of all drumming is fun. Fun is an essential part of the human experience. In play we connect to the child within, and gain access to openness, wonder, and an innocence that allows us to see the world in a different light. Drumming has some very powerful physiological effects. Sustained drumming increases the heart rate and blood flow, resulting in the "high" common to any aerobic exercise. There are also more subtle effects. The process of drumming engages both the linear, rational left brain (in the learning of polyrhythmic parts and the analysis of how rhythms fit together) and the creative, intuitive right brain (in the entrainment of rhythm in the body and the appreciation of the music). The two brain hemispheres often emanate different wave frequencies. Drumming, like deep meditation, brings them into synchronization, which is experienced as an opening of consciousness. Synchronized brain wave activity with very high amplitude alpha waves can create feelings of euphoria with a sense of expanded mental powers and flowing creativity. In a nutshell sustained drumming creates a higher state of consciousness. Drumming has been known to heal the human energy field, exactly like the laying on of hands. It energizes and clears the chakras. If your intention is for healing to happen when drumming, it will. Immersing yourself in the energy field of drumming is healing in all ways physical, emotional, mental and spiritual.Drumming opens you up to the heartbeat of Mother Earth. We walk, breathe, have a heartbeat -- we are basically rhythmic beings, and drumming taps into that. When you create that magical space around the fire where everyone has the same information, the same understanding of how the circle of energy works, then people become more at one with each other, more whole. The junk falls away, people become more honest on a soul level, and can unfold and truly live. The drum circle has elements of entertaining and being entertained, but it's also the original church. In that space people can experience real transformation." Drumming is transforming for people with illness and disabilities, the elderly, and the very young which makes it a valuable tool for those in the health care professions. Drumming is enjoyable, fun, it's a great form of self-expression, and it is a catalyst for personal healing and transformation. The drum has a universal quality to it. Any group of people can come together to drum, and it can have a positive impact on their lives. Drumming is a communal activity, it brings people together. Drumming both builds community and expresses culture. When people drum together, they tap into something much bigger than themselves, both as individuals and as a group. For me the drum has become a tool to draw up the universal consciousness from deep within the soul. The energy that is raised in this space has the power to transform not only the participants but the world. Today, as more and more people are coming to understand the importance of transforming our culture's ways of being with each other and being on the planet, we are learning to value the power of drumming as a tool of transformation. Rhythm and movement, in the form of drumming and dance, are ancient technologies for raising energy, and weaving the web of community.
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