Healing effects of drumming are bountiful. Drum circles have existed for thousands of years. Healers and shamans around the world have used this jewel for self discovery to bring about healing for the body, mind, emotion and spirit.
All you need is a drum, your hands and a willingness to express your inner rhythm as you beat on the skins. It helps to let go of the mind and be in the moment.
Current research shows that the healing effects of drumming include: support for the immune system, speeds the rate of physical healing, reduces stress and anxiety.
Drumming helps to release emotional trauma, calms the mind, increases the ability to focus, creates a feeling of well-being, centers and balances the self, relieves depression and aids in the grieving process.
Saying Good-Bye to My Brother
In October of 2006 my oldest brother died. He had been ill for some time. In August of that same year I had hoped he would be well enough to walk me down the aisle, along with my two other brothers, at the wedding celebration for my husband and I.
Instead, the day before our celebration, I drove with my family to the VA hospital to say good-bye to my brother.Due to other health complications my brother had slipped into a coma and was getting ready to leave his body.It was a shocking turn of events and my heart was broken.
At our wedding celebration the next day, I felt great joy and intense pain. Soon I would be saying good-bye to my brother. His death, less than two months later, was devastating to me. We were very close. He was fifteen years older than I, like a father to me, and he was my hero.
Drum, Drum…nice and Steady
During my grieving process I needed an effective way to release the pain and grief of losing my brother. I was using several healing modalities that were helpful to me. The problem was that I couldn’t cry while I was at home around my family. I needed to grieve alone, but how?
Drumming calledto me and my intention was to use it as a vehicle for my grieving process. So off I went to the park with my Egyptian drum and found a private spot near the lake. Drum, drum…nice and steady, letting go of my mind and breathing deeply.
Then no mind as the hands drummed on their own, channeling the beat from deep within me. Then the sound of my pain came out in a chant to my brother. The tears flowed freely as my hands kept the beat going, drum, drum…nice and steady. I felt the pain lifting and releasing. The experience of no mind was blissful as I was being carried by the divine beating through my hands onto the drum.
Drumming is Done from the Inside Out
Drumming is done from the inside out like a meditation. In order to get to the flow ofdrumming, we have to first let go of the ego.
Close your eyes as you bring your focus within you. Take three cleansing breaths. Relax and continue to breathe. Feel the beat of your heart, thump, thump, thump. Let your heart be your guide as you beat each hand on the skins and feel that the drumming is done from the inside out.
Be aware of your thoughts. Consistently bring your focus back to the beat in the moment. Be in the process. It is not about the end result. Keep focusing on the beat. All you have is this moment and your breath. Then drumming is done from the inside out. As inmeditation you are set free from your rational mind. Your thoughts are the obstacles to being in the flow.
Keep bringing your focus back to the heart beat of the drumming. Let go and let the divine express itself through you. That is the bliss, the flow and the healing effects of drumming that we experience when we are surrendered to God within and expressing the Goddess.
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