Drum Circle: Let's Make Some Noise!

BlueVilla

BlueVilla

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Like a child, I wanted to bang on something. I wanted to make some noise and be heard.

I removed my Ocean Drum from the sound healing table. The tiny beads rattled as I set it on my knee, imagining the ebb and tide of ocean waves.

I closed my eyes and listened to the planet. I heard the cries of devastation. I heard the cries of pain. Nothing in the outside world made sense and I had to find my balance. I had to raise my frequency.

But first, I needed to ground myself by releasing my grievances as a form of prayer, beating once for each syllable and emphasizing the word Stop:

Stop_the_an-ger

Stop_the_vi-o-lence

Stop_the_night-mares

Stop_the_greed-i-ness

Stop_the_ly-ing

Stop_the_bick-er-ing

Stop_the_steal-ing

Stop_the bul-ly-ing

Stop_the_ha-tred

Stop_the_suf-fer-ing

Peace..

Peace...

Peace...

Peace...


After drumming my prayer over and over, I felt much better. My coping mechanism hurt absolutely no one. There were no weapons or threats involved.

The planetary scene has been stormy (to say the least) and I long for the sunshine. Fortunately, I have discovered a great stress reliever in drumming. It is a powerful spiritual tool for grounding, a link to the heartbeat of the earth.

I invite you to join this Drum Circle. You don’t even need a drum, you can bang on a hardcover book or a table. And the pattern can be as simple as a steady rhythm of 60 beats per minute. Or you can drum a prayer as I did.

The important thing is to pour out your heart with every drum beat. All your anger, your worries...
 

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Like a child, I wanted to bang on something. I wanted to make some noise and be heard.

I removed my Ocean Drum from the sound healing table. The tiny beads rattled as I set it on my knee, imagining the ebb and tide of ocean waves.

I closed my eyes and listened to the planet. I heard the cries of devastation. I heard the cries of pain. Nothing in the outside world made sense and I had to find my balance. I had to raise my frequency.

But first, I needed to ground myself by releasing my grievances as a form of prayer, beating once for each syllable and emphasizing the word Stop:

Stop_the_an-ger

Stop_the_vi-o-lence

Stop_the_night-mares

Stop_the_suf-fer-ing

Stop_the_ly-ing

Stop_the bul-ly-ing

Stop_the_ha-tred

Stop_the_greed-i-ness

Peace..

Peace...

Peace...

Peace...


After drumming my prayer over and over, I felt much better. My coping mechanism hurt absolutely no one. There were no weapons or threats involved.

The planetary scene has been stormy (to say the least) and I long for the sunshine. Fortunately, I have discovered a great stress reliever in drumming. It is a powerful spiritual tool for grounding, a link to the heartbeat of the earth.

I invite you to join this Drum Circle. You don’t even need a drum, you can bang on a hardcover book or a table. And the pattern can be as simple as a steady rhythm of 60 beats per minute. Or you can drum a prayer as I did.

The important thing is to pour out your heart with every drum beat. All your anger, your worries...
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You must be the noisy so and so that's keeps me awake at night. 😊
 

Drum circles are supposed to be a great male-bonding thing...very primal, very tribal. Brings it all to the surface and let’s it all hang out, almost as good as the swing-styled playing that I’m into. Unfortunately I’ve never had the opportunity to join a drum circle, although I do play a little myself…

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