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"Everyone is speaking, everyone is heard, and each person's sound is an essential part of the whole."
- Robert Friedman, The Healing Power of the Drum
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Drum Circle Performance at Center for Spiritual Living, Santa Fe, NM
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Members of the congregation played for the "special music" portion of services on January 10th, 2010. Most had no previous drumming experience, and had participated in just 2-4 drum circle classes prior to the performance. After the service, 20 attendees stayed for a drum circle workshop. Drumming is a fun, upbeat way to create a sense of community and connectedness.
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Healing and Personal Transformation through Drumming
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Drumming and drum circles have been used throughout time for healing, ceremony, and community building. Modern research has shown that drumming can enhance wellness by inducing relaxation, improving mood states, and boosting the body's immune system.
Drum circles are upbeat and fun! The act of drumming together gives a sense of connectedness, easing personal or group tensions. Drum circles provide the experience of harmonizing various beats to create a greater whole, of working together in a structured way. They alleviate feelings of isolation and alienation.
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Drumming is deeply grounding, bringing people back in touch with the natural rhythms of their bodies. Oftentimes, people come to a drum circle with fears and doubts about their abilities to drum. Without exception, these individuals are successful within the circle, and leave with a sense of personal accomplishment.
Indigenous cultures honor drumming as a doorway to the realm of the sacred. Drum circles are an active, non-dogmatic way to access a higher power. Drumming can painlessly "empty the mind", while inducing theta brain wave patterns that allow insight. In short, drum circles create healing energy!
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To downoad a flyer on Sacred Drum Circles offered by the Santa Fe Harmony Center, click here.
To request clinical references, please write us an e-mail below and ask for the "Drum Circle Therapeutic Benefits Package."
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