Aug 19, 2008
Native Drumming 101: Listen to your Drum
Listen to your drum? Isn’t that the point, to listen to the drumming? Yes of course, but it’s more than just the sound that emanates as you strike beater to drum.
Your drum creates an energy connection. Call it the cosmic consciousness, Great Spirit, or the “all that is”, drumming promotes that trance-like state in which you can better experience on all levels: body, mind, emotion, and spirit. This is the same focused consciousness that is achieved in meditation.
Listen to your drum. Notice the pitch and tone that resounds as you strike it with the beater. Feel the vibration as it resonates, touching you to your core. Allow the sound that pulses with each beat to make your statement to all within it’s reach. With each beat allow the sharp, crisp sound to clear away anything you hold within your spirit, psyche, mind, or emotions that blocks your flow within your universe, so that you might bring yourself even one step closer to your higher power, your source and guidance. The beating of the drum resonates with the beating of the heart and the pulse of the planet.
