why drum?

when we drum we can feel the benefits for ourselves and that is better than reading about it
however, it may interest some of you to discover the extensive scientific research that has been 
carried out to prove how the drums help us- although this only forms part of a much bigger picture 
as they focus is on 'separate' aspects of life and life isn't really like that!
infact everything we do, think, say,
affects everything else
so when we drum...
we change the world!
lets do it together

when we drum we sympathetically and subconsciously align with the universal heart beat.
don't ask me for proof,  I have not carried out extensive research. 
so how do I know? I feel it. I 'know' it!
how many of us put others first? wanting to be helpful in the community? guess what...
as we drum with a focus and intention of supporting something else, maybe something much bigger than our selves 
we support ourselves as everything is innately connected. and if this is all a bit too much for you to take on

...why not come along to a meeting and try it for yourself?
you never know, it might also be fun!


"Drumming has positive impact on mental health finds Royal College of Music study"
https://www.rcm.ac.uk/press/Drumming%20and%20mental%20health.pdf

Participating in a drumming circle allows the resident with dementia who may have lost executive abilities, to take an object and affect another object - and sustain that activity. It provides for meaningful sound when communication skills have deteriorated.
https://www.health.ny.gov/diseases/conditions/dementia/edge/interventions/bethabraham/index#:~:text=Participating%20in%20a%20drumming%20circle,when%20communication%20skills%20have%20deteriorated.

The Use of a Drum Circle to Improve the Symptoms and Signs of Parkinson's Disease 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4914050/

Composite effects of group drumming music therapy on modulation of neuroendocrine-immune parameters in normal subjects
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11191041/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4914050/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4914050/

"Drumming for women during pregnancy and labour is a skill and tool to be reclaimed, this is something women have been doing for much, much longer than they haven’t".
https://janehardwickecollings.com/drumming-during-pregnancy-labour/

Complementary therapy for addiction: "drumming out drugs"
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12660212/

Cymatics
https://cymascope.com/cymatics-intro/