Healing Power of the Drum
The Healing Power of the Drum is an authoritative yet easy to read book that shows how everyone can achieve health benefits from the increasingly popular activity of hand drumming. The raison d'etre for the book is to raise awareness of the hand drum from merely a musical instrument to a tool that can be used by individuals to attain psychological, physiological and spiritual well-being.\ The book explores the drum from a multidimensional perspective, explaining the drum's ability to release...
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The Healing Power of the Drum is an authoritative yet easy to read book that shows how everyone can achieve health benefits from the increasingly popular activity of hand drumming. The raison d'etre for the book is to raise awareness of the hand drum from merely a musical instrument to a tool that can be used by individuals to attain psychological, physiological and spiritual well-being. The book explores the drum from a multidimensional perspective, explaining the drum's ability to release anger, create joy, alter brain rhythms, induce trance, and create empowerment. Research and anecdotal reports provide validation of the benefits of personal drumming. The Healing Power of the Drum provides a springboard for readers to use the drum in exciting and innovative ways to enhance their own wellness. The book reflects the very qualities of drumming. It is easy to read and non-technical, fun, and yet it provides depth, meaning and purpose for the reader. As the drum provides seemingly limitless ranges of emotions from deep relaxation to extraordinary aliveness, the book accordingly explores the vast range of experiences offered by drumming, from its ability to create euphoria to its deep and sacred power to heal. Contributors of world renown include: Dr. Michael Thaut, Director, Center for Biomedical Research and Music, Colorado State University. Dr. Kenneth Aigen, Co-Director of Research for the Nordoff-Robbins Center for Music Therapy at New York University Dr. Connie Tomaino, Director of the Department of Music Therapy, Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, affiliated with Albert Einstein Medical Hospital, Bronx, New York Barry Bernstein, Music Therapist Christine Stevens, Music Therapist Jim Greiner, Latin Percussion artist and drum facilitator, who shares some of the most eloquent stories of the hand drumming experience ever written. Heather MacTavish, founder of New Rhythms Foundation, who discusses how hand drumming helped her survive and heal from Parkinson's disease. Arthur Hull, leading drum circle facilitator.
AcknowledgmentsviiForewordxiiPart IThe Limitless Healing Drum1Chapter 1Hand Drums and Healing3Psychological and Physiological Applications4The Symphony of Rhythm5Who Should Read This Book?6Chapter 2My Journey to the Drum9There's a Baby on the Drummer's Path9Drumming Away My Mother's Migraines10My Fifteen Minutes of Fame...Ouch11You Did What With Bobby McFerrin? Sing?? Why???12Omar Hakim, and Me, or Whose Concert Is it, Really?12The Experiment Begins14The Drum Unites Parents and Children15Drumming and Oneness16The Drum, So Powerful--Yet So Simple17Chapter 3The Ancient Calling18Words from a Master Drummer--An African Perspective19The Hungry Soul21Rhythm, Both Within and Without23In the Beginning, There Must Be Rhythm24Shifting the Sands of Time25Rhythm is a Given26Chapter 4The Personal Experience of Drumming28Finding Your Drum28Drumming Alone29Drumming in a Group29Your Joyful Inner Child30Drumming and the Family35The Psychology of Drumming36Intuitive Drumming41Entrainment42The Discovery of Entrainment43The Unifying Quality of the Drum46The Alchemy of Drumming50Part IIComplementary Medicine and Rhythm55Chapter 5Drumming and Physiological Conditions57Alzheimer's Disease57Cancer65Multiple Sclerosis--Two Personal Stories66Paralysis70Parkinson's Disease70Parkinson's Disease Research75Speech Problems77Stroke78Chapter 6Drumming and Psychological Conditions80Addictions80Disabilities84Psychiatric Rehabilitation86Stress Management88Chapter 7Drumming for Specific Populations91At-Risk Adolescents91Drums Not Guns93Corporate Employees95The Corporate Tribal Meeting98Prisoners and Detainees100Drumming Detainees102Senior Citizens104Vietnam Veterans106Chapter 8Drumming and Children111Healing Children's Grief Through Drumming111The Drum Helps a Distraught Child Choose Life114Autism115Down Syndrome122William's Syndrome123Rhythm Profiles124Chapter 9Skeptics and Visionaries130Counterpoint132Visionaries and Rhythm132Physioacoustics134The Future of Drumming140An Ancient Healing Instrument Meets the Future141Part IIIBringing Drumming Into Your Life143Chapter 10Practical Techniques and Rhythm Exercises145Chapter 11Drumming Exercises from Music Therapy158Chapter 12Conclusion167References171Rhythm and Percussion Resources174Index188
