Learn to play drumming rhythms to ground & quiet your stress
Explore drumming as a potent & mesmerizing tool for spiritual awakening.
Drumming can be a powerful and mesmerizing tool for spiritual awakening, coaxing you into a state of bliss…
… much like a repeated personal mantra that shifts you out of the busy mind and into the flow of the present moment — what’s known as the experiencing network.
According to music therapist Christine Stevens, author of Music Medicine and the founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, rhythm mantras on the drum are like mala beads for the mind — repetitive, grounding, and meditative.
When you practice, shifts happen quickly — the rhythms soon become effortless and you enter a state where you’re no longer “driving the bus,” but co-creating with spirit. Your hands move in sync with spirit and your own heartbeat.
Drumming rhythmic patterns — whether you’re pounding a beat on your own body, a bucket, a hand drum, frame drum, or djembe drum — is also one of the easiest ways to make music, on your own or with community.
Join Christine for an inspiring free online event:
Rhythm Mantras: The Sacred Language of Drumming to Activate Joy, Energy & Your Spiritual Evolution
… where she’ll take you on a rhythmic experiential journey to start unlocking the universal language of drumming as a path to healing, joy, and profound spiritual evolution. (No prior drumming or musical experience needed!)
With or without a drum of your own, you’ll learn accessible rhythms from around the world — gathered during Christine’s global travels…
… that will serve to calm you, awaken your natural creativity, and help you find your unique place in the rhythmic symphony of humanity.
You can register here for Rhythm Mantras
During this workshop, you’ll:
- Experience a guided grounding drum practice that connects you to your heart, centers your energy, and prepares you for a deeper sense of presence
- Practice a simple repetitive rhythm mantra — an active meditation practice that’s both grounding and empowering, giving you the confidence to reclaim your innate creativity and carry a beat with ease (and enjoy it)
- Learn 3 primary sounds of the drum — bass, tone, and slap — which alone make it easy to express and explore your creative musical side
- Understand the neurological benefits of rhythmic patterns, as they enhance your brain function and shift you into the now
- Explore how humanity evolved through the entrainment of shared rhythms — a process of adjusting an internal rhythm to synchronize with the external, a group, or the universal — which takes you out of the ego mind and into the present moment to experience co-creation with spirit
Whether you’re a seasoned drummer or a complete beginner, you’ll discover that drumming is a doorway to inner balance, and a path to connect with something greater than yourself.
As we all navigate the anxiety of this uncertain era, drumming invites us to tune in to the subtle frequencies of life and embrace a rhythm that unites the body, mind, and spirit.
By the end of the hour, you’re bound to notice a shift in your mood and energy. You can expect to reconnect with your sense of play and creativity while contributing to a global rhythm prayer that unites the collective.
Even if you can’t join us on Saturday for Rhythm Mantras: The Sacred Language of Drumming to Activate Joy, Energy & Your Spiritual Evolution, be sure to register here so we can send you a full-length recording of the event.
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