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Reiki and the Healing Drum



This healing method is a combination of shamanic drumming and Reiki practices. It intends the two to produce better and experiment-oriented results. It is a powerful method way for healing a person’s body, mind and spirit. The combination emerged in US initially but is getting popular in other parts of the world fast. Reiki and the healing drum is basically an ancient way of treating those with problems using spiritual energy. It focuses on the universal spirit and tends to work in a holistic way treating all the levels of a person’s existence in the world. The principle remains the same that is to channelize the universal or divine energy through the client’s body. Lot of studies and researches into the drumming activity has produced surprising results. It has been found that it lowers stress levels, illnesses and improved immune system, and a feeling of overall well-being.

Drumming seems to be a normal and unimpressive activity when seen in the light of patient treatment in the traditional way but has high value when seen against the results of healing at energy levels of a person. This is because it has proved to work wonders with those with physical and mental problems. It has been used widely among natives of Britain, Ireland, American, Siberian and other tribes. It is part of their regular rituals that they organize as part of festivals or healing through spirits.

The use of drums has been very popular and in fact in use across the world irrespective of anything else such a culture, geography, language etc. Drums are beaten on occasions of happiness and celebrations such as birth, death, marriage, healing ceremonies etc. They seem to represent the heartbeat of a living being, the rhythm of life as well as to convey messages from one part of land to another part or remote lands. It was most popular among the ancient shamans to bring people or collect them at a place during various religious, spiritual, sacred and social ceremonies and functions.

In fact, there have been numerous studies and researches pertaining drumming and other ancient healing methods. It has been found that the healing methods such as energy healing and shamanic healing are highly effective in treating the psyche of any living being. They seem to have a highly smoothening and calming effect on the minds of those under severe stress, trauma and anxiety.

The studies have further drawn that there are indeed therapeutic effects of drumming for people with absolutely different culture, background, societal upbringings, religions and races. It has been able to treat people with conditions as diverse and complicated as addiction complexities, Alzheimer’s disease, blood pressure, pain, emotional problems etc. It has come to light that Reiki and drumming, i.e., the combination of energy and sound therapy reduce stress and produce relaxing effects in brain by making it secrete endorphins subtly. Drumming also uplifts your spirits through vibration and lets the left and right parts of the brain balance for heightened creativity and powerful healing wave patterns in brain.

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