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I’m always on the lookout for those specially hand crafted sound healing instruments to play in my Positive Music sound bath. I was so excited to receive my new healing Mantra gong the other…

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Drum circle rhythms that play a supportive role for your group

Are you a community leader, drum teacher or drum circle facilitator looking for rhythms to help support your drum circle? I wanted to help you learn a few drum…

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Are you looking for more mindfulness? Are you curious about how drumming can bring more calmness into your life?

Drumming meditation for well-being

Today I wanted to share with you drumming for meditation. There are all kinds of ways to…

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I facilitated a drum circle facilitator training in Melbourne last weekend and was overwhelmed with all the positive feedback I received from who attended the day training.

Huge part of the facilitation training was musicality, so when it came to…

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For centuries drumming has been used for celebrating community, meditation and self-healing

No matter what kind of drumming circle I'm facilitating, I always bring a low pitch drum for the music-making. The low pitch drum is the heart of the…

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Bring more relaxation and calm into your life with short meditation on Compassion

Put your headphones on sit back, relax and loosen all the muscles in your body. Listen to this meditation on Compassion, be aware of what thoughts or…

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Group drumming rhythms for the classroom

Are you looking for new and inspiring way's to engage students? Do you teach drum lessons for kids and struggling to find simple drum circle rhythms for all to play and enjoy?

In this…

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Drums and percussion bringing more depth to group drumming

I created this video to show just a few percussion instrument ideas you can have fun with in your circles. Notice the dialog between percussion. Facilitating dialog is key when facilitating…

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Drum circle instruments that are therapeutic and FUN

In this video I talk about the kind of wonderful instruments that I'm bringing to my upcoming Rhythm Wellness Facilitator Training, Sunday 23 June in Melbourne.

Vegan friendly drums

Most of…

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Himalayan singing bowls for self-care and healing

I have had the great privilege to study with Tibetan monk and master of sacred Buddhist art, Tibetan Tantric Healing and chant master.

I wanted to introduce you to one of the instruments…

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Drumming for Stress Relief with Earth Day Song

Drumming can be a great stress reliever! I just bought a Remo Buffalo drum and having lots of fun. So I decided to put the two together - Earth Day meditation track…

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Music is a Powerful tool for Well-being!

Music can help rewire our brain by building new neural pathways to help people with brain injuries and alzheimer patients with speech and motor skills.

By playing music you're giving yourself a full…

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Learn How to Drum Series: 6/8 Rhythms for Drummers

This is our last video from this series. If you missed previous videos check out Learn How to Drum Series. 

In this video we're on an adventure into the world…

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Learn How to Drum Series: 3 Awesome Tips for Beginner Hand Drum Solos

We’ve covered a lot in this series, hopefully you’ve caught all 4 of the previous videos. 

One important element to drumming is soloing, improvisation or adlibbing. 

If…

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Learn How to Drum Series: 6 Popular Drum Circle Rhythms

In today’s video we’re going to look at improving timing and build musical ear by piecing together a few hand drum, bass drum and hand held percussion rhythms. 

We talked…

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Welcome back to our series Learn How to Drum

We’ve already covered some simple hand drum rhythms, the different pitch drums, the bass line of a drum circle and drumming ensemble and how to tune your drums. 

In today’s…

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Learn low pitch drums and increase your rhythm awareness

In the last video we talked about simple hand drum rhythms to develop dialog and why it’s important to have different pitched drums. 

Over the years I have heard people say…

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Today I’m starting a multi series of Lean How To Play Drums

What I’m going to do over the next 6 videos is show how

• Simple rhythms can help to get you playing music straight away. 
• How combination of rhythms…

Are you looking for more djembe rhythms to learn?

I was rummaging through my video archives and found my African drumming video I created for my djembe students. So I thought I’ll send it out to the wider world…

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Are you a school teacher, music teacher or community leader looking for simple rhythms for your classroom, community drum circle or for your kids drumming classes?  

Keep it simple  

If you're a trained percussionist and drum teacher you…

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Guided Meditation For Some Relaxation… Did you know that regular meditation can boost your creativity?

There are so many benefits to meditating. I’ve been learning so much lately about how to record and produce music, it’s been so…

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The Making of OM Meditation

Lately I’ve been getting into more and more recording at my small studio, where I’m learning so much. Just this last two weeks I have finally had some time to set up my new…

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Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park What can I say about Uluru, Anangu land…just AMAZING! What a magical place full of beauty, culture, colour and energy.

This trip to Uluru has reawakened my love and connection to the earth. I…

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Join in with Group Drumming Musicality!

I’ve been on a creative spurt as you can tell by posting a few more blog posts and creating more drumming videos recently. It’s been lots of fun, learning how to use cameras…

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