Hand Drumming Shows Health Benefits
More and more studies are confirming what ancient wisdom has told us all along: drumming is healing. An article in India Times reports that hand drumming helps reduce stress and anxiety by engaging the right side of our brains, allowing the left and more logical sides of our brains to take a rest. A long-term study in the United States among 112 healthcare workers found that six sessions of hand drumming was able to reduce a happier state of mind in 46% of the workers. After six weeks of drumming, that number increased to 62%, leading a healthier state of being. Read more here: Stress buster: Beat your way to health
28th Oct 2014
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