The healing effects of drumming are bountiful. Drum circles have existed for thousands of years. Healers and shamans around the world have used this tool or jewel for self discovery to bring about healing for the body, mind, emotion and spirit. All you need is a drum, your hands and a willingness to express your inner rhythm as you beat on the skins.
Current research shows that the healing effects of drumming include: support for the immune system, speeds the rate of physical healing, reduces stress and anxiety, helps to release emotional trauma, calms the mind, increases the ability to focus, creates a feeling of well-being, centers and balances the self, relieves depression and aids in the grieving process.
Saying Good-Bye to My Brother
In October of 2006 my oldest brother died. He had been ill for some time. In August of that same year I had hoped he would be well enough to walk me down the aisle, along with my two other brothers, at the wedding celebration for my husband and I. Instead, the day before our celebration, I drove with my family to the VA hospital to say good-bye to my brother.
Due to other health complications my brother had slipped into a coma and was getting ready to leave his body. It was a shocking turn of events and my heart was broken. At our wedding celebration the next day, I felt great joy and intense pain. Soon I would be saying good-bye to my brother. His death, less than two months later, was devastating to me. We were very close. He was fifteen years older than I, like a father to me, and he was my hero.
Drum, Drum...nice and Steady
During my grieving process I needed an effective way to release the pain and grief of losing my brother. I was using several healing modalities that were helpful to me. The problem was that I couldn’t cry while I was at home around my family. I needed to grieve alone, but how?
Drumming called to me and my intention was to use it as a vehicle for my grieving process. So off I went to the park with my Egyptian drum and found a private spot near the lake. Drum, drum...nice and steady, letting go of my mind and breathing deeply.
Then no mind as the hands drummed on their own, channeling the beat from deep within me. Then the sound of my pain came out in a chant to my brother. The tears flowed freely as my hands kept the beat going, drum, drum...nice and steady. I felt the pain lifting and releasing. The experience of no mind was blissful as I was being carried by the divine beating through my hands onto the drum.
Drumming is Done from the Inside Out
Drumming is done from the inside out like a meditation. In order to get to the flow of drumming, we have to first let go of the ego.
Close your eyes as you bring your focus within you. Take three cleansing breaths. Relax and continue to breathe. Feel the beat of your heart, thump, thump, thump. Let your heart be your guide as you beat each hand on the skins and feel that the drumming is done from the inside out.
Be aware of your thoughts. Consistently bring your focus back to the beat in the moment. Be in the process. It is not about the end result. Keep focusing on the beat. All you have is this moment and your breath. Then drumming is done from the inside out. As in meditation you are set free from your rational mind. Your thoughts are the obstacles to being in the flow.
Keep bringing your focus back to the heart beat of the drumming. Let go and let the divine express itself through you. That is the bliss, the flow and the healing effects of drumming that we experience when we are surrendered to God within and expressing the Goddess.
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Maureen Brennan Mercier has been a Metaphysician for over 27 years and has helped many people in all areas of their lives. While taking a meditation class in the summer of 1983, Maureen discovered her gift of channeling and began her spiritual journey.
Maureen's new found connection with her higher power helped her through the tragic death of her husband only weeks later.
Raising two children alone and overcoming other challenges throughout her life has given Maureen more strength, compassion and emotional intelligence. Her love of people and her great passion for life continually inspire her work.
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Maureen teaches meditation classes using simple guided imagery and channels spiritual guidance for the group, which is uplifting. Each person is able to ask a personal question at the end of the meditation and receive specific spiritual guidance for their life journey. The energy during the meditation is very loving, compassionate and nurturing which is healing in itself.
Intuitive Readings & Spiritual Guidance
Intuitive Readings are based on the client's questions about relationships, career issues, emotional issues, health issues, attitudes and beliefs, loved ones who have passed on and more. Maureen goes into a meditative state where she accesses specific guidance in answer to the questions being asked. The channeled information she receives during and intuitive reading is spiritual, yet very practical. After a reading with Maureen, individuals feel more relaxed, reassured and more positive about their lives.
Reiki Training & Reiki Healing
In September 1992 Maureen received her first degree Reiki training. After years of practicing Reiki healing in small groups, workshops, centers, and retreats throughout the United States, Maureen received her second degree Reiki and Reiki Master Degree in August 1999.
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Maureen is extremely grateful for the gifts of healing she has received over the years and is committed to being a channel of LOVE, GUIDANCE and HEALING. Her life's work is about assisting individuals with their healing, spiritual growth and the remembrance of who they truly are - DIVINE.