Brainwave Entrainment

Improve Your Cognition: Drumming to Induce Alpha Entrainment and Gamma Stimulation

In this video, I play my Gonga drum at around 8 beats per second to entrain your brain to low alpha. I use complex, unpredictable rhythms to induce gamma brainwave activity. This combination is great for improved cognition. This track will provide episodic support.

Learn how to use techniques like these in my Drum Healing course at https://www.stronginstitute.com/training-courses/drum-healing-course/

Learn more about my auditory brain stimulation programs at https://www.stronginstitute.com/rei-custom-program/

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Calm Your Proprioceptive System

In this video, I play rhythms at 7.8 beats per second to calm your sensory system, with a focus on proprioception (kinesthesia), to help you better process where you are in space.

Learn how to use techniques like these in my Drum Healing course at https://www.stronginstitute.com/training-courses/drum-healing-course/

Learn more about my auditory brain stimulation programs at https://www.stronginstitute.com/rei-custom-program/

Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Jeff Strong Drums for Focus

In this video, I play rhythms at about 9 beats per second to focus your brain.

Learn how to use techniques like these in my Drum Healing course at https://www.stronginstitute.com/training-courses/drum-healing-course/

Learn more about my auditory brain stimulation programs at https://www.stronginstitute.com/rei-custom-program/

Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Jeff Strong Drums to Lift Your Mood

In this video, I play (mostly) triplet-based rhythms at 7 beats per second to lift your mood.

Learn how to use techniques like these in my Drum Healing course at https://www.stronginstitute.com/training-courses/drum-healing-course/

Learn more about my auditory brain stimulation programs at https://www.stronginstitute.com/rei-custom-program/

Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Jeff Strong Drums for Calm, just drumming

In this video, I play my gonga drum for 20 minutes at about 8 beats per second to calm your brain into the alpha state of consciousness (one take, no edits).

Learn how to use techniques like these in my Drum Healing course at https://www.stronginstitute.com/training-courses/drum-healing-course/

Learn more about my auditory brain stimulation programs at https://www.stronginstitute.com/rei-custom-program/

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Calm at 7 Beats-Per-Second

In this video, I play my Gonga drum at 7 beats-per-second to create calm. This tempo results in a more meditative calm than the regular 8 beats-per-second pace I use for my clinical REI music.

You can watch this video where I play at 8 beats-per-second to compare the two tempos at https://www.stronginstitute.com/calm-your-anxiety/

If you want to play at 7 beats-per-second, set your metronome to 105 beats per minute and play 4 drumbeats for each metronome click.

Learn more about my auditory brain stimulation programs athttps://www.stronginstitute.com/rei-custom-program/

Learn how to use techniques like these in my Drum Healing course at https://www.stronginstitute.com/training-courses/drum-healing-course/

Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Calm with an Udu drum

In this video, I play a claypot Udu drum to calm your nervous system. The sound of this drum is much sharper than the soft, rounded tone of the Gonga drum that I most often play, but the rhythms will still calm you.

If you wish, compare the calming effects of this Udu track with a recent track I played on the Gonga at: https://www.stronginstitute.com/calm-your-anxiety/

Learn more about my auditory brain stimulation programs athttps://www.stronginstitute.com/rei-custom-program/

Learn how to use techniques like these in my Drum Healing course at https://www.stronginstitute.com/training-courses/drum-healing-course/

Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Is 3 Beats-Per-Second the Best Tempo for Dissociative Out of Body Experiences?

A recent article in Nature suggests that when someone is experiencing a dissociative state (also known as an Out-of-body experience) the rhythm deep inside their brain is a 3 beat-per-second rhythm. Mind you, the article is based upon a single human subject with a seizure disorder whose brain stimulation implant induced the 3 beat-per-second rhythm at the beginning of the subject’s epileptic seizure. The beginning of a seizure commonly contains an aura— a host of symptoms that can include out-of-body sensations, dizziness, and hallucinations, among other physical symptoms.

But what if a 3-beats-per second tempo could be beneficial for meditation? This is a much slower tempo than the traditional 4 beat-per-second shamanic rhythm used to achieve an altered state of consciousness. In this video, we do an experiment so you can see if a 3 beat-per-second rhythm allows you to achieve a dissociative state or out-of-body experience.

Keep in mind that brainwave entrainment to such a deep state can take time to achieve. Download the track below and try it a few times to see if you are able to have a more profound experience over time.

3 Beat-per-second drumming for an out-of-body experience.

Learn how to use techniques like these in my Beyond Shamanism course at https://www.stronginstitute.com/training-courses/drum-healing-course/

Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Learn more about my auditory brain stimulation programs at https://www.stronginstitute.com/rei-custom-program/

Drumming Stimulates Gamma Brainwave Activity

In this video, I show how complex, unpredictable drumming rhythms stimulate gamma brainwave activity. I also show that specific rhythms and tones activate the brain.

Gamma is a brainwave state between 30Hz and 100Hz often associated with higher cognitive functions, including focus, memory, and problem-solving. Gamma can also be associated with heightened feelings of engagement and happiness. Listening to musical rhythm can enhance gamma activity through high levels of variability and complexity

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Here is What Your Brain Does When You Meditate or Take a Shamanic Journey

This video shows EEG brainwave activity of a mindfulness meditation and a shamanic journey. Activity is tracked in silence and with drumming. The discrepancy is interesting – and expected.

Learn how to do this at https://www.stronginstitute.com/blog/beyond-shamanism-course/

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