It is the simple Rhythms of life that connect us together. Rhythms – The World is Your Drumming Circle The beat pattern of the rain speeds up and calms down until it slackens to a slight drip-drop. The brittle fall leaves create precise rattle-sounds, rustling and shaking like a tambourine. Yet, the spring leaves birth fresh and soft rhythms, as they wave in the beat of the wind. Invisible currents from animals are running, moving insects, wings flapping overhead and even our own footsteps provide our own personal drumming circle. Just as we connect with others by joining a drumming circle and sharing the rhythm, nature joins with us in our own individual drumming circle. Our rhythms reflect who we are to a larger extent than we ever imagined. Our personality is reflected in our personal rhythms: our gait of walking, how fast or slow we speak and move, and even our characteristic postures with their unconscious communications. In the Caribbean, this signature rhythm is called your tumbao; it is as unique as your fingerprints. It is the unique beat that you project! The environment unconsciously moves us with circadian rhythms of Mother Nature. Her beat-pattern of summer, fall, winter, and spring gently guide our moods. Her swing-like movements of more and less sunlight, softly rock us into compliance, as the days march on. Shooting down from the sky are invisible frequencies, below our hearing range, originating from the movements of the stars in the heavens, combining with magnetic currents from underground magma – deep within the Earth. These multilayered waves combine with the rhythms of our breath, circulation, and heartbeats. Rhythms nearby “entrain” and impact each other. We are a fluid participant in the rhythms of Earth. We naturally sync with the energies and rhythms around us – without...

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