| Name and Country |
Have you used the didgeridoo (or its music) for meditation? |
Comments |
| Aaron from USA |
Yes |
I use the didgeridoo to meditate almost daily. It takes me away into a place that is no longer my mind my thoughts my world. I tend to feel as if I am one with the universe. |
| Aaron from New Zealand |
Yes |
Sends you to another world |
| Adrian from Australia |
Yes |
It is a great way to go into deep meditation - very visual. |
| Adrien from France |
Yes |
More and more conscious of my breath and of what I m expressing expression of my body music and rhythm that is beside more and more conscious of myself it was like introspection or internal trip I was aware of more and more elements of myself at the same (body consciousness the way I express myself the wind the ground...) Time and could play with them express them into music creativity is also for me a way of meditating looking for a source of inspiration and improvisation but meditation means finding treasurer inside and peace the circular breath lead to that the nature of time is not linear it is circular like for seasons the earth turning around the sun by circular breath we are able to go deeper into time and to access the dimension and from within that who link us with the cosmos and mother earth we enter into dreamtime |
| Ahmed from United Kingdom |
No |
I would love to when I buy one soon hopefully I have been dying to save up and get one! |
| Aj from USA |
Yes |
I have performed for others who exclaim achieving a trance state |
| Anonymous from United Kingdom |
Yes |
Self calm |
| Alasdair from United Kingdom |
Yes |
Healing/spiritual intentions in future |
| Alex Eastburn from USA |
Yes |
Extended playing times allow me to reach the quiet focus that I have heard is achievable through meditation. I have not been able to reach such a depth of relaxed focus through any other forms of meditation even with considerable time and effort. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
I have experienced others using it for mediation and energy healing - this is why I am inspired to play one - also I feel it will inspire my paintings and be beneficial for my lungs and diaphragm. |
| Anonymous from Chile |
Yes |
I don't know how to describe it because it really depend of the person who is receiving the therapy and you can combine the sound whit another healing techniques. |
| Amber Fauson from USA |
Yes |
The music can be hypnotic allowing the player (or in my case listener) to attain a higher state of awareness. In addition the vibration and droning help create a connection with the universal sound of creation om (aum). The experience is very uplifting. |
| Ana Buchadas from Portugal |
Yes |
It just helps to relax and stay in contact whit nature |
| Andrew Hodge from Canada |
Yes |
When I do get into a trance when playing continuously for a long time I travel to different parts of my mind I allow the didj to take me places |
| Andrew from Australia |
Yes |
Very relaxing and easy to achieve |
| Andrew from Australia |
Yes |
Basically I've only tried a few times and haven't really got it yet but it is very relaxing and great for working things out that are going on with my life |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
It calmed my mind |
| Andy Duroe from Switzerland |
Yes |
The drone and deep vibration of the didge is perfect for relaxation. |
| Andy from Ireland |
Yes |
More relaxing while driving in heavy traffic it really helps me |
| Angie Pierce from USA |
No |
Not specifically for meditation but that is where you end up regardless of the intent. If I'm playing with the drums the drums and the didge all make this crazy overtone that has it's own voice and I am not in the circle anymore... |
| Anna from USA |
Yes |
I had a yoga class where the instructor played the didj the whole time it really unified my thoughts with my surrounding making me feel one with time light and sound. |
| Anthony Kubiak from USA |
Yes |
Empties and clears the mind and also energizes the body |
| Anonymous from Finland |
Yes |
I've tried little bit but nothing special. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Focusing on the sound as it changes allows me to forget everything around me and truly relax |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Very calming and soothing |
| Barry Adams from United Kingdom |
Yes |
Extremely soothing used as an extension to my normal meditation |
| Bart from Netherlands |
Yes |
Deeply relaxing when you go on auto pilot and do not try to many different things. If I would do that I would lose the continuous sound (for now at least). But as I progress I can do more while 'being down under':)!! |
| Benoit Bégin from Canada |
Yes |
Better than any other kind of meditation I tried. |
| Betsy Sauther from USA |
Yes |
I like to play at the moon at night. It puts me in another state of awareness and feels magical. |
| Bill Muller from South Africa |
Yes |
I start with my own mantra. I have been told that as I approach the twenty minute mark I just seem to drone and my whole body vibrates I must say it is the most fantastic feeling and experience |
| Bjorn Restad/former Noremsaune from Norway |
Yes |
I've been on a recording done in a sound chamber(the Vigeland Mausoleum in Oslo) and also used it for this purpose in concerts and gatherings |
| Brad from Australia |
Yes |
I play most days for around half an hour I find after a big day at work or when I am stressed I play for a lot longer and always feel 100 percent after |
| Brenda Lacourciere from Canada |
Yes |
I found it to be very relaxing. |
| Brendan Moloney from Spain |
Yes |
It helps me focus in positive things and get far away from the bad vibes. |
| Brett Houser from USA |
Yes |
It feels as though I am at peace. |
| Brian from USA |
Yes |
At the end of a stressful day it can be quite healing to sit down with one of my didj's and start playing. I concentrate on my breathing and the drone and the stress vanishes |
| Bruce from USA |
Yes |
Not much to say...it just relaxes me |
| Bryan Scotson-smith from United Kingdom |
Yes |
Great calming effect |
| Camilo from Chile |
Yes |
It really helps to get a deep state of meditation I guess because of its deep and vibrating sound that shakes harmonically and peacefully every part of the body. |
| Carlos Guillermo from Mexico |
Yes |
I use to make first movement meditations then I use to make sound massage over the participants then they talk me about their experience. Last time I do that in a Kinder Garden with about 150 children the results where amazing the children laid down and holding his fathers or mothers they heard the massage. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Meditation while playing (not listening to a recording) |
| Chace Bedford from USA |
Yes |
Telekinesis |
|
No |
I do not meditate because I'm a Christian but I'd love to buy a cd of Didgeridoo music to help me fall asleep at night. |
| Chris Thorn from United Kingdom |
Yes |
Relaxing energising stayed with me for the rest of the day |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
It was at an arts festival and although I tried to play I had only played a few times before and so someone else played while I meditated. |
| Chuck from USA |
Yes |
I do not go into a deep meditation but go down nicely into a "zone"... I stay 100% present |
| Claude from France |
Yes |
I 've gonna near to earth |
| Clement from France |
Yes |
After a while the sound goes through you and around you everything seem to be included in that waves of sound. |
| Cody from USA |
Yes |
It is magical! It is a very different kind of meditation for me but I feel that is in a way more intense. I generally feel especially "cleansed" afterward and very attuned. I am just discovering it but I feel that it has already changed my life! |
| Cory from USA |
Yes |
Some days I will continue the drone but occasionally interspersing with one or two 'sounds' that I have been practicing. I practice deep breathing concentration (and concentration dealing with meditation such as focusing on a central point). I use the didj for its low tone/drone - constant sound (almost like the OHM). |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Euphoric feeling probably related to the oxygenated or lack of oxygen in the body after playing....harmonic vibrations still remain in the body for extended periods......awesome! |
| Curt from USA |
Yes |
Used in Church worship (Christian) |
| Cynthia Tierra from USA |
Yes |
It is soothing to sit and be at peace with your didj. |
| Dallas from USA |
Yes |
If I have a hard time getting to sleep I have to play. I refuse to just take pills to help me sleep. As I am typing this it's nearly midnight and I can't sleep. So - I am going to go play. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
I find the music of the didj to be calming both just to listen to and to play |
| Daniel Cohen from USA |
Yes |
The continue use low tone drone is relaxing. It is also relaxing to try to impart harmonics. Of course the act of long period playing requires a relaxed & controlled breath which contributes to concentration on the task and relaxing the body mind and soul. |
| Daniel Niles from United Arab Emirates |
Yes |
I simply enjoy the balance of breathing that comes from consistent "practice" it's very calming and centering. I find a nice balance between heart and mind via the breathing necessary for prolonged didj. playing |
| Daniel from Australia |
Yes |
I love camping and listening to didge music or playing myself it is relaxing. |
| Dave from United Kingdom |
Yes |
Having been unemployed in south africa I spent a lot of time on the rocks by the sea with my didj relaxing and getting away from it all |
| Dave from United Kingdom |
Yes |
Get very stressed at work just chill out when I play my didge |
| David from USA |
Yes |
I listen to didj music while using relaxation techniques. It helps eliminate distractions and gives focus. |
| David from USA |
Yes |
I am a music teacher and have been a Broadway singer for 20 years. Playing helps me de-stress from the 9 musicals we do at my school every year and also has the added benefit of helping to relax and strengthen my diaphragm. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
I have CDs that have meditations on them that also contain didj music |
| David from USA |
Yes |
I prefer silent meditation for doing 'formal' meditation--meditation for its own sake. |
| David from USA |
Yes |
I participate in the Worldwide Didgeridoo Meditation here in Omaha with a few other friends. It is very relaxing and fun to experience. |
| David Yates from Canada |
Yes |
Well I plan to. I'm not a sit-and-clear-my-mind meditator. Actually I come from a dance background so my personal "form" of meditation is more dance-oriented - connecting with the present. I've started going more into music recently and the didj really calls to me and seems to me to be a way to channel some powerful forces as well as connecting with the moment the earth and others. |
| Derrick Jackson from USA |
Yes |
I have bad anxiety problems and it really settles me down when I need to relax instead of taking meds |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
Very relaxing |
| Anonymous from France |
Yes |
Best way for good meditation |
| Don Morris from USA |
Yes |
It helps create a flow of connection to everything much like smoke does. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
I found it both very relaxing and invigorating |
| Donald Cassel from Us Minor Outlying Islands |
Yes |
In a yoga class and for myself at home |
| Dustin from USA |
Yes |
Vibration attunement and deep meditation. I don't know where I'm looking as I'm deep and lost in the music and rhythm. |
| Dustin from USA |
Yes |
I used to occasionally have nasty back spasms that would make it difficult to walk and sometimes breathe for a few days until it settled down. The last time this happened I found that if it started to tense up I could pick up the didj and play a drone for 5 minutes or so which would help me relax and ease the inflammation significantly. Very nice way to meditate! |
| Ed Obermeyer from Us Minor Outlying Islands |
Yes |
It helps me to focus on my painting. |
| Eddy from USA |
Yes |
Working in technologies I like to experiment with drums and didgeridoo for relaxing |
| Edilson Calheiros from Brazil |
Yes |
I am hang-glider pilots after the flight I didgeridoo game and see my thoughts on the images that I no flight observers fico and have a peaceful living exemption flying like a bird through the forest. |
| Edward from USA |
Yes |
Solstices and equinoxes |
| Edward Magee from Canada |
No |
Removes tension |
| Anonymous from Australia |
Yes |
I have a CD that is used for this purpose. |
| Emilian Skrzynecki from Poland |
Yes |
1. For autumn 2009 worldwide meditation - it was my first time worldwide meditation. It was very instructive session - I took care of environmental pollution. I stated that people don't respect don't hear the Nature - that fact has filled my heart with some of sadness during that meditation... The autumn is the season with some sadness - day is shorter laves on trees are gone some birds are gone...It is also time for preparing to hibernate or gathering power for surviving the winter and preparing to wakening and blooming again in a springtime! It is excellent way to spend free-time it is a good time for relax and leisure or even improve a health status! (anti-stress therapy). It gives me lot of joy; I love these deep vibrating intriguing and mysterious sounds!!! |
| Eric Boucher from Canada |
Yes |
I have had the chance of sharing time playing the didj on Earth healing rituals reconnecting spirits of many geographically distant areas back together. Also asked for healing of different energies related to people places and spirits. I've had many occasions of being taught song lines and and rhythms cycles through conscious dreaming and awaken visions. Through out these experiences I was often visited by entities sometimes human sometimes animal sometimes others. These connections clearing a more concrete path between the realities with and by which I live. |
| Eric Frisbee from USA |
Yes |
I just love to hear them being played I just sit and close my eyes and listen and feel the sound. |
| Eric from Canada |
Yes |
My experience with the Didj is a meditative one even if that was not my intention. The sound is like a chant it feels like the rumblings of the earth itself. The drone touches me to the core. Like a massage from the inside. |
| Erik from USA |
Yes |
I'll play long-sustained drones for about 3-4 minutes. This places me into a very relaxed state. I then continue to sit and meditate. This is something I learned from Phil Jones. Using the didge in this manner has helped me get back into meditating on a regular/systematic basis. |
| Anonymous from Portugal |
Yes |
Peace tranquility and joy. |
| Forest from USA |
Yes |
It soothes the throat lungs and mind. |
| Fred Ashplant from USA |
Yes |
I always play alone or with a group in the World Meditations. Equinoxes and Solstice |
| Anonymous from Brazil |
Yes |
It worked well as it is a continuous sound that goes easy with the flow of consciousness. |
|
Yes |
Personal experience. Long tones...just deep listening to the drone. |
| Garrett from USA |
Yes |
I was focused on playing but I played for others who were meditating and they said it felt great |
| Gary from USA |
Yes |
I meditate with recordings and find it inspirational as well as relaxing. My main instrument is the Double Bass Violin so I know about the benefits of meditation using a music instrument. and have not yet developed sufficient strength and stamina for playing the didge long enough to call it meditative. |
| Geoff from Canada |
Yes |
Sometimes it takes more than 15 minutes of playing to relax and stop going over everything that happened in a day. Usually start w just a drone then move on to some animal noises. If time permits will play along to a CD |
| Gerard from Netherlands |
Yes |
Didge (playing) helps to go inside and let thoughts go being in the here and now. I often use(d) didge to refind inner balance |
| Gina Tines from USA |
Yes |
It helps to alter consciousness and induce trance states that open gateways to transform and transmute consciousness towards exponentially integrative ascension. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
CD and tapes |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
Used to help keep me awake and focused while finishing my senior thesis. |
| Gordon from Australia |
Yes |
I found the Circular breathing was easier when I started to Meditate. |
| Gordon White from USA |
Yes |
Breath is the connection and bridge to a peaceful relaxed and wave of energy that is shared by all things. |
| Graham from United Kingdom |
Yes |
Again I don't set out to meditate but it is in effect a meditation experience. Its similar to sitting out in the waves. Nothing enters the mind nothing troubles or worries me. Its as if I travel to an existence of relaxation and good vibes. |
| Greg from USA |
Yes |
Kind of the same answer as when I play for long periods of time |
| Gregory from Canada |
Yes |
Very mellowing. |
| Anonymous from New Zealand |
No |
I can see where it would be beneficial. |
| Hans from USA |
Yes |
It was relaxing and calming |
| Hans from Netherlands |
Yes |
Very relaxing visions of animals after playing my voice was very low. Beautiful feeling! took some time to learn the circ. breath. but great feeling. |
| Anonymous from Canada |
Yes |
I find Didj music helps me to meditate and relax. |
|
Yes |
Www.sonidosdeshambhala.com |
| Jake from USA |
Yes |
Basically as stated before. I also participate in the Didj circle meditation so often times I have a group with me so the drone is continuous. its nice. |
| James Balducci from USA |
Yes |
I find it to be a sound very close to nature and nature is the source. Of course it being played through a speaker is nothing like hearing or playing it in person. I feel the overuse of technology numbs us to what really matters in life. That many of us have fallen into superficial lifeless ways. |
| Anonymous from Czech Republic |
Yes |
I felt free relaxed. I meditate with didgeridoo and wit great chinese or japanese tea. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
I like the didj because it is soothing does not usually have a melody that pulls me in and can be felt in the solar plexus. |
|
Yes |
The didj sends those wonderful vibs throughout my body. It takes me to places I love to be. My soul loves the sound of the didj |
| Jared from USA |
No |
Although I do trance when playing for long periods of time. |
| Jason Hilliard from USA |
Yes |
It's a healing and haunting sound that eliminates all the "background" noise of your everyday life. |
| Javier Miguel from Spain |
Yes |
Its sound rhythm power energy and so make very easy the meditation.... I close my eyes and that is all!!! |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
I try and practice light meditation for relaxation purposes. |
| Jennifer from USA |
Yes |
It is effective with hand drums for journeying |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
It is a sound that reverberates through me---feels as if my whole being is in a unison of vibration. |
| Jerome from France |
Yes |
I go in a quiet room trying to clear my mind and then simply play a drone with a few harmonics no fast rhythms just a slow drone circular breathing. It makes me feel one with the rest of the world. That simply is the finest thing to meditate. |
| Jim from USA |
Yes |
I am still trying to get circular breathing so I can concentrate on meditation rather than just the instrument. |
| Jim from USA |
Yes |
I find the sound of the Didj very soothing |
| Jim Barrett from Sweden |
Yes |
Basically the same as my experience of playing the didge. Playing is meditation. The rhythms of the body become the rhythms of the didge and breath is the bridge between both. |
| Joao from Portugal |
Yes |
In most time I practice I like to play on a calm gentle way to get in the meditation stage |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
Relaxing. |
| Joe from USA |
Yes |
Very soothing sound even from a recording |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Low key didge C |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Very effective helped me to "internalise". |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
I find that when there is no one around I really can get to understand myself |
| John Robinson from USA |
Yes |
My group went deep within and did not want to return when I brought them back. Time seemed to stop. |
| Anonymous from Canada |
Yes |
Hard to put into words. While I'm playing I usually "watch the grass blowing in the wind and the patterns match the sounds that I am making. Most ly on an unconscious level. When I end I just want to sit quietly and usually wonder what it would be like to have lived in a time when the land was not over taxed and we as a people lived with the planet and not on it. a general feeling of calm and reflection. |
| Johnny from USA |
Yes |
I have not. |
| Jonathan from Canada |
Yes |
Nothing too special. I sometimes get anxiety attacks so naturally this instrument helps me relax. |
| Jordan from USA |
No |
I have not used a didj for meditative purposes but I can see the relaxing qualities they have on me. |
| Jorge from Peru |
Yes |
We facilitate the sound circle ceremonies here in Cusco Peru in the solstices and equinoxes. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
I use a didj along with singing bowls for sound therapy |
| Joshua from USA |
Yes |
Its a good way to release frustration and expel bad energy |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
I can not play long enough due to my sinus but my friend plays while I sit and meditate. I have only started it recently and still find it very difficult to clear my mind completely for more than 20 minutes at a time. I find it very calming and energising at the same time. |
| Karl from Australia |
Yes |
Wow! Only now since I am completing your survey do I realise that I've been using it for a kind of personal meditation. Please refer to my previous answer for the experience. |
|
Yes |
The circular breathing really calms the body along with mind and the sound overwhelms you in a great way |
| Katt from USA |
Yes |
I feel at time as I am floating. FLoating along with the waves or sometimes taken to different locations of nature. |
| Keano Martinez from USA |
Yes |
I have recently started meditation to help me focus during the day. I meditate once at night and once in the morning. About a week ago I played some didgeridoo off of my computer and closed my eyes to meditate. I was able to focus a thousand times better! |
| Keith from USA |
Yes |
Informal meditation. A relaxing zone of playing. |
| Kenny from USA |
Yes |
Been to and hosted gatherings. I like to include singing bouls and bells. Other instruments add to the texture. Played for a meditation group for a couple of years. |
| Kevin from USA |
Yes |
I enjoy listening to various Didj music I find online and close my eyes and let my spirit follow the many animals associated with the music. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
I will use any of my didgeridoos or agave pipes in place of a mantra at times when I have time for extended periods of meditation. The sounds and vibration allows me deeper levels. |
| Anonymous from Sweden |
Yes |
Not meditation per say maybe. But for channeling and releasing my thoughts and just enjoying the Didgeridoo sound with the nature around me. |
| Koen from Netherlands |
Yes |
The situation described above (long playing) works like a meditation for me. its very calming and soothing as well as physically as mentally |
| Kris from Australia |
Yes |
Not deep meditation but I find it very relaxing if I'm a bit stressed and need some time on my own - I tend to go off into my own world when playing. |
| Kris Ulrich from Canada |
Yes |
I felt very peaceful and calm. It was an altered mind state. |
| Laura Larson from USA |
Yes |
I went to a 2oo or so foot cement tunnel that was shaped like a horse shoe with openings on the end. I played on one end and could hear the music reverberating and coming out the other end a second or two later. all the while I had swallows flying by my head. It was incredible. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
Have used the didj this way very often.... sometimes in group w/ drums sometimes w/ Native American flute. Draws group into deep meditative state |
| Leon from United Kingdom |
Yes |
There is something quite unexplainable about the sound of the didge which gives I guess a feeling that only individual people know within themselves yet very difficult to explain |
| Loe In De Braekt from Netherlands |
Yes |
People love it. |
| Lr from USA |
Yes |
Very relaxing and creative |
| Malcolm Pascoe from Australia |
Yes |
Listening to the didgeridoo can be very peaceful and relaxing. at times of anxiety I am able to wash those feelings from myself. sometimes inspiration and insight comes to me just by focusing on the drone. |
| Anonymous from Spain |
Yes |
Something that everyone should do no words. |
| Manuel from Italy |
Yes |
See experience of playing Didgeridoo continuously |
| Manuel from Italy |
Yes |
It prepare you to calm to have a deeper trip |
| Marc Kalmanson from USA |
Yes |
Very profound experience of going internal yet connecting to the "ONE" the "Source of all life" |
| Marcin Zawiazalec from Poland |
Yes |
Good |
| Mark Bowyer from United Kingdom |
Yes |
Suffering from chronic pain syndrome (ME) I have found that playing helps me to relax and even seems to reduce the amount of pain I am in for some time afterwards |
| Mark from Netherlands |
Yes |
It works just used the traditional music. /it calms me down |
| Mark Swain from USA |
Yes |
I use it all the time in my healing practice |
| Martin from USA |
Yes |
It forces you to focus on your breathing and the changed breathing patterns take you wherever they take you |
| Martin Sørensen from Denmark |
Yes |
The vibes from the didge relaxes me actually I'm in a amateur 3 man band that plays some really relaxing music |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
I don't know anything about meditation |
| Max from Peru |
Yes |
I think it was accidentally. It wasn't planned |
| Michael from Canada |
Yes |
Actually my playing upsets all the dogs in the neighborhood. |
| Michael from USA |
Yes |
Some others played at a shamanic fire ceremony. It was very nice. |
| Miguel from Spain |
Yes |
I have taken good time to disconnected from problems. |
| Mike from USA |
Yes |
Helps to focus on breathing and become very connected with the breath and body feeling. |
| Mike Harges from USA |
Yes |
The sound becomes a mantra I can focus on. I teach meditation at a hospital detox ward to help with the down sides of detoxinf. |
| Murray Willett from USA |
Yes |
In ceremonies it was used as the pulse of our mother |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
I felt very at ease while playing and centered my thoughts and just let it flow. |
| Nolan from USA |
Yes |
Like I said earlier when I play for an extended amount without stopping it is a meditation for me. |
| Omar L. De La Tejera from Mexico |
Yes |
Great concentration. For me it is a big deal since I can get distracted very easily |
| Pam from USA |
Yes |
Takes you to another level |
| Anonymous from Germany |
Yes |
Very peaceful experience. Have also played to others while they relax. |
| Paul Hepker from USA |
Yes |
Primal lower chakra centring music. Spacious evocative calming. |
| Paul from Canada |
Yes |
Obvious connection to the universe |
| Paul Tyres from United Kingdom |
Yes |
It relaxes my special needs son and also pigs on the farm seem to enjoy it |
| Paul Van Heuklom from USA |
Yes |
When I meditate with the didge my entire mind/body becomes alert/relaxed. I feel my lungs and mind expand. I have visions sometimes out of body experiences in which I witness myself playing the didge. It's incredible like nothing else I've ever tried. |
|
Yes |
I have used recorded didj music for meditation and find it much more relaxing and effective than drumming. |
| Peter from USA |
Yes |
Similar to above - having my awareness sustained on the sound of the didj and free circular breathing |
| Peter Johnsson from Sweden |
Yes |
Like I said...I didn't know it would happen...I just went there losing my perspective of time and getting a bit dizzy in my head when I "returned". And also a strange feeling of being split into vibrating molecules still connected by the sound of the didj...or me... |
| Peter from Belgium |
Yes |
Je wordt er tegelijk rustig van maar je krijgt er ook nieuwe energie door |
| Piergiorgio from Italy |
Yes |
A best way to distract ur body from your mind |
| Randy from USA |
Yes |
At first it was very difficult even though I could circular breathe but as time went on I could concentrate more on the meditation part and less on breathing. |
| Randy from USA |
Yes |
I attended a meditation that utilized a didj. I was quickly able to slip into my full meditative state and found the whole experience quite fulfilling. |
| Ravyn Nimchuk from USA |
Yes |
Some times when I have a fire I take out the didj and sit and play to relieve stress and think about my day or major decisions and where I should go with them. |
| Renato from Brazil |
No |
So I want to improve my performance |
| Rev. Chris Addotta from USA |
Yes |
I find that if there are lyrics to music I am distracted by the words. I was turned on to didj music many years ago. I love the wash-over-you effect the vibrations have. I can listen not get bored and not be distracted either! |
| Reynaldo Brutton Cieza from Peru |
Yes |
It calls a deep internal calm. |
| Ric from Canada |
Yes |
Just let the didge play itself without me thinking about playing or thinking of any thing |
| Rick from Australia |
Yes |
Playing promotes deep breathing and relaxation |
| Robert from USA |
Yes |
I usually always approach my playing at home as a type of meditation. |
| Robert from Japan |
Yes |
I am regular in the world wide didj meditation but I use it often as a calming tool after a long day. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
Very relaxing |
| Robert from USA |
Yes |
Just relax breath and make a story in my mind |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
I don't speak Ingles |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
E' stato una esperienza primordiale e ricca di gioia |
| Ron from Canada |
Yes |
The sound and controlled breathing give a point of focus that drives away unwanted thoughts and feelings. It centres me like no other form of meditation. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
While we were in Australia I bought several CDs of didj music. Once I got them home I found that I preferred listening to didj music over any other music. I find it very relaxing and calming like no other type of music. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
I use it a lot when I have headaches I find it releases stress |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
It's the only reason I've played it to this point. It is an expansion of consciousness a unity with something beyond one's ego identification. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
Good to relax with strength and purpose. |
| Anonymous from Spain |
Yes |
I play just thinking on the light of a candle and let images and feelings flow around. |
| Sasa from Croatia/Hrvatska |
Yes |
It's the same as the above answer...It pulls you in and you feel the vibration and let go of everything else. It's like you can feel the rhythm of nature and in those moments spontaneously know that your troubles are silly:) |
| Scot Magnuson from USA |
Yes |
Am enjoying the learning of meditation with and without the didj. Is a relaxed and accomplished feeling following. Want to share this with others. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
When I close my eyes & play I feel a realigning happening to my body from within I feel connected to country & an honour to play |
| Shawn from USA |
Yes |
Playing is very useful in releasing stress. It produces a calming feeling. |
| Simon Clutterbuck from Canada |
Yes |
I found it very relaxing and it allows me to channel different entities when listening to it. |
| Anonymous from United Kingdom |
Yes |
See above for continuous playing. I once spent a week traveling in Brittany and playing didj in any megalithic available sometimes I lost track of time so a few minutes experience actually turned out to be almost an hour past. |
| Stacey Mcgaughey from New Zealand |
Yes |
Meditation is short 40 second breaths! |
| Steve Meek from USA |
Yes |
I get out of my head kind of and start meditation I forget what's going on around me and listen to the sounds coming from the didge. after a while I get this feeling of incredible calm oneness |
| Anonymous from USA |
Yes |
I am most interested in the healing and meditation properties. I growing in this area |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
I can't play and meditate at the same time really. meditation with cd is good for shamanistic trance journeys |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Focus on using your whole body. different parts of your brain. being aware. |
| Tero from Finland |
Yes |
The sound vibration of a didgeridoo reminds me of the sound vibration of buddhist mantras. It's no accident the throat singing techniques of the Tuva people similar techniques used by Tibetan buddhist monks and the didgeridoo all sound (and work) pretty much the same a low droning noise that shakes you to the core. The deep vibration penetrates your whole being and lifts the meditation to a whole new level. |
| Thomas Garcia from USA |
Yes |
I have gotten centered and slightly euphoric but I want to do it for longer. I would like an experience that isn't just getting a little high on oxygen. |
| Thomas from USA |
Yes |
Hard to explain. It is like the sound OM but better. You sort of forget you are doing it after a while. |
| Thomas from Australia |
Yes |
Its an extremely relaxing process where the sounds and vibrations take over. One particular time I got close to a sleep like state - but was completely awake at the same time. |
| Tiago Francisquinho from Portugal |
Yes |
I think didge meditation is one thing only you can understand when you are creating your path in the chant. |
| Tiago from Portugal |
Yes |
Whenever I play alone or simply don't have in mind any particular rhythm or harmony. Just let it out or keep some repetitions. My mind opens and wonders but with a filling of stillness and emptiness at the same time. |
| Tiago from Portugal |
Yes |
I have used and taught didge-playing as meditation and my life has been completely changed by it. It has cured me of a deep depression brought me self-confidence tolerance compassion even social skills and singing! I owe much of my current life to it. |
| Anonymous |
Yes |
Different every time. Deep and calming and tingly all at the same time! |
| Tim from USA |
Yes |
Start playing go into trance continue ease out |
| Tina from Australia |
Yes |
Have attended several didj meditations and found the experience extremely powerful. |
| Todd from Canada |
Yes |
I practice asian martial arts and I find the didj has always put my into a trance like state ever since I was young there's something about that primal sound that tingles my spine... |
| Tom from USA |
Yes |
The deeply calming aspect I mentioned before would give way in these instances to the spiritually uplifting aspect I mentioned before. |
| Tomasz Jarmolkiewicz from Poland |
Yes |
I sometimes close my eyes play the didgeridoo and try to think about the people in my family. I "send" them positive energy but I wouldn't call it "healing" so it really fits rather under 'meditation'. |
| Tommi from Finland |
Yes |
All the time I mean... Didgeridoo is kind of same as meditating. |
| Tonia Pinheiro from USA |
Yes |
The sound takes me to a place of feeling like I'm Home. It is like a 'road of sound' that my Soul can walk upon to return to Source. |
| Tyson from Australia |
Yes |
I just let my mind and the spirit of the didge I'm playing take over and help me to meditate to a greater level than I ever imagined possible. |
| Ulrik Ekonen from Argentina |
Yes |
The one mentioned above. |
| Vince from USA |
Yes |
I have small children - meditation even assisted by the didj - does not go well here yet.;) |
| Walter Simion from Italy |
Yes |
Quando suono divento musica e contemporaneamente mi sento in contatto con tutto |
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Yes |
That's all I use it for honestly. I don't play in a band or have many friends who enjoy watching me play so my only real use for it is to play by myself for meditative purposes. |
| William from USA |
Yes |
My didge provides me with great therapy and has increased both my concentration and breathing. It is a great focusing tool! |
| Anonymous from Netherlands |
Yes |
Playing the didj feels like a meditation. You just get in your own world |
| Zach from USA |
Yes |
Clarity community |
