What is Shamanic drumming?

The main property of the shamanic drum is to allow shamanic journeys and trance. It acts for this directly on the brain. In its usual functioning, our brain is compartmentalized. The neocortex at the top of the skull is made up of 2 hemispheres: the left hemisphere which is more analytical and the right hemisphere which is more intuitive.

These two parts are separate. They each operate on their own. However, in the center, exactly between the 2, there is an energy center called the third eye or Bindu, which corresponds to the pineal gland. When playing the shamanic drum or the Tibetan bowl or certain music, the pineal gland is activated, the third eye opens and this allows exchanges between the two cerebral hemispheres.

So it actually recirculates energy, blood, information throughout the brain neocortex. And at the same time, we change the frequency of our brain waves. This is how we can easily enter the shamanic journey or the trance

The shamanic dimension of the interpretation and especially its presence in the composition are affirmed by our days. One of the reasons is certainly the interpenetration of music learned and traditional in a context of globalized exchanges, but also a timeless need to grasp beyond the religious fact, the essence of the sacred.

What are Isochronic Tones?

Using isochronic tones (or isochronous sounds or isochronic beats) is a great way to access various states of consciousness and explore your full potential by synchronizing brain waves to their pulse frequency, measured in Hertz (Hz). Although isochronic tones are not yet as well known as binaural beats, they have the same effect, they are more powerful and are becoming more and more popular.

Isochronic tones are crisp, regular pulses of sound created by activating and deactivating a note or tone at a regular rate (frequency in Hertz) of varying speed.

Isochronic tones reproduce the principle of the beat of the shamanic drum. It is a rhythm precisely calculated to induce waves (Gamma, Beta, Alpha, Theta, Delta, Epsilon) in the brain.

Unlike binaural beats which require headphones to listen, isochronic sounds can be heard directly through speakers.

Isochronic tones are used in the process of brain wave entrainment. Brain wave entrainment refers to a method of getting brain waves to sync with a specific stimulus. This stimulus is typically an audio or visual pattern.

Isochronic tones are regular beats of a single tone that are used alongside monaural beats and binaural beats in the process called brainwave entrainment. At its simplest level, an isochronic tone is a tone that is being turned on and off rapidly. They create sharp, distinctive pulses of sound.

Isochronic tones are a fast and effective audio-based way to stimulate your brain. Among many of the benefits, they can help improve focus, relaxation, energy levels, sleep and more, without taking drugs or needing any special equipment.

What isochronic tones essentially do, is guide your dominant brainwave activity to a different frequency while you are listening to them, allowing you to influence and change your mental state and how you feel.

Stress or Anxiety Relief – When you are feeling stressed, agitated, anxious or angry your brain will usually be producing an increased amount of high beta activity. Low beta or alpha frequency isochronic tones will help to lower your dominant frequency, reducing feelings of stress or anxiety.

Meditation and Relaxation – Sometimes it can be hard to really relax properly, and it can be even more difficult to reach a deeper state of meditation, especially for those new to meditation. Using low alpha and theta frequencies will help guide your brain to these deeply relaxing and sometimes enlightening mental states.

Increase Focus, Cognition and Memory – When it's time to study or work, our brain isn't always firing on all cylinders and ready to focus. If you are feeling tired, unmotivated and distracted, isochronic tones in the beta range will elevate your brainwaves up to a more optimal high focused state, and keep your mind there for the duration.

Isochronic tones are single tones that come on and off at regular, evenly spaced intervals. This interval is typically brief, creating a beat that’s like a rhythmic pulse. They’re often embedded in other sounds, such as music or nature sounds.

Isochronic tones are used for brain wave entrainment, in which your brain waves are made to sync with the frequency that you’re listening to. It’s believed that syncing your brain waves to a certain frequency might be able to induce various mental states.

Brain waves are produced by electrical activity in the brain. They can be measured using a technique called an electroencephalogram (EEG).

Isochronic tones (or beats)

These are sharp, steady pulses of sound created by turning a single tone on and off at a high speed.

Technically, isochronous tones are equal in intensity, but the pulse speed is greater than monaural tones, causing the brain to synchronize with the rhythm more quickly.

Isochronic tones mimic the principle of drumming. It is a rhythm precisely calculated to induce waves in the brain (Gamma, Beta, Alpha, Theta, Delta...).

What are Binaural Beats?

When two slightly different sound frequencies (measured in Hertz [Hz] = number of cycles per second) are played in each ear, the brain perceives them as a new sound, a kind of beat with a fixed frequency. This is called a binaural beat. The sound frequency perceived by the brain corresponds to the difference between the two frequencies presented to each ear and does not exist in itself, it is an auditory artifact, a sound illusion. For example, you get a binaural beat of 8 Hz by playing a frequency of 60 Hz in one ear and a frequency of 68 Hz in the other. The action of binaural beats is manifested when the brain synchronizes its own frequency (its neural activity) and changes its brain waves to approximate the frequency of the binaural beat. Certain frequencies make it possible to improve, or on the contrary to contain various cognitive functions, such as sleep, relaxation, meditation, motivation, joy, courage, motivation, but also fear, sorrow and others

emotions considered rather negative, but which are not in fact. The state and frequency of our brain waves plays a role in our consciousness but especially in the subconscious and affects our thoughts, behaviors and emotions. To make the most of binaural beats, you must listen with headphones, or be placed in the center of the stereo sound (the listener and the 2 loudspeakers make an equilateral triangle)