Author: Sophie Messager 
Author title: Perinatal Educator, Drum Healer, Drum Circle Facilitator, Author of ‘Why Postnatal Recovery Matters’ (Pinter & Martin, 2020)
Description: Drumming practices have been documented across global cultures, often integrated into rituals surrounding major life transitions such as births, coming-of-age, marriages, and deaths. In many contemporary Western societies these drumming traditions have waned, becoming viewed as unconventional. Yet drumming has powerful neurophysiological effects demonstrated by research, which are well suited to supporting the birth journey. 

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