Author Description

Judy Atkinson offers this book as a guide to personal growth, mental health and spiritual development by introducing us to the concept of the Integrative Drum Circle, IDC, a powerful new healing tool that can lead to both inner harmony and healthy communities. Judy condenses her thoughts into five Drum Codes, and delivers them through stories that will touch your heart and enrich your life.<br/><br/>After experiencing a difficult divorce Atkinson was intensely drawn to the drum circle for her own healing, in spite of the fact that she had no musical background in percussion. Instead, her call to the drum was inspired from within. She discovered it was about much more than playing a drum, it was also about mental health, belonging, self love and meaningful spiritual connection. She is grateful every day for the many opportunities this tool has created in her life and has spent her career helping others find and heal themselves through participation in IDC's far and wide.<br/><br/>THE DRUM CODE: Living Well Between the Beats introduces two important concepts that Atkinson teaches; the five Drum Codes, and a new healing tool the Integrative Drum Circle itself.<br/><br/>The five Drum Codes are instructive life lessons Atkinson learned while creating her business, and from her own life thus far. For each code, she shares engaging stories to exemplify the core meaning, and asks reflective questions to help the reader go deeper.<br/><br/>The second concept is the Integrative Drum Circle. Drawing from many fields of health and welbeing, Atkinson developed this tool as a way to help individuals heal their emotional wounds, overcome loneliness, shift mood states and begin to lead a more balanced joyful life. In this safe welcoming and uplifting environment participants can play, reflect and begin to enjoy a whole new perspective on life. Research in neuroscience, mental health and epigenetic is now making it clear that this is an effective and transformative tool for emotiona