Jeff Strong

Jeff Strong Explores How Slight Variations in Drumming Tempos Produce Very Different Calming Experiences

Brainwave Entrainment, Jeff Strong, Rhythmic Entrainment Intervention, Video

In this video, I talk about the approach I take to create neurological calm in the REI Custom Program versus the approach I use in Brain Shift Radio. I demonstrate how slight variations in tempo can produce significant differences in how a listener experiences calm. I play at 7.4 beats-per-second for a deep, centered calm and 8.6 beats-per second for a focused calm.

Learn how to play the drum for healing at: http://www.drumhealing.com

Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Jeff Strong Talks About Drumming Tempos as They Relate to Brainwave States

Brainwave Entrainment, Jeff Strong

In this video, I talk about the relationship between drumming tempos and brainwave states. I share a simple formula to help you choose the exact brain state to achieve your goals.

Download the PDF on brainwave states and drumming tempos here

Learn more about the Soundbrenner Pulse metronome I use in this video

Learn more about drum healing at: http://www.drumhealing.com

Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Jeff Strong Shares 5 Things to Do Every Day to Optimize Your Ability to Focus

Jeff Strong, Peak Performance, Video

In this video, I talk about the 5 key strategies I employ every day to optimize my focus. These are essential for people like me, with ADHD, to keep an unruly brain on task. Of course, you’ll also want to add listening to some of my focusing music to this list.

Get a free focusing audio download here: https://www.stronginstitute.com/blog/custom-focus-opt-in/

Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Learn to play the drum for healing at: http://www.drumhealing.com/

Jeff Strong on How to Achieve the Flow State with Drumming

drumming meditation, Jeff Strong, Peak Performance, Video

In this video, I describe the state of flow and how to use drumming to induce and enhance it. Flow exists in the transition between the alpha and theta states of consciousness. A rhythm at 7.4 beats-per-second is a great tempo to induce flow.

Tempo is only part of the equation. Flow is characterized by a deactivation of the pre-frontal cortex (a phenomenon called “transient hypofrontality”).

To achieve this state of flow, the rhythms need to be variable enough to entrain the brainwaves to the 7.4 Hz  pace, while not so complex or variable that they activate the brain. This video shows examples of rhythms that are too repetitive (not able to entrain), too complex (activating), and musically variable (just right to entrain and induce flow).

Note: You don’t need to play the drum. All you need to do is listen. If you choose to play, the 7.4 bps tempo is achieved by setting your metronome to 1/4 note equals 111 beats-per-minute and playing 1/16th notes (you play four drumming beats for every click of the metronome).

Learn how to play the drum for the brain at drumhealing.com
Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Jeff Strong on Drumming and the Brain: The importance of tempo and variability

Brainwave Entrainment, drumming meditation, Jeff Strong, Video

In this video I talk about how the brain responds to rhythm at different tempos. At very slow tempos you need a constant pattern, whereas at faster tempos you need variability. To illustrate this, I show you how I adjust my rhythms across the continuum of tempos used for drumming.

Learn more at: drumhealing.com
Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Jeff Strong on How I Sustain My Passion in My Practice

Jeff Strong, Peak Performance, Video

I’ve been playing for people with neurological disorders for 25 years and everyday I still wake up passionate about the work I do. It wasn’t always this way. As I was building my business, I received a lot of advice to delegate and be a manager. I tried this and quickly found myself losing interest. So, I resumed doing the one task that I loved: customer support.

If you’ve ever called or emailed us, chances are you talked to (or heard from) me. I answer the phone because I love talking to clients, prospective clients, and providers. This is what gets me up in the morning; yet this is what the business “experts” told me I shouldn’t be doing. The secret is that this task gives me joy, and my clients can sense my passion for the work and their well-being.

My advice: Focus on the aspects of your work you love, even if they are the “lowly” tasks that most people hire out.

Listen to personalized music for your brain at https://brainstimaudio.com

Join REI Creator Jeff Strong in his course: Drumming the Chakras: A deep-dive into the spiritual side of drumming

drumming meditation, Jeff Strong

We’re excited to announce that REI Creator Jeff Strong has a new drumming course: Drumming the Chakras.

Drumming the Chakras explores the spiritual side of drumming using the chakra energy system as a point of reference. This 5-week, 10-module course is a deep-dive into rhythms and techniques that stimulate, open, and balance the chakra system and auric field. This course is also a deep-dive into how to use drumming to access your spiritual power.

Jeff also provides a ton of meditations and exercises to help you discover the nuances of how your chakras are running and how to optimize them for your personal growth.

Learn more here: https://www.stronginstitute.com/drum-healing/chakra-offer/