Name and Country |
Does playing the didj have any effect on your health? |
Please comment on the health effects of didj playing |
| Anonymous from United Kingdom |
It has a positive effect |
Breathing |
| Lee Chang from Japan |
It has a very positive effect |
My main goal is to cure my terrible sleep apnea I read the low vibrations tone the muscles which cause sleep apnea also the circular breathing helps. |
| Lee from Australia |
It has a very positive effect |
It centres me when I feel down or angry its my way of meditating I guess. play the didj for 5 minutes and your so focused on breathing and rhythm that you forget why your down or angry in the first place. |
| Les from USA |
It has a negative effect |
Once I learn to play I feel that it will help to increase my lung capacity allow me to slow my mind down (I am Bipolar) concentrate and relax. I even believe it will help my Epilepsy not sure how quite yet though. |
| Liela Ross from USA |
It has a very positive effect |
I have a longer breath and learned how to breath though the Jin Dan not just the chest so you get a longer and deeper breath |
| Anonymous |
It has a positive effect |
Good breathing and build lungs |
| Luz from Italy |
It has a very positive effect |
Liberates all your ways for breathing nose throat thus helps against snoring circulate your blood thus your whole system and your heart |
| Maeve from Ireland |
It has a positive effect |
I have minor lung problems and playing the didj helps strengthen my breath and voice (I also sing). |
| Marc from Canada |
It has a positive effect |
Cardiovascular workout |
| Martin Donnelly from Thailand |
It has a positive effect |
Pranayama |
| Anonymous |
It has a positive effect |
Would hope that it has a positive effect |
| Anonymous |
It has a very positive effect |
Lungs |
| Melissa from USA |
It has a positive effect |
Playing the didj helps strengthens my lungs and increases my lung capacity this gives me more energy. |
| Michael Lipson from USA |
It has a very positive effect |
I took up the didgeridoo because of my sleep apnea. It has helped it enormously. |
| Michael from Ireland |
No effect |
I have not noticed improved or disimproved health |
| Mike Clayton from United Kingdom |
It has a positive effect |
Relaxing on muscles |
| Nancy from USA |
It has a positive effect |
I have read that it helps people with sleep apnea |
| Anonymous |
It has a positive effect |
I just feel more awake and better about myself |
| Nigel Mason from United Kingdom |
It has a very positive effect |
Relaxing breathing |
| Anonymous |
It has a positive effect |
According to a British Journal it can improve sleep apnea |
| Oliver Kask from Estonia |
It has a very positive effect |
I haven't played it yet but listening it makes me calm and relaxed. |
| Patrice Mahoney from Australia |
It has a very positive effect |
Relaxation and mediation effects anti-stress! |
| Anonymous from USA |
It has a positive effect |
Breath work is very good physically emotionally mentally and spiritually. Playing is similar to entering a meditative state similar to chanting. |
| Patrick from USA |
It has a positive effect |
My wife says that I have sleep apnea. She says that as a result of my playing my Didgeridoo that my apnea has lessened and seldom recurs. |
| Paul De Bono from Malta |
It has a very positive effect |
Playing the didj is like meditation for me. It calms me down and helps me focus. I also benefit positively from circular breathing which I believe has considerably reduced my snoring. Playing has strengthened my abdomen muscles. |
| Paul from United Kingdom |
It has a positive effect |
Relaxation. also good if you have a cold |
| Peter from United Kingdom |
It has a positive effect |
Chilling out/ meditation probably helped with sleep apnea increased lung capacity |
| Randy from USA |
No effect |
I haven't played enough to notice any health changes. I've heard it might help my sleep apnea. |
| Raymond Wouters from Belgium |
It has a very positive effect |
Zeer goed |
| Richard from USA |
No effect |
I have not been playing long enough to really notice. Also I just today found out it has healing effects so I wasn't really looking for it before. |
| Riley from USA |
It has a positive effect |
Physical health: lung capacity increased and muscle control of my mouth. mental health: clearness of mind and sense of well-being. |
| Rob from USA |
It has a positive effect |
Clearer breathing mostly. Sometimes it seems to help me get rid of colds. |
| Anonymous |
It has a positive effect |
Improves my breathing |
| Robert Remington from USA |
It has a very positive effect |
Less snoring and less problems with my sleep apnea. Very positive effects on reduction of stress |
| Robert from USA |
It has a very positive effect |
Increased respiration is very good. |
| Ron from Canada |
It has a very positive effect |
It's great for my asthma it seems to tone my aging face (others point this out). It both energizes and relaxes me. It is the only form of meditation I have been successful at. I lose track of time and clear my mind a true ctl-alt-del for my mental processor! |
| Ron Lankford from USA |
It has a positive effect |
Clears sinuses. Energizes body somewhat from pumping all that air 8-). The Pit Bulls like it! |
| Anonymous from Australia |
It has a positive effect |
I have Asthma and it helps in a very big way. Increasing lung capacity and glottal muscles. |
| Anonymous from Austria |
It has a positive effect |
It strengthened your lungs it opens you nose when you have a cold. It calms your mind. |
| Scott from USA |
I cannot play didj |
Should be beneficial for lungs |
| Serah from Canada |
It has a very positive effect |
Total relaxation helps my bad back when I play it |
| Shannon from USA |
It has a positive effect |
I relaxes and calms me. |
| Shaun from Australia |
It has a positive effect |
It always leaves me feeling better:-) |
| Anonymous from New Zealand |
No effect |
Good for lungs as it encourages conscious breathing and deep breaths. |
| Steffen from Germany |
It has a very positive effect |
The didge blows the pain away from my body and my soul... |
| Stephanie from USA |
It has a very positive effect |
Sleep and relax |
| Stephen Barton from New Zealand |
It has a positive effect |
Relaxing and invigorating makes me feel good |
| Stephen from USA |
It has a positive effect |
Increased lung capacity and breath control. |
| Anonymous |
It has a positive effect |
More relaxed and I am sure in time it will benefit my breathing considerably (asthma) |
| Tanya Devine from Canada |
It has a very positive effect |
Being able to play the didj and circular breath has made my breathing deep and mindful more peaceful and calm |
| Taylor from USA |
It has a positive effect |
It makes you focus on your breath. Complete focus and presence. It's just like doing some pranayama:). I think focusing on ones breath is one of the single most underestimated things one can do for their health. The constant drone and rhythmic pulses I believe are good in helping ones entire system relax and de-stress. |
| Teresa from USA |
It has a very positive effect |
Resonates deep within. Vibrates joint pain away. And some times it makes me laugh which is always good for the soul. |
| Tero from Finland |
It has a very positive effect |
The circular breathing is a very effective form of pranayama but it's not only the breathing technique. The sound vibration is a very complete experience and the effect is a pretty hard one to describe. There's no way to miss it though - you play any longer than 15 minutes and come tell me there's no effect you're flat out _lying_. I find it very hard to believe people wouldn't notice the effect playing has on you. I have also received didj healing - a friend was kind enough to play didj for my back cramps. They didn't heal completely from the playing but it certainly eased my being a whole lot and made me feel very well. |
| Terry from Australia |
It has a very positive effect |
As I also surf it has helped with being able to hold my breath longer under water expansion of my lungs exercising the diaphragm in a way that it wouldn't normally get exercised as well as breathing techniques that has helped with my singing (not much of a singer though!) |
| Thomas from USA |
It has a positive effect |
Good Oxygen! |
| Tiago from Portugal |
It has a positive effect |
Some wobbles resonance base drone variations a couple of traditional-ish techniques... Some things I don't have a name for:) |
| Tim from Japan |
It has a positive effect |
I have bad sinus and it helps my lungs and sinus to a small extent also makes my lungs diaphragm and throat muscles stronger |
| Tim White from Canada |
It has a very positive effect |
With the application of breath we engage our body's natural healing mechanisms. We the engagement of sound we can move into other levels of existence or dimension again affecting body mind & spirit |
| Tina Johnston from Australia |
It has a positive effect |
Relaxing and calming |
| Anonymous from USA |
No effect |
Makes me feel good after been droning for awhile |
| Tom from USA |
It has a very positive effect |
Mental health and lung exercise. |
| Anonymous from USA |
It has a very positive effect |
I have nasal polyps and therefore sleep apnea and playing the didj regularly helps me breathe better. |
| Tom from USA |
It has a positive effect |
Control my breathing better and oxygenates my blood making me feel refreshed. |
| Tony from USA |
It has a very positive effect |
It has built my breath volume and control |
| Troy Ball from USA |
It has a very positive effect |
Assists in breathing which I use in Yoga often. creates a meditative state the drone assisting sleep. The backpressure creates a peep which opens the lungs. |
| Anonymous |
It has a positive effect |
Makes me feel good |
| Virginia Bleier from USA |
It has a very positive effect |
Strengthen lungs and breathing |
| Willem from Netherlands |
It has a very positive effect |
I investigate the 'sound temples' from Ancient Egypt. The Kings Chamber in the Great Pyramid (Egypt) has very special acoustic properties. It resonates very easily on very low frequencies (20 to 30 Hz). This has a very special effect on people in this chamber because it resonates with your own frequency. That is why I want to play a good low frequency didgeridoo because in my opinion it will bring you in a state of mind that the aboriginal people call Dreamtime". Wherever you go and visit ancient sites you will always find a connection to sound and low frequency sound in particular and it is my ultimate dream to play a very low base drone inside the Kings Chamber in the Great Pyramid. I know from my own research that the whole chamber is capable of resonating on low frequencies in the vicinity of 20-30 Hz. The frequency of the sarcophagus in the Kings Chamber is resonating on a frequency of about 82 Hertz. Playing the didgeridoo in the Kings Chamber must be a very exciting experience and that is the main reason for me to learn to play the didgeridoo. The sound in the Kings Chamber is linked to the sound of very old instruments capable of producing low frequency sounds like the didgeridoo the Tibetan Horn the Swiss Alp horn singing of Tibetan monks. It was used for meditation and has a healing effect on people." |
| Anonymous from USA |
I cannot play didj |
I've been told it can be very beneficial to ones health |
| Wouter from Netherlands |
It has a positive effect |
You train you pelvic muscles and your lungs/mouth etc. |
