Name and Country |
What is the longest you have played didj continuously using circular breathing (without any break in the sound at all)? |
Please share your experience of playing didj continuously for long periods of time? |
| Alan Tower from USA |
3 hours + |
Trance state |
| Anonymous |
5-10 min |
In contact with my spirit |
| Alex from Canada |
Can play but not circular |
I find the back of my mouth tickles and dries out. |
| Andrew Castle from USA |
1 hour + |
It is relaxing invigorating fun and places me in a state of mind similar to that I experience when drawing. |
| Arpad Toth from Hungary |
50-60 min |
Ok:)..It takes about 5-10 minutes to be warmed up with didj then it gets better and better with every minute the longer I play the better..it takes me away and back and away through timelessness and spacelessness.:)..there is no cold and no hot just the sound and pleasure of the ability to play..plenty of movement and dance for the soul..it is treasure of the existence and the pleasure of every breath.. |
| Barney from USA |
2-5 min |
At the Spiritual Center I attend. One of the women plays the crystal bowls for meditation. And several times I have played one of my didges at the same time. Made some excellent meditation the people really loved it. |
| Anonymous |
10-15 min |
I get into a state of interconnected trance it feels like time and space start to fade away there is only a "now" moment but time doesn't matter anymore. In fact I might say that everything seems to be getting closer as to go to one point until it reaches a zero point. I simply feel real good. For a moment there there is nothing to worry anymore nothing to ponder about fullness in emptiness and emptiness in fullness. After having played I wish nothing more than staying in that state of being as long as I can or permit myself. |
| Brooks from USA |
2-5 min |
Still light headed but wonderful and my kids LOVE the sound and it is wonderful to get them to sleep |
| Carl Hirschfeld from USA |
5-10 min |
Its sort of like meditation. You get lost in the sound and playing with the sound! |
| Chad from USA |
Up to 2 min |
I am just learning so any amount of time over a minute is great. |
| Clint Beedy from USA |
1 hour + |
First time I was able to circular breath I was at a festival called dream time in colorado. I walked into a tipi filled with didges and was talked into doing didge massages and learning circular breathing. I picked up a didge I made and never really played and knew I would circular breath. I started playing and got it right away after months of trying all I needed was a change in my head. I started giving massages and people kept coming in. I played with very few breaks for over 3 hours. I massage more people than I could count. It was one of the most euphoric experiences I have ever had. My lips were so swollen I could barely talk. Ahhhh good times. |
| Colin from United Kingdom |
30-40 min |
Meditative |
| Cory Gleason from USA |
40-50 min |
It kinda sends u into a hypnotic like vibe |
| Curtis from USA |
Can play but not circular |
I play in harmony with a friend of mine nick the dream weaver and we create beautiful music that feels like it is tranquilizing the soul |
| Daniel from United Kingdom |
Up to 2 min |
I enter a heightened state of consciousness. I can appreciate the texture of the sound itself without my mind asking where the rhythm is going. I visualise forests caves underground cities people and creatures. I feel I ma awakening a knowledge long dormant inside me. |
| Anonymous |
2-5 min |
When I play I felling one aboriginal sensation like in the other life I was leaved there in a aboriginal tribe! |
| Anonymous |
2-5 min |
I dribbled lots and my lips went numb but I'm not that good at making different sounds I'm still learning from a tape I brought back in 97. |
| Doug from USA |
Can play but not circular |
After long periods of playing I feel that the vibrations of the didj have freed up a lot of physical and mental stress. I experience better breathing when I'm congested and regular playing does seem to reduce my sleep apnea and snoring |
| Eric from USA |
15-20 min |
I am getting better at it with practice. It tends to make my face and body tingle a bit. |
| Etienne from France |
20-25 min |
Very relaxing. Especially when I play for more than 10 minutes. Sometimes I'll just close my eyes and feel the flow. When I put the didge down after that I feel very good. |
| Anonymous from USA |
10-15 min |
There's a slight buzzy lightheaded feeling I get from all that continuous vibrating and that always relaxes me. My only problem is drool... |
| Fernandya from Chile |
Can play but not circular |
Relaxing |
| Frans Essers from Netherlands |
10-15 min |
After ap. 5 minutes I started to get in to a "flow" which nine out often times is interrupted by an error in playing. If not I think I con double the time. |
| Gavin Brown from United Kingdom |
1 hour + |
Very trippy at one point my face seemed stuck to the didge my face also to began to morph into what felt like a roo I had no long had my didge but that night I played for near 8 hours |
| Anonymous from Germany |
25-30 min |
You become relaxed. My tinnitus stopped some time after playing |
| Anonymous |
Can play but not circular |
If I play for any length of time I find I can become light headed as IV only been playing for a week but overall I find it a relaxing experience. |
| Jacqueline Leibhardt from USA |
Up to 2 min |
Playing didj is a natural pranayama and beautiful Earth meditation.The third eye opens up and all the animals and Earth listens.We communicate through the music/vibration. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Can play but not circular |
Vibrating lips for a while. |
| Jason from New Zealand |
2-5 min |
I feel extremely light headed. The didge I have is a bamboo type from indonesia with indonesian markings. However there is hardly any back pressure so breath runs out very quickly. Also I have a european nose that doesn't let me breath in quick enough... ah well... at least I try.:-) |
| Jeremy from USA |
30-40 min |
It is like I am floating in the air flying around in my head.. This can continue for 10-20 min after I stop and changes as well. |
| Jerry from USA |
1 hour + |
Throat get dry and eyes get bloodshot. |
| Jesse from Canada |
Can play but not circular |
Euphoric. |
| John Armstrong from USA |
Can play but not circular |
In a good session I just get into the "groove" without a lot of conscious thought behind it. |
| John from USA |
Can play but not circular |
Meditative |
| John from United Kingdom |
5-10 min |
Only had a proper didge for 5 weeks so playing for over 5 minutes continuously is pretty good for a complete novice |
| John from USA |
Can play but not circular |
Very relaxing |
| Jonathan Turton from USA |
15-20 min |
Trance like states. Used for meditation. Used for distress and meditation. Opens the mind and increases awareness in the body |
| Anonymous |
30-40 min |
Hypnotic really. Time just goes somewhere else and leaves you to your playing. Sometimes I feel as though I am not sitting any more but floating sideways... sounds funny but there we are! |
| Joshua from USA |
Can play but not circular |
Ha ha ha. Buzzing tingling lips after a while. |
| Julien from France |
30-40 min |
It's been always very relaxing especially when breathing peacefully all the way long. |
| Julio Peña from Paraguay |
2-5 min |
I like too much specially if I concentrate myself because then I feel I receive "help" to play with profound sense an joyful sounds. |
| Jusa Keränen from Finland |
30-40 min |
The motion is very nice after it its like so relaxed and spiritual contact whit nature. |
| Anonymous |
15-20 min |
Prima di tutto è molto soddisfacente e poi è quasi come una droga non smetteresti più ti senti volare e danzare |
| Manuel Bayardo from USA |
10-15 min |
Amazing trance like state. very meditative |
| Matthew from Italy |
15-20 min |
Its quite an enlightening feeling. After playing for 5 minutes the sound seems to flow out on its own; I don't have to think too much about what I'm doing I seem to enter another world. After playing for 10 - 15 minutes I feel extremely relaxed and somewhat enlightened. |
| Michael from USA |
2-5 min |
I took three didges I had made on a hot summer camping trip. I had just learned how to make noises my daughter and her partner had never played one before. The three of spent about 3 hours playing/instructing. Several people stopped by including campground administration; all entered and left with big grins. While it was the hottest night of the year we had found a way to wrap ourselves in content joy and curiosity. |
| Mick Langan from United Kingdom |
2-5 min |
It took me a long time to learn circular breathing. I play through the side of my mouth so after two minutes it felt like I'd had a stroke. |
| Anonymous from USA |
15-20 min |
After some time things become relaxed. The playing just comes and my normal everyday perception becomes dull (not quite the right word). I enter an almost trance like state. After 5-10 minutes playing becomes very euphoric. |
| Nicholas from France |
20-25 min |
It's so personal in depths and inside... I can only say "clearly" that I feel my aura sleeps into other time/space dimensions certainly because my inner vibrations reach some kind of other frequency state... |
| Nolan from USA |
5-10 min |
It is meditating when I keep up with it for a few minutes continuously as long as I'm not straining to do it and makes me feel wonderful afterwards every time. I also jam with other musicians and it keeps a great tone and energy for the jam. |
| Raffaele Giampaolo from Australia |
40-50 min |
I loose sense time it seams that my breathing become stronger during long periods of playing the didge seams to warm up and becomes easier to play. |
| Anonymous from USA |
20-25 min |
Euphoric really- I play with a group of drummers who vocalise to the didj drone. There comes a point where everything lets go and you can go forever. |
| Rob from United Kingdom |
5-10 min |
It takes a few minutes before the didge and I perform at our best but once started rhythms and micro rhythms start to build up and every time you play it is different. |
| Ron from USA |
2-5 min |
After about 3 minutes of playing with circular breathing I begin to get a bit dizzy and my lungs are crying out for a full breath of air. |
| Russ from USA |
Can play but not circular |
Considering I haven't gotten the technique of circular breathing yet I can't really answer this question...but I love playing my didges. |
| Ryan from USA |
10-15 min |
In order to play for more than a few minutes you need to find a nice rhythm. I'm not going to say that I get in a "zone" like some others have noted but all the muscles involved in playing seem to begin working on their own like an involuntary process. |
| Anonymous from USA |
Can play but not circular |
I love to play my didj but I am still struggling to breathe properly. |
| Sevan from Ireland |
1 hour + |
Spit pound hyperventilation |
| Shawn from USA |
25-30 min |
Very meditative and allowed me personally to breakthrough to deeper levels of meditation. |
| Simon from Germany |
5-10 min |
I just started playing. Luckily I have a musical education (trumpet and tuba) so its not really hard for me. At the moment I improve the circular breathing and different sounds |
| Steven from Canada |
10-15 min |
Relaxing and meditative the longer I was playing the. t5he more relaxing it be came to play. |
| Storm from United Kingdom |
2-5 min |
After playing for a few mins I enter a automatic phase like driving and the didj sort of plays itself and my breathing slows down and I the momentum builds up. |
| Taro from USA |
5-10 min |
I bought a cheap plastic Didgeridoo that was too long and wide for a beginner but it made me a much stronger player |
| Tiago from Portugal |
30-40 min |
The context in which the didgeridoo is played has a very important role here. I only play for extended periods of time in the context of actually doing something with it - in a shamanic ring in a didgeridoo-healing session etc. At the same time my playing supports what is happening and what is happening supports my playing. Most of the times I can't really remember very well what I played... it just happens on it's own. |
| Tony Kiser from USA |
1 hour + |
Deep levels of trance |
| Anonymous from USA |
2-5 min |
I only think of the rhythm - I have never used it in meditation but it has a meditative quality |
| Woody Henderson from USA |
Can play but not circular |
I've sat down and played my didge for at least an hour on numerous occasions but I don't know how to circular breathe so I wasn't able to just play continuously. Despite that playing the instrument for extended periods of time is very relaxing and very stress relieving. I believe there's a really primal connection there with the Didge. It doesn't have any machinations to it not man made adjustable parts or anything. It's just you the didge and your own voice. And of course my lips are always kind of numb and fatty feeling afterwards. |
| Zach Lessley from USA |
3 hours + |
I got into a very relaxed state where I could just empty my mind.. it was very nice. |
