Finding your beat

Drum therapist Eddie O’Neill talks to Rachel Borrill about medicine for the soul.

ARE you feeling stressed, frustrated and tense? Did you know that one of the best ways of releasing these pent-up emotions is by hand-drumming? After just one hour of playing, research has revealed, that people feel rejuvenated, confident and motivated.

“A lot of people have a strange attitude towards drumming, they think it is a noisy activity, going bash, bash, bash,’’ says Eddie O’Neill, 58, a drum therapist from Errill, Co Laois.