Drum Journey3.2 - App Store

You've found Drum Journey, the first app for shamanic journeying.

Shamanic journeying, as you probably already know, is a kind of insight meditation. It’s a spiritual practice that combines visualization with acoustic accompaniment, usually fast drumming or rattling.

Drum Journey works like a timer; dial in the journey duration, set your options, and tap Start. Included in the app are several professionally-produced drum and rattle tracks, and you can also import your own from iTunes.

Features:
- flexible journey duration, from 5 minutes to an hour
- choice of drumming styles (single, double, or with rattle)
- adjustable tempo (slow, normal, and fast)
- adjustable instrument volumes
- high quality drumming tracks
- works with AirPlay
- Optimized graphics for iPhone Retina screens
- light up the globe; share your location with other Drum Journey users

For centuries, shamans have used journeying to gain insight and clarity. I was inspired to create this app while participating in the three year program of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies.

Note: This app does not teach shamanic journey practices. Visit the Mindful Bear website for links to shamanic educators, books, and practitioners.

Version History - Adds Bass & Treble controls (in the Drum Mix popup)
- Improved audio quality
- Minor fixes & improvements 3.2 Mar 20 Fix for audio glitches. 3.1.1 Jan 22 - Improved location sharing when "Allow Once" is chosen
- Added support for saving journey time to the Health App as Mindful Minutes
- Other bug fixes and improvements 3.1 07/17/2023 - Bug fix: sometimes drum or rattle tracks wouldn't play
- Bug fix: sometimes editing a meditation would crash
- other minor fixes & improvements 3.0.4 04/21/2023 - Audio improvement: the last drumbeat in a journey was a little harsh, it is softer now
- Fixed minor animation glitches 3.0.3 03/02/2023 Fixed glitchy audio when choosing Slow or Very Slow tempo 3.0.2 11/03/2022 - Fixed a problem with Ceremonial drumbeat tempo adjustments 3.0.1 10/08/2022 New Features in 3.0:

- 3D globe
- simplified controls
- improved audio quality
- Updated for modern devices 3.0 10/04/2022 - improved drumming audio quality
- added 'very slow' tempo option
- added advanced tempo options (wider tempo range & fine adjustments)
- imported tracks can be tempo adjusted too
- updated for iOS 9 (requires at least iOS 7.1 now) 2.2 01/14/2016 - Important bug fixes
- New look for iOS 8 2.1.2 10/11/2014 - Bug Fixes 2.1.1 10/16/2013 - Now iOS 7 compatible
- Added 'Ceremonial' (slow) drumbeat, with finely-adjustable tempo
- Imported music duration can be adjusted
- Improved audio quality
- Bug fixes 2.1 09/26/2013 + Localized for French, Spanish, German, and English
+ Bug fixes 2.0.1 11/23/2012 + All-new drum and rattle tracks
+ Updated graphics for retina displays and iPhone 5 2.0 10/31/2012 + Import drumming tracks from your iPod library
+ Share your journey location with the world
+ See where others are journeying in the World Map
+ Bug fixed in 1.2.1: drumming would become erratic after three minutes, when running from batteries 1.2.1 02/04/2010 + Import drumming tracks from your iPod library
+ Share your journey location with the world
+ See where others are journeying in the World Map 1.2 01/21/2010 New in version 1.1:
- Adjustable drumming rate (from 3 to 7 beats per second)
- Selectable journey sounds
- now you can have a rattle-only or rattle-and-drum journey
- The volume of each can be fine tuned
- Now you can drum and rattle by shaking, as well as tapping 1.1 12/01/2009 1.0 11/05/2009