There is nothing that propels me into that trance-like state better than playing a drum. The drum can be powerful for a person even if the skill to play it does not exist. In order to benefit from the medicine of the drum without the skill to play it, one must be able to feel the effect on the heart. Your own heart pounds the rhythm of your physical existence. The cadence of the drum sets the body into aligning motion.
Soldiers learn to march in unison to cadences.
These rhythmic patterns keep the mind on the path rather than on the distance. It frees the mind by setting a repetitious pattern or program that is constant. Once the mind has mastered the pattern, mental energy flows constantly and produces even more energy. Some of this energy goes into the muscles providing stamina for completion, while the remainder transfers to the creative imagination. The physical body needs some kind of attention or it can imprison the mind to engage in over-abundance of comfort and temporal thrills.