In the region of the Anasazi peoples, predecessors of the Pueblos peoples, located in the vast region where today is Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New Mexico, called 'the four corners'. There was a Myth known mainly in the Hopi and Navajo cultures by Kokopelli.
Kokopelli, with his flute and apparent hunchback, is represented in the oldest petroglyphs in Southwestern North America, around 3000 years old. Some refer to him as a sage, a magician, a storyteller, a trickster, a curator, a teacher, a merchant, a God of the Harvest. But unanimity is in the power of fertility, ensuring success in crops, growth, and human conception. It was much evoked at the time of planting corn, to ensure a good harvest. The Navajos consider him the God of Harvest and Abundance. The Zuni as a priest of the Rain. Others regard him as a spiritual guide with real healing power. There are several legends about him.
NATIVE FLUTE AND HEALING
The NAF (Native American) style flute is often used as music therapy in recent research in the USA, where these flutes are very popular, their use has shown great improvement in measurements of resilience to stress, asthma, anxiety, as well as post traumatic stress . It has also been shown to be effective in fighting depression. In general, impromptu meetings with the flute have been shown to increase the production of cancer-fighting cells.
By playing a flute, we can exercise therapeutic breathing. According to Chinese medicine, the lung has the functions of managing our vital energy, bodily fluids, controlling the channels and blood vessels, regulating the passage of water and all physiological activities, controlling the skin, sheltering the corporeal soul, in addition to having a connection with emotions and being affected by them, especially sadness, hurt or distress. Unleash your emotions with beauty by blowing the native flute!