Handcrafted Chacha Seed Pod Shaker & Wood Handle

The Chacha Seed Pod Shaker has Chacha oleander pods fixed to a polished wooden handle.

The pods produce bright, crisp, percussive tones when the shaker moves.

The handle sets the timing for playing to a beat in rhythmic accompaniment or a meditation practice.

Products requiring squeezing, pulling, pressing, or force production engage muscles and joints and therefore provide proprioceptive input.

Activities often associated with creativity, learning, and leisure can also play a meaningful role in cognitive and emotional well-being.

Reading, writing, listening to music, and playing an instrument do more than provide entertainment or creative expression. Research suggests that these activities can help individuals explore, express, understand, and regulate emotional experiences. Music has been associated with emotion-regulation processes and mood management (Peters et al., 2024; Chong et al., 2024), expressive writing has been linked to emotional processing and reflection (Pennebaker, 2018), and reading has been associated with emotional understanding, empathy, and perspective-taking (Rezende & Shigaeff, 2023; Luperini, 2021). These activities also engage cognitive systems involved in language, attention, and memory (Kunert et al., 2015; Maess et al., 2001; Patel, 2003; Yurgil et al., 2020). Musical and linguistic activities draw on shared neural resources for processing structured information, including syntax (Kunert et al., 2015; Maess et al., 2001; Patel, 2003), while music training has been associated with working-memory processes and executive functioning (Yurgil et al., 2020). Reading, writing, and music may support emotional well-being and cognitive development while strengthening communication, memory, attention, emotional understanding, and self-regulation.

Details

• Product: Hand shaker
• Primary material: Chacha oleander seed pods
• Secondary material: Polished wooden handle
• Craft: Handcrafted; pods hand-collected and hand-finished
• Sound profile: Bright, crisp, percussive
• Variation: Shape, size and sound vary between pieces

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