Music Making for Corporate Wellness
... According to Stress Directions (stressdirections.com), workplace stress continues to grow. In the U.S., experts at the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute for Occupational Safety an...

The New Vitamin D: Vitamin Drum
... A young woman sits in a circle of empty chairs playing her djembe, a West African healing drum. Gradually other women arrive. They join the song, playing their own rhythms on a variety of different dr...

Starting your own Drum Circle
... Top Ten Tips for a Successful Drum Circle Event: Have participants remove their rings before playing hand drums. This protects their rings AND the drums. If you use chairs - make sure they don''t have...

The ART of Drum Circles
... Wisdom of the Ancients Where and when did drum circles begin? Who invented this practice of drumming together in a circle? What was the ancient purpose of drum circles? Although we can never definiti...

Drum Circles: An Ancient Methodology for a Modern World
... How group drumming is being used as a tool for wellness and community building. "Now, more than ever before, people throughout the world are investing time and energy taking better care of themselves....

The Healing Power of the Drum - Part I
... The following excerpts are from "The Healing Power of the Drum", by Robert Lawrence Friedman, published by White Cliffs Media, Inc., October 2000. In The Healing Power of the Drum, psychotherapist and...

The Healing Power of the Drum - Part II: Drumming and Parkinson''s Disease
... Dr. Connie Tomaino, DA, MT-BC, shares some of her work with Parkinson''s patients and rhythm. "I once worked with a young person with Parkinson''s disease who had trouble initiating movement. I explo...

What is a Community Drum Circle?
... The Community Drum Circle, in the context of how we are using it within our non-professional hand drumming culture, is the most basic and simple use of the drum and rhythm. It is the use of a rhythm b...