As I am sure you can appreciate many of the ladies coming to our refuge have experienced significant trauma and are dealing with mental health issues, so this session was extremely valuable from both creating a sense of connection to others and being able to release negative emotions and create a sense of wellbeing and happiness. Other clients have reflected how relaxed they felt and how powerful tapping drums can be in lifting mood and have asked me daily when I will be purchasing drums for the refuge.
Our therapeutic Drum Circle Facilitator Training program is designed to help you spread access to this mental health tool. It is becoming well documented in research arenas that there are many significant benefits of group drumming. Take a look From the shamans of Mongolia to the Minianka healers of West Africa, therapeutic rhythm techniques have been used for thousands of years to create and maintain physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Current research is now verifying the therapeutic effects of ancient rhythm techniques. Recent research reviews indicate that drumming accelerates physical healing, boosts the immune system and produces feelings of well-being, a release of emotional trauma, and reintegration of self' Read more - Article by Michael Drake. Why are Drum Circles so effective? Arrange your Free Confidential Addiction Assessment. We use cookies to give you the best online experience.
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Sign-up is required to attend. Drumming promotes a connection of different parts of the brain such as the right and life hemisphere, as well as the brain stem to the cerebral cortex. These connections help the trauma survivor process through their past on a biological level. In short, everyone. S ince we are all professionals with critical minds, I have gathered some supportive research on some of the specific populations we serve.
Therapeutic drumming is all about the process. The real benefits of drumming shine through the process that is experienced when your engaged in the activity itself.
Here are some possible questions which can help your participants reflect and connect the benefits of the drumming process to their own healing.
Comment below and share your stories. Sweaty and exhausted, but absolutely bought into therapeutic drumming after spending three days building my very own traditional Djembe during my TDIT Course.
Therapeutic Drumming November 29, If you asked me to list my strengths, musical talent would not be one of them.
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