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The Rhythm of Life
Rhythmic Adventures offers a unique service to Northern Michigan. There are currently no businesses specifically specializing in Drum Circle Facilitation. Since we are the only organization that has perfected this service, we are bringing to you an entirely new experience.
Our Mission
To facilitate individual and group development of self and community: acquisition of knowledge, confidence, wellness, and fun through drumming and rhythm.
All Ages Love Drumming for Fun, Wellness, and Health
Drumming has been used for centuries as an aid to relaxation and meditation. We cover basic hand drum techniques, understanding rhythm, playing multi-part rhythms in a group, improvisation, finding rhythms to play on your own and meditative drumming.
Our workshops and private classes specifically provide you with the knowledge and confidence to play your drum both on your own for relaxation and meditation and with a group at a drum circle event (where the focus is on 'music-in-the-moment' rather than playing culturally specific rhythms).
We live in a vibrational universe where playing a drum can really help us to relax, de-stress and connect with ourselves and those around us. Drums are associated with empowerment, communication, confidence, community and team building. The drum has an amazing ability to facilitate healing and therefore there are also many health benefits associated with playing a drum and participating in a rhythm-based event.
Our Rhythm-based Events and Activities :
- enhance psychological and spiritual well-being
- enhance physical well-being
- improve social relationships
- enhance sensory awareness and physical dexterity
- improve self-esteem, self-confidence and personal development
The Evidence:
There is an ever-increasing body of anecdotal and scientific evidence which points to the drum's ability to promote well-being. For example, medical research demonstrates statistically significant positive immune system changes that correlated with one-hour group drumming sessions. Research has also shown that participating in drumming sessions may help people defend themselves from the stress and burnout that can cause them to leave their jobs.
Current research has demonstrated that the drumbeat alters brainwave patterns, increasing Alpha (a light meditative brainwave), and dramatically reduces stress. Through the rhythmic repetition of sounds, the body, brain and the nervous system are energized and transformed. When a group of people play a rhythm for an extended period of time, their brain waves become entrained to the rhythm and they have a shared brain wave state. The longer the drumming goes on, the more powerful the entrainment becomes.
Good Reading:
- Can our natural rhythm heal us
- Health Benefits of Drumming
- Drumming better than Chocolate and Wine?
- The Pulse of Life
- Healthy Rhythms
Rhythmic Adventures
P.O.Box 93
Traverse City MI, 49685
Phone: (231)276-2328
E-mail: mail (at) RhythmicAdventures.com