Drumming & Spirituality Workshops

rumming and Spirituality workshops provide a unique opportunity for people of all skill levels to discover the spirituality that rhythm has to offer through hands-on experience with drumming. Participants leave with a greater understanding of not only the mechanics of rhythm making, but a much broader sense of how rhythm and music can positively affect our lives and relationships. Workshops are 1-3 hours and can be done either in one session or over the course of several days or weeks.

Workshops consist of games, exercises, stories and discussions, which allow participants to begin to look at and experience the power of drumming to bring people together and build community. Workshops also include some basic instruction on how to get the fullest sound from the instrument, how to listen more attentively and participate in an ensemble of musicians, as well as some background information on the origins of various kinds of drums and their original roles in the cultures that developed them.

Perhaps most importantly, not only do participants gain a general understanding of how people come together to make musical community, but they leave with concrete ideas of how these instruments are played and how rhythm might be more seamlessly incorporated into their lives.