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Three Keys to Drumming for HealingChristine Stevens, MSW, MT-BC, MAUpBeat Drum Circles

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Rhythm is one of the most basic and fundamental parts of the human experience of music.

It can never be "lost" the same way One can lose language or emotional processing.

Rhythm has a profound evolutionary benefit in syncing human beings to create a social whole. - Dr Oliver Sacks

The Healing Drum Learning Program

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NEW Online Course with The Shift Network7 Modules, Bonus Gifts This course will feature LIVE teachings, interactive training sessions, and experiential practices with Christine. Each session will build upon the previous ones so you’ll develop a complete holistic understanding of drumming as a tool to fall more deeply into your heart.

www.awakenyourrhythm.com

Coupon CODE UBDRUM – 50% off TEXT the word drumming to 22828

10 Instructional Videos filmed LIVE 18 Page Guidebook Only Native-informed Drum Circle Training Program

The Science of Drumming Entrainment Studies with Alzheimer’sRhythm-Based Music Therapy

Barry Bernstein & Dr. Alicia Claire Results 1. Increased participation drumming versus sing-a-long 2. Improvement in entrainment and drumming skill over time

RAS – Rhythmic Auditory Stimulation Dr Michael Thaut, PhD Front Psychol. 2014; 5: 1185. Neurobiological foundations of neurologic music therapy: rhythmic entrainment and the motor system

Trust, Kindness and Cooperation in 14 Month-Old Infants, Dr. Laurel Trainor

Social Effects of Movement Synchrony: Increased Infant Helpfulness only Transfers to Affiliates of Synchronously Moving Partners, Cirelli, LK, Wan, SJ, and Trainor, LJ (2016). Infancy, DOI 0.1111/infa.12140, 1-15

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Twist and Shout: Bouncing in Sync Strengthens Social Bonds Through Music and Rhythmhttps://trainorlab.mcmaster.ca/research/lsm/supplement-material

Auditory Development LabMcMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario.

“Findings show music has important social effects on infants—as long as the little ones and their parents aren’t just listening passively”

Group Drumming Improves Social-Emotional Skills in Middle School Students

Beat the Odds – Drumming Builds Social-Emotional Skills in Middle School Students. (2012)

The Impact of Group Drumming on Social-Emotional Behavior in Low-Income Children, Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine (eCAM), July, 2010. Ho et al.

•N=101, 5th grade, 90% Latino, 12 week curriculum counselor-led drumming therapy groups.

•Measured Teacher’s Report Form and Child Behavior Checklist.

•Significant improvement - internalizing problems, withdrawn/depression, attention problems, anxiety problems, attention deficit/hyperactivity problems, inattention subscale, oppositional defiant problems, sluggish cognitive tempo.

Group Drumming Reduces Stress in Cellular BiologyBittman et al. (2001) Composite Effects of Group Drumming Music Therapy on Modulation of Neuroendocrine-Immune Parameters in Normal Subjects, Journal of Alternative Therapy: Jan. pp 38-47

Subjects: N =111 non-drummers, Group size 10 – 14 participants

Conditions ; Listening, Control Group, Group Drumming, Impact Drumming, Shamanic Drumming, Composite Drumming Protocol

Results; Natural Killer NK cell activity, Cytokines Interleukin II and Gamma Interferon boosted in subjects who drummed

Summary: Cellular biology boosted and stress response reverse using Composite Drumming Protocol.

Composite Drumming Protocol

1. Exercise2. Self Expression 3. Camaraderie 4. Nurturing and Support 5. Guided Imagery6. Spirituality 7. Music Making

Improvisation Turns off Self-Judgement & Self-Monitoring, Charles Limb, MDNeural Substrates of Spontaneous Musical Performance: An fMRI Study of Jazz Improvisation,” PluS ONE. CJ Limb and AR. Braun (2008)

• fMRI showed jazz keyboard improvisation vs memorized music activated medial prefrontal cortex, the seat of self reflection, self-expression, meditative mind.

• Simultaneously, the jazz condition turned off larger areas of the prefrontal cortex which operate in self-monitoring, criticism, and judgment.

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Drum Circle Training for Conflict Resolution and Peace Building

Project: Five day training for conflict resolution and peace building in northern Iraq, 2007-2009

Subjects: 40 participants from a variety of religious traditions and languages; Muslim, Yazidi, Sunni, Shia, drummers and non-drummers, community leaders.

Results: 90% Improvement in Sense of Community in 5 days. Highest rated success Of any ACDI-VOCA project, funded by US-AID.

Music as a Global Resource: Solutions for Social and Economic IssuesCompendium – 3rd Ed, (2011), United Nations, Stevens & Witter, Drum CircleTraining for Conflict Resolution and Peace Building

Welcome Song: sing or drum each child's name

Drum demo:Dum TakCall and responseor Instrument Making

Drum circle:call and response with movement. Have children start the rhythms, etc. Loud and soft is good for motor control.

Cultural sharing: Children's play songs, mother's lullabies, action songs, etc.

Ask how they feel?

Integration: Deeper lessons and metaphors. Access to peace building.

Ceremonial Closing:Good bye song

Stretchwith participant music

PRIOR TO CIRCLESet up circlePut rug in centerSet IntentionGreet people

Body percussion:Inspires participation

Peace Drum Protocol

Based on 8-shields model.Jon Young et al.www.8shields.orgChristine StevensMark Montygierd

Lost Boys of Sudan

Shifaa, group drumming with Iraqi refugee women with partners License to Freedom and Musical Ambassadors of Peace

Refugees and Peace Making

Intention

Posture Rhythm

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Rhythms of LIFE

Breathing*HeartBeat*WalkingSkippingLaughing*Dancing Resting

*Integrative Rhythms

Rhythms of SPIRIT

Relaxation*ReleaseCreativity

Playfulness*Power

*TransformationInspiration

*Vitality

*Integrative Rhythms

Rhythms of the WORLD

Taiko Matsuri - JapanAyube – Middle East

Clave – CubaSamba – Brazil

Rumba Guaguanco – CubaAgilablanca – Mexico/ Axtec

Econcon – W. Africa

TIPS on Drumming for Healing

Drum Tarot – choose a category, Life, Spirit, World, and then select a card. See what rhythm lesson awaits you today.

Drum Circle Beat – choose a rhythm card as a springboard jump start beat at a drum circle. Then cue the group to improve to the beat.

Combinations – for groups of 2 or more people, combine the cards and integrate the meanings. For example, try walking with the heart beat as a symbol of walking through life, leading with the heart.

Call and Response – have each person play a short phrase and the group copies their beat. Themes – leadership, creativity, dialogue

Nature Drumming – take your drum in a backpack. Listen to the birds, the trees, and play along.

Drumming for Ceremony - use drumming to enhance any celestial and seasonal event such as Full Moon, Solstice and Equinox.

Drum Duets – share a rhythm with a friend. Divide the rhythm in half and make it a conversation. Ultimately, continue to play your own improved beats.

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YouTube Video Tutorials

Call and Responsehttps://youtu.be/p5ZrQZ9-M6w

Take the Rhythm Challengehttps://youtu.be/8AHaDW1AGDY

How to lead stop and start https://youtu.be/Fp7Wb5EZB4E

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