Be it therapeutic or just plain fun, most people discover they love to drum, and find themselves rejuvinated and empowered by their experience. Drumming will be part of all C.S.ONE's real world events! Monthly circles with Cliff Madru (New England area) start in September!
Cliff always brings numerous authentic Native American drums from Taos, New Mexico, and a large collection of various other percussion instruments to facilitate his own style of high energy, interactive drumming experiences. He creates a positive environment for all those who wish to explore the magic, and embrace the healing energy of the drum.
C.S.ONE drumming experiences with Cliff Madru will take place on
the first Monday of every month.
(If the first Monday falls on a holiday, the circle will take place the following week.)
December 7th - and - January 4th
Times and locations to be announced!
If you would like to attend or host a group or private drumming experience with Cliff,
including his unique Healing Drum workshops or private/group sessions, please
contact him from his website, or call 413-589-9999 (Ludlow, Massachusetts).
Click here if you want information on how to become a
HealthRHYTHMS Group Empowerment Drumming Facilitator.
“The drum in its simplicity offers to those who are called to its beat
a place of natural harmony.” - - Cliff Madru
Although people have been drumming around the globe for as long as humanity has existed to express themselves, communicate, celebrate, facilitate ceremony, and to have fun, modern research has proven that drumming has yet another advantage -improving mental and physical health. That’s right, drumming is actually healthy for you!
Drumming is a fun and exhilarating activity, and at times can also be an emotional experience. An uplifting and inspirational form of expression, drumming calms the mind, empowers the spirit, and provides a positive way of getting in touch with your Higher-Self. By allowing yourself to become entranced in the sound you can close out everything around you. It is in this place of inner stillness that healing begins and our lives can change.
Recent studies have shown that you increase your white blood cell count, strengthen your immune system, and reduce stress while drumming. A leader in this research is Remo®, who for over 50 years has produced award winning drums and percussion instruments. Remo has been a patron member of the American Music Therapy Association for more than 15 years, and they hold membership in the American Holistic Nurses Association and The Florida Healthcare Association.
Health Rhythms - Remo’s music therapy & wellness division - develops instruments, programs, training and support research into the use of drumming as an effective tool for promoting and maintaining health and well -being. Results of their extensive research has shown that through group drumming:
Participants discover an inner strength and become empowered to move beyond their perceived boundaries.
The immune system is strengthened by increasing Natural Killer (NK) cell activity (Bittman, Alternative Therapies, 2001), reversing multiple components of the human stress response on the genomic level, as well as 19 genetic switches that turn on the stress response believed responsible in the development of common diseases. (Bittman, Medical Science Monitor, 2005)
Other benefits to drumming include exercise for the body, the mind, and the spirit:
Systematic inquiry into the relationship between music and brain function is one of the most rapidly developing fields of human research. “Music making offers extensive exercise for brain cells and their synapses (connections). It would be difficult to find another activity that engages so many of the brain’s systems.” (Weinberger, N., 1998)
According to Jan Gregory, Adjunct Professor of Liturgy, Worship and Spirituality at Hartford Seminary, “Hand drumming is an ancient art that has been used in many cultures. The music of drums creates a conduit to the Divine. This is an opportunity to experience worship with our bodies as well as our minds”.
In his article published by Remo (based on his book, The Healing Power of the Drum), Robert Lawrence Friedman, MA, talks about how drumming is used in treating at-risk adolescents, stressed-out employees, Vietnam veterans, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, and more. For additional articles by a number of different professionals on the topic of drumming and wellness (all published on Remo's website), please click here. For scientific research on the topic, click here.
At the forefront of Remo’s activities is their HealthRHYTHMS ® Group Empowerment Drumming program. In the following video segments practitioners tell about the benefits and success of the HealthRHYTHMS ® program.
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