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The Healing Power of the Drum: A Rhythm-Based Wellness Workshop (March 13, 2015)

Friday, March 13, 2015 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM (Eastern Time)

The Royal (Associates in Psychiatry Auditorium)
613.722.6521 x6570
1145 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K1Z 7K4
Canada

Overview

The hand drum has been used for thousands of years in celebrations, rituals and ceremonies. The merging of science with the healing qualities of the hand drum is a relatively new development. Robert Lawrence Friedman, MA, author of The Healing Power of the Drum – A Psychotherapist Explores the Healing Power of Rhythm (White Cliffs Media, 2001) and The Healing Power of the Drum II – A Journey of Rhythm and Stories (Pathway Books, 2010) is one of pioneers in this burgeoning new field.
This lecture and hands-on workshop will explore and demonstrate how rhythm-based wellness exercises can be used to attain psychological, emotional and spiritual well-being. Theprogram will demonstrate how rhythm-based exercises can be used as a positive and constructive vehicle for improving both mental and physical states. Anecdotes, clinical data and experiential exercises will be provided. (Certified Board of Music Therapy (CBMT) and National Board of Certified Counselor (NBCC) continuing education credits are available.)

Learning Objectives

In this program, participants will:

Explore the current clinical research on rhythm-based wellness strategies;
Explore how rhythm-based exercises are being used with various physical
and emotional illnesses;
Be provided with, and practice during the seminar, a wide variety of techniques and strategies for using hand drums and rhythm instruments to improve immune system function, release stress, experience positive emotions, and experience various states of well-being;
Learn how to improve communication and listening skills through non-verbal rhythmic conversations;
Learn how to release and transform negative emotions such as anger and grief through consciously directed hand drumming exercises;
Explore whole brain learning techniques utilizing verbal affirmations and rhythm;
Experience individual and group-based improvisational and creative expression techniques.
Target Audience

This hands-on workshop is appropriate for therapists, medical doctors, nurses, addictions counselors, psychotherapists, health care counselors, educators and interested community members seeking to deepen their awareness and understanding of rhythm as a vehicle for wellness, both for their own support, and that of their patients and clients. Training handbook provided.