According to Stress Directions, workplace stress continues to grow. In an amazing, revolutionary step towards the practical application of music making for wellness, Toyota Motor Sales USA’s corporate headquarters in Torrance, California has created...
According to Stress Directions (stressdirections.com), workplace stress continues to grow. In the U.S., experts at the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health are dedicated to studying stress.
How group drumming is being used as a tool for wellness and community building.
"Now, more than ever before, people througho
Drumming and Parkinson's Disease
Dr. Connie Tomaino, DA, MT-BC, shares some of her work with Parkinson's patients and rhythm.
The Healing Power of the Drum - Part I ;The following excerpts are from "The Healing Power of th
"Sound" is within the very definition of health. According to Webster's Dictionary, health is "being sound in mind and body." Other terms, such as being at a "higher vibration" and being "in tune" point towards the role of music in wellness. The...
A young woman sits in a circle of empty chairs playing her djembe, a West African healing drum. Gradually other women arrive. They join the song, playing their own rhythms on a variety of different drums. No two rhythms are alike, and yet somehow...
The Community Drum Circle, in the context of how we are using it within our non-professional hand drumming culture, is the most basic and simple use of the drum and rhythm. It is the use of a rhythm based event as a tool for unity. A community drum...
Four thunderous roars crack the silence. Cacophony ensues. The noise begins to settle and so does the dust…as the tragic symphony progressively unfolds. The first movement is easily discernableæ New York, Washington D.C. and rural Pennsylvania...
In "One Happy Family: notes of camaraderie" Barry Bittman, M.D. relates the story of an elementary school music teacher in western Pennsylvania, who combines love for children with opportunities for recreational music-making that builds bridges on...
Christine Stevens MSW MT-BC
Barry Bittman MD