PHOTOSCHMOOZER: Hear the Heart of the World Beat as One!! HealthRHYTHMS

BE STILL...and SEE Photography

Reflecting on who I am...what is important to me...and the gifts I offer the world, I have reorganized this PhotoSchmoozer blog into separate pages for your viewing. I am about so much...people - relationships - drums and rhythms and especially photography...and I realize that although separate, they are all so INTEGRATED into the Whole of who I am!! It's a very peaceful thought and I am thankful for the intuitive gift to see the connections and the relationships. Enjoy the journey through the blog...and WELCOME.
Contemplative photography is about being totally present and seeing exactly what is before you, without filters or judgment. It is about seeing with your heart.Doesn't everyone see what is before them? Not really. You may see a candle on a table. Do you also see the shadows it creates? Or the reflections that the light casts on it? Or it's underlying shape and form?

Sunday, September 19, 2010

Hear the Heart of the World Beat as One!! HealthRHYTHMS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=257fH2__GnM

Meet the Thunder Drum and then click on the You Tube link to see a very special group of individuals that I spent days with at the Remo HealthRHYTHMS training last weekend in Princeton, NJ. We were there to learn and grow, love and network. Saturday night, to remember 9/11, we created a very special drum circle and a song that could well be our theme as we remember!~! The drum is called a Thunder stick. The sounds that it sends forth will send a deep resonating rumble deep within your soul. See what you can discover about it on YouTube or maybe I will play it and share the sounds!!! Here is to all of my wonderful new friends! May we stay connected through our music, drumming and caring for one another and the world!!
Another link to the closing ceremony - same song, different faces!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkoMnuYkLpQ

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What fun to make Homemade Drums!

In September, 2010, I attended the Remo drum company's HealthRHYTHMS training. It was a fantastic 2 1/2 day event - learning about hand drumming and drum circles and the variety of ways that these activities are beneficial to people. Dr. Barry Bittman shared some of the exciting research that he has done that provides evidence of the benefits to participants - team building, stress reduction, FUN, spirit, communication and... Christine Stevens was our co-facilitator - an open free spirit who guided us in drum circle facilitation and then Alyssa Janney shared all of the ins and outs of the business/marketing piece for Certified HealthRHYHTMS facilitators. That I am after the training and fun...and meaningful it is. Call me to talk about scheduling a training event or a series for your friends, co-workers or community: 856-256-8380.
At the training, I talked with Roy and he shared how he had made drums (so had Julie...and a few others) They sent us info about sonotubes and how to make drums. The rest has been persistent exploration from my curious husband (with my helping hands) and then my sense of fun in decorating them!! People are beginning to ask to buy them. Why not?!?