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After a meal and an evening of music-making with three amazing women drummers last weekend, I was inspired to write about drum circle facilitation and a program that connects all four of us: Remo’s HealthRHYTHMS®. Mary Tolena and Jú Linares of ZaBoomBala Drumming Works stayed with me in San Diego for 2 days and told [...]
Archive for March, 2010
Drum Circle Facilitation and Music Therapy
March 30th, 2010 
Kat Fulton 
Posted in Drumming, Music & Wellness 
Tags: active music-making, drum, drum circle, Drumming, health, music making, music therapy, rhythm, self-care, wellness 
5 Comments »9 crazy ideas for playful spontaneity during the work day
March 25th, 2010 Kat Fulton 
Sometimes my eyeballs get stuck on the computer screen. Sometimes I find myself doing the same daily routine, and I need a change. This week I found bits of time during the day to give my left brain a break, clear my mind, gain new perspective, exercise my imagination, and return to work refreshed. Here’s [...]
Posted in Music & Wellness, Z Tags: boost morale, health, Music & Wellness, music making, playful, preventative care, refresh, refreshed, self-care, spontaneity 7 Comments »Schlepping Made Easy
March 23rd, 2010 Kat Fulton Do you facilitate group drumming? Or maybe it’s something you’ve thought of doing, but you’d rather not go through the trouble of carrying around drums? I love drumming, so I’ve tried several different schlepping solutions, and I’ve come up with a few good ideas. Check out the video and the following products for transporting enough [...]
6 Studies that Show How Making Music Affects the Body
March 17th, 2010 Kat Fulton 
A couple of weeks ago, Matt Logan of the Music Therapy Source tweeted a completely “irreverent, hilarious, & surprisingly accurate” article entitled 7 Insane Ways Music Affects the Body (According to Science). While I’m constantly reading up and obsessing myself with research on music’s physiological effects, this article opened my eyes to a new perspective. [...]
Posted in Research Tags: drum, drum circle, group drumming, healing, health, immune system, mood enhancement, Music & Wellness, music making, music therapy, preventative care, rhythm, wellness 6 Comments »Make Music for St. Patrick’s Day
March 16th, 2010 Kat Fulton There are a million ways to get in the Irish spirit this season. Leprechauns, rainbows, and shamrocks are posted in store windows and on community walls. Irish fiddlers are sitting on street corners. Everybody is wearing green socks, shirts, earrings, tattoos. It’s everywhere! The easiest way to get my older adult clients in the spirit [...]
