Why Drumming For Corporations And Conferences?

Drumming is one of humanity's oldest and universal community traditions.

For thousands of years people worldwide have drummed in groups to create and strengthen community bonds, rejuvenate and invigorate minds and bodies, enhance focus and clarity of purpose, acknowledge and celebrate common goals and important events, and to just simply have fun together... to celebrate the joy of life!

So... what is it about drumming that makes it such a universal activity?

In all my travels, as well as in my lifelong study of traditional cultures, I have never found a people who did not have some form of rhythm activity as part of their lives and communities. From simple hand clapping and chanting, to complex polyrhythmic, multi-tonal drumming and percussion playing, people have used percussion instruments to create rhythms to accompany, focus and motivate all aspects of their lives.

Why? Because rhythm is an innate part of life! Rhythms, patterns and cycles are found everywhere in the natural world from the structure of atoms, to the growing of complex plant and animal forms, to the cycles of the sun and moon, the seasons and more. We humans are also relentlessly driven by the inner rhythms of our bodies and minds and interconnected by the rhythms of our family, community and professional lives.

As ancient people realized that these inner and outer rhythms were such an integral part of their lives, they learned that they could align with the rhythms of the natural world, and influence their internal and external, personal and community rhythms, in profoundly positive ways by engaging in rhythm play. Using drumming to celebrate a young man's or young woman's rite of passage into adulthood, for example, focuses the individual, and the community, on the significance of the event to the young person and to the community, while providing the cathartic but supportive experience necessary to make the enormous transition into this new stage of life.

Recent clinical studies have also conclusively documented the many profound physical, mental and emotional effects of focused drumming. Drumming with purpose, with an intentional focus on working with a group of people, has been shown to reduce employee burnout, aid in stroke recovery and even strengthen the immune system by increasing the amount of disease-fighting white blood cells!

Drumming is one of life's many blessings as well as one of our most profound ways of celebrating the blessings of life!