Personal Growth and Empowerment
Recreational Music Making

Rhythm Power® Workshops, Drum Circles and Seminars

Uplift and empower YOUR life through rhythm!™

Drum Circles Ceremonies & Rituals Recreational Drumming Private Events
Wellness Retreats Personal Growth Workshops & Conferences

 Drumming is one of humanity's most ancient, universal and uplifting activities. Throughout the ages, people worldwide have played rhythm instruments as individuals and in groups to:

• Release Stress
• Enhance Clarity & Focus
• Connect and Energize Mind, Body & Spirit
• Create Social Bonds & Thriving Communities
• Acknowledge and Celebrate Important Events and Life Blessings
• Have Fun!

Recent clinical studies have also conclusively documented some of the many physical, mental and emotional benefits of focused drumming activities. In fact, purposeful drumming gives us many of the same benefits as Yoga, Martial Arts, meditation and athletics.

Jim Greiner is an internationally renowned percussionist, educator, inspirational speaker and community drumming leader.  He has developed fun, easy and enormously uplifting interactive drumming programs and rhythm-based workshops for people from all walks of life, and for groups of all types and sizes. Jim's award-winning work is based on over four decades of his rhythm experience and rhythm journeys, including two years in Africa where he was profoundly moved by the power of rhythm to uplift, inspire and focus people during special events and in their daily lives.  

Jim Greiner's workshops go far beyond drumming
to the roots of relationship that are longing to emerge in each of us."
-Gary Zukav, best-selling author of "The Dancing Wu-Li Masters" and, "The Seat Of The Soul"

Jim has dedicated his life to exploring the nature of rhythm, and to using rhythm instruments to help people uplift, empower and focus themselves, their families, their communities and their workplaces.  He is recognized as an expert in the way playing, feeling and dancing to different rhythms affects us physically and emotionally. 

"The repetitive nature of drumming, of engaging in playing patterns of sound, puts us into the focused intuitive state that athletes call the Zone, that groundbreaking psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi refers to as Flow,
and that meditation and Martial Arts practitioners call Effortless Mastery.
Musicians call this state the Groove... it is a fantastic place to live!"
- Jim Greiner, interviewed on National Public Radio

Jim Greiner's Rhythm Power® workshops and inspirational/instructional videos make it fun & easy to become a part of the rich tapestry of this age-old, worldwide tradition of celebrating our humanity and our spirit through rhythm.

In his workshops, Jim combines rhythm-play, vocalization, movement and stories of his worldwide drumming and adventure travels, as well as traditional folklore, into fun, exciting and profoundly moving experiences that will help you to:

• Ground, center and relax yourself
• Rejuvenate and focus yourself physically, mentally and emotionally
• Connect with your innate rhythmic abilities
  
• Recognize your own internal and external Life Rhythms
• Use drumming as a fun, down-to-earth vehicle to learn productive, real-world Life Skills
• Replace "bad habits" with powerfully uplifting Life Rhythms
  
• Celebrate the Blessing that is Life!
  

Jim is also Head Artist of Latin Percussion Instruments' Recreational & Community Drumming Program. Latin Percussion (LP) is the world's most respected name in hand drums and hand percussion instruments. Visit their site at communitydrumming.com for more information on the world-wide community drumming movement.

Jim's award-winning video/DVD, "Community Drumming For Health & Happiness" is available in music instrument and wellness stores worldwide, as well as through Latin Percussion Instruments, Alfred Publishing and this web site .

Rhythm Power® Community Drum Circles

Community Drum Circle (30 minutes to two hours): A facilitated group drumming "jam session". Guaranteed to break the ice, build community bonds and create a spirit of celebration for groups and events of all kinds and sizes. Weddings, parties, births, family reunions and much, much more!

Rhythm Rites™ (30 minutes to two hours): Jim works with group leaders, ministers, therapists, teachers and others to create interactive rhythmic foundations for their special events, ceremonies and group processes. Jim will also come to your place of worship and conduct participatory rhythm programs during your services: includes welcoming rhythms to begin your service, calm meditative rhythms during your service, and uplifting celebratory rhythms to close your service.

Rhythm Power® (two hours to multi-days): An experiential, rhythm-based inspirational workshop that motivates people to live their lives with intention, passion, a focus on common goals and values, and in a spirit of celebration... to create powerful and positive Life Rhythms!

Communicating, Cooperating & Celebrating Through Rhythm!™ (30 minutes to two hours): An interactive presentation, with or without instruments, that uses group rhythm-play as an uplifting vehicle to teach and reinforce the universal core principles and essential, real-world life skills needed for groups of all types to thrive.  For corporate team building, conference ice-breaking and keynotes, community and school events and groups, and private workshops.

Please also see our other pages on this site for information about our programs for corporate, community, school and therapeutic groups.

All instruments are provided and bring your own!

All budget, sound and space constraints easily accommodated

Small "take-away" percussion instruments, with or without your logo or theme imprinted, are also available for your group members as fun, playable mementos of your even

Please enjoy my FREE Play-Along Audio Loops:
these are repeating rhythmic patterns that are great for practicing your percussion skills...
and for internalizing relaxing rhythms!

We accept credit cards for your group's workshop through

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Workshops, Percussion Classes and Drum Circles to YOUR community, group and events!