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TIME 

11.00am - 12.15pm weekly

INVESTMENT 

Causal class $20 or a block of 6 workshops for $100 to be used by the end of the year. Or $150 per ten week term or $15 pro rata.

ADDRESS

Bellbrae Heartspace. Wadawurrung Country, 1544 Anglesea Rd. Bellbrae, Surf Coast, Victoria, Australia, 3228.

10 Health Reasons to Start Drumming 

1. Makes you happy. Participate in a drum circle or take a cardio drumming class and you will see how happy it makes you. Drumming releases endorphins, enkephalins and Alpha waves in the brain, which are associated with general feelings of well-being and euphoria.

2. Induces deep relaxation. In one study, blood samples from participants who participated in an hour-long drumming session revealed a reversal in stress hormones.

3. Helps control chronic pain. Drumming can certainly serve as a distraction from pain. And, it promotes the production of endorphins and endogenous opiates, which are the body’s own morphine-like painkillers.

4. Boosts your immune system. Studies show that drumming circles boost the immune system. Barry Bittman, MD, neurologist and President of the Yamaha Music & Wellness Institute, has shown that group drumming actually increases natural T-cells, which help the body combat cancer as well as other viruses, including AIDS.

5. Creates a sense of connectedness. Drumming circles and group drumming classes provide an opportunity for “synchronicity” in that you connect with your own spirit at a deeper level while also connecting with other like-minded people.

6. Aligns your body and mind with the natural world. The Greek origin of the word “rhythm” is “to flow.” Drumming allows you to flow with the rhythms of life by simply feeling the beat.

7. Provides a way to access a higher power. Shamans often use drumming as a means to integrate mind, body and spirit. They focus on the whole body and then integrate the healing at both the physical and spiritual level by drumming, which connects spiritual forces.

8. Releases negative feelings. The act of drumming can serve as a form of self-expression. You can literally drum out your feelings. When held, negative emotions can form energy blockages. The physical stimulation of hitting the drums can help remove those blockages. Drumming has even been used therapeutically to help addicts deal with their emotions.

9. Puts you in the present moment. While drumming you are moving your awareness toward the flow of life. When you are flowing with the rhythm of life you cannot be caught up in your past or worrying about your future.

10. Allows for personal transformation. Drumming stimulates creative expression. When you drum in a group, you not only get to self-express, but you get feedback from the other drummers. It’s the equivalent of talk therapy! Drum circles provide a means of exploring your inner self, and expanding your consciousness while being part of a community.

YOUR FACILITATOR
Jacqui Dreessens - Ethnochoreologist
jacqui.dreessens@gmail.com
Mobile: 0488 527 656

B.Ed (Dance, Drama, Psychology) Rusden, Deakin University, Australia, 1985. 

Agoro Theatre Company, Pedu, Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana, West Africa, 2001 - 2004. 

Asanti Dance Theatre, Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana, West Africa, 2004 - 2014.                                       

M.Arts (Ethnochoreology, Embodied Methods) Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Faculty of Arts, University of Limerick, Ireland, 2017.

Shamanic Practitioner, Irish School of Shamanic Studies, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, Ireland, 2018.

Director of Wild Moves International 1991 - present.
Lecturer in Performing Arts Education, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia, 1989 - 2016.                                                                        Secondary school teacher in Performing Arts, Our Lady of Mercy College, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 1985 - 1994.

Born and raised on the Surf Coast and Geelong, Jacqui brings over 30 years of professional teaching and performance experience in schools, Early Learning centres, universities, festivals, Health & Wellbeing, Corporate and community ritual celebrations. Jacqui is an Ethnochoreologist and community arts practitioner in choreography and percussion. Her research interest is in Performance Ritual and how people express their identity and connection to their sense of place through music, dance and across the Arts. Her inspiration draws from nature and the environment, researching the Ecology of Place and Embodied Experience. She has extensively studied dance styles and drumming techniques of the African Diaspora which has led to many exciting artist in residency programs in schools, festivals and communities across Australia, Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, India, Brazil, Nepal and the Netherlands including, 'Where journeys Meet' Gasworks Community Arts Park, to celebrate Australian Federation 2001; the Opening Ceremony for the Deaf Olympic Games at Olympic Park, Melbourne 2005; 'The Mountain to Mouth Extreme Arts Walk' You Yangs, Geelong city, Barwon Heads, 2016, 2018 and many new works for the Torquay High Tide Festival like 'SwellBeing'; 'Natural Balance'; 'Moonahs: Sentinels of the Surf Coast'; 'Circles on Waves'; 'Hidden Depths'. On the Australian festival circuit, over the past 30 years, Jacqui has performed with many African dance bands notably, Warako Musica (Congo), Thula Sana (Sth Africa) and Adzohu (Ghana).
Jacqui has facilitated cultural dance and drumming tours to Ethiopia, Ghana, Portugal and Senegal since 2001. She is the Director of Wild Moves International and is also the facilitator of Sparky Moves and the Octopus Consortium (Senior's Social dance), Wild Moves International Dance, Embodied Drumming at Heartspace, Bellbrae.

Rooted to the Earth and connected to the Universe...you are Wild Moves

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Bellbrae Heartspace
1544 Anglesea Rd., Bellbrae Victoria 3228

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