Rhythm Power®

Personal Growth, Group Empowerment & Recreational Drumming

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Uplifting the Human Spirit and Creating Powerful Lives Through Rhythm™

Drumming is one of humanity's most ancient and universal activities. Throughout the ages, people worldwide have drummed 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 the many physical, mental and emotional benefits of focused drumming activities. In fact, drumming gives us many of the same benefits as Yoga, Martial Arts, meditation and athletics.

Jim Greiner, an internationally renowned percussionist, educator, inspirational speaker and community drumming leader, has developed fun, easy and enormously uplifting interactive drumming programs and rhythm-based workshops for people from all walks of life and groups of all types and sizes . Jim's award-winning work is based on over three decades of experience, including two years in Africa, of exploring the nature of rhythm, the way different rhythms effect us and how to create positive rhythms and patterns in our lives.

Jim combines rhythm play, stories of his drumming and adventure travels throughout Africa, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and North America and traditional folklore into fun, exciting and uniquely moving interactive workshops and keynote programs. Jim's award-winning work taps into our innate rhythmic abilities and into the universal human need to interact socially. His workshops make it fun & easy to become a part of the rich tapestry of the age-old, worldwide tradition of celebrating the human spirit through drumming.

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

"Percussionist Jim Greiner invokes the primal power of drumming to lower the participants' stress, to exercise their minds and bodies and to bind them together in community".  - PBS special, Healing Quest

Jim's interactive drumming programs and drum circles help people recognize their own internal and external Life Rhythms. They also learn how to develop their own innate ability to use drumming and rhythm-play as a vehicle to create Life Rhythms that balance the often stressful, fast-paced rhythms of modern life. and how to replace "bad habits" with Healthy & Productive Rhythms.

Jim has dedicated his life to using drumming and rhythm play to help people empower and uplift themselves, their families, their workplaces and their communities. His workshops have proven time and time again to bring immediate and enduring positive insights and transformations that help people create their own real-world skills they need to live the lives that they WANT to live.

"The repetitive nature of drumming, of engaging in playing patterns, puts us into the focused intuitive state that athletes call the Zone, that psychologists often refer to as Flow and that meditation and Martial Arts practitioners call Effortless Mastery. I call this state the Rhythm Zone™. It is a fantastic place to live!" - Jim Greiner, interviewed on National Public Radio

"Jim Greiner is one of the patriarchs of community drumming. His work with corporate, community, school and therapeutic groups is acclaimed worldwide." - Drum! Magazine

"Your drumming events help bring people together to celebrate and enrich their lives through sound and music. ... and have been a great asset to our National Tour."  - Whole Life Expo

Jim is also head 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 http://www.communitydrumming.com/ for 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 (www.lpmusic.com) and Warner Bros. Music. (http://musiciansfriend.com)

"Thank you for the great start to our retreat! You did a great job of understanding our group and honoring the participation of children, as well as adults."  - Rev. Kathi McShane, San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church

Hands-On! Drumming® Personal Growth, Group Empowerment & Recreational Drumming Programs:

Community Drum Circle (30 minutes to two hours): A facilitated 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 more!

Rhythm Rites™ (30 minutes to two hours): Jim works with group leaders, ministers, therapists, teachers and others to create rhythmic foundations for their special events, ceremonies and group processes.

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

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 working metaphor to teach and reinforce the essential life skills needed for people and groups of all types to thrive.

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 or bring your own!

All 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 event.

Contact Hands-on! Drumming NOW to bring the uplifting power of Hands-On! Drumming® to YOUR group or event!