“Imagine a rural village community gathered around a fire under a star-filled night sky. You hear a driving beat and see dancers moving to the rhythms. People of all ages are clapping, tapping, and playing drums, rattles, and bells. The whole circle is a thriving, pulsing community beat. Like smoke rising from the fire, everyone’s spirits are being uplifted, as they are smiling, releasing, connecting, playing, healing…
The drum circle could have taken place centuries ago in a tribal village, or last week in a community park. We tend to think of rhythm as a tool of entertainment and performance. But in ancient times, music and rhythm were primarily tools for supporting a community’s well-being.”
The above write-up from Christine Stevens book Music Medicine, succinctly sums up the power, the mystery and the charm of Drum Circles as it applies to communities and teams.
FocusU now brings to you this ancient tradition – in your own corporate setting.
If you are like most corporate teams, you might have a handful of people familiar with music and hence by inference, a large majority who would find the thought of making music very scary! But that’s precisely the reason why Drum Circles work so well as a team experience.