ROADS to Wellness: Group Drumming Workshop
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Come and drum with the ROADS team! Music is a powerful tool that can be used to soothe the mind, express emotions, reduce pain, and encourage community. This group drumming is all about community and letting your “voice” be heard through the tone of the drum.
Event Details
When:
Time: 2:30–3:30 pm
Location: ISAAC Training Room (Room 70.4, Lower Place Riel)
Music is a powerful tool that can be used to soothe the mind, express emotions, reduce pain, and encourage community.
This group drumming is all about community and letting your “voice” be heard through the tone of the drum. Using the various drums and percussion instruments, participants will be invited to explore the instruments and then choose one. Meghan will assist in giving a brief intro to the instruments, and group plan. Introductory rhythms and beats will be explored, and participants will be encouraged to improvise and/or respectfully play their instrument however they desire. We will introduce some gentle movement into our session.
“You can’t do it wrong” is the motto of the group.
Meghan Bowman - Music Therapist
Meghan has been using music as a therapeutic modality in her own life since childhood. She currently works as an accredited music therapist. Meghan is pursuing a Masters of Educational Psychology degree, with the hopes of incorporating more verbal processing and counselling into her practice. Meghan recognizes that often, words are not necessary to process difficult experiences, and that’s when music speaks.
Sonal Kavia, Roads to Wellness - Project Lead/Wholistic Educator
Sonal is a consultant and speaker who facilitates transformative personal and relational development of students, educators, leaders in school and health systems. Her work is based on cultivating deep relational presence through awareness-based teaching and embodied learning experiences. Her master’s research thesis explored teacher and youth identity, belonging, and well-being to foster compassionate culture. Sonal’s vision sees steadiness, joy, and holistic health for all. After teaching in her own classroom for several years, she has shared strategies for well-being in K-12 schools, collaborated in university initiatives, and worked closely with non-profit organizations. Sonal is a leadership coach and a certified facilitator of mindfulness meditation and yoga. Her leadership studies include training with Margaret Wheatley, Presencing Institute, and David Whyte, and Demers Group. Her work offers the restorative aspects of creating, relating, expressing, and integrating in a way that fosters presence and connection.
'Roads to Wellness' was created by the Student Wellness Centre to offer opportunities for wellness and healing to university students and staff in group experiences facilitated by Mental Health Clinicians, Educators, and Counsellors who offer a variety of expressive and somatic techniques. We aim to expand our reach so that students and/or staff/faculty have an experiential gathering time, feel a sense of connection and community, and have broader access to mental wellness services. Guided activities, including expressive making, music, and movement are the core of our programming. Please join us to... EXPERIENCE. CONNECT. CREATE.
This group drumming is all about community and letting your “voice” be heard through the tone of the drum. Using the various drums and percussion instruments, participants will be invited to explore the instruments and then choose one. Meghan will assist in giving a brief intro to the instruments, and group plan. Introductory rhythms and beats will be explored, and participants will be encouraged to improvise and/or respectfully play their instrument however they desire. We will introduce some gentle movement into our session.
“You can’t do it wrong” is the motto of the group.
Meghan Bowman - Music Therapist
Meghan has been using music as a therapeutic modality in her own life since childhood. She currently works as an accredited music therapist. Meghan is pursuing a Masters of Educational Psychology degree, with the hopes of incorporating more verbal processing and counselling into her practice. Meghan recognizes that often, words are not necessary to process difficult experiences, and that’s when music speaks.
Sonal Kavia, Roads to Wellness - Project Lead/Wholistic Educator
Sonal is a consultant and speaker who facilitates transformative personal and relational development of students, educators, leaders in school and health systems. Her work is based on cultivating deep relational presence through awareness-based teaching and embodied learning experiences. Her master’s research thesis explored teacher and youth identity, belonging, and well-being to foster compassionate culture. Sonal’s vision sees steadiness, joy, and holistic health for all. After teaching in her own classroom for several years, she has shared strategies for well-being in K-12 schools, collaborated in university initiatives, and worked closely with non-profit organizations. Sonal is a leadership coach and a certified facilitator of mindfulness meditation and yoga. Her leadership studies include training with Margaret Wheatley, Presencing Institute, and David Whyte, and Demers Group. Her work offers the restorative aspects of creating, relating, expressing, and integrating in a way that fosters presence and connection.
'Roads to Wellness' was created by the Student Wellness Centre to offer opportunities for wellness and healing to university students and staff in group experiences facilitated by Mental Health Clinicians, Educators, and Counsellors who offer a variety of expressive and somatic techniques. We aim to expand our reach so that students and/or staff/faculty have an experiential gathering time, feel a sense of connection and community, and have broader access to mental wellness services. Guided activities, including expressive making, music, and movement are the core of our programming. Please join us to... EXPERIENCE. CONNECT. CREATE.