Roads to Wellness: Drumming in Group
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This intro to drumming will teach basic beats to help individuals feel comfortable with an instrument of their choice. Utilizing mindfulness and rhythm based exercises participants will explore music and sound with others.
About Roads to Wellness:
This activity is part of the Roads to Wellness series developed by the Student Wellness Centre.
Roads to Wellness is a series of creative activities that support your mental health. Each activity is facilitated by professional counsellors and educators within the Student Wellness Centre. Find a complete list of Roads to Wellness activities on the wellness workshops page on students.usask.ca.
Date: Wednesday, February 28th, 2024
Title of event: Road to Wellness: Drumming in Group
This intro to drumming will teach basic beats to help individuals feel comfortable with an instrument of their choice. Participants will use mindfulness and rhythm-based exercises to explore music and sound with others.
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 counseling into her practice. Meghan recognizes that often, words are not necessary to process difficult experiences, and that’s when music speaks.
All USask students are welcome! Free. No sign-up is required.
Date: Wednesday, March 6th, 2024
Title of event: Road to Wellness: Yoga with Drawing
Come feel the benefits of a whole-body drawing and movement experience that soothes and regulates the nervous system. Bilateral drawing works to bring ease to both hemispheres of the brain and yoga is a practice of steadiness and balance for our mind, body, and spirit.
Date: Wednesday, March 13th, 2024
Title of event: Road to Wellness: Working with Clay
Working with oven bake polymer clay, participants explore creation through sensory inputs. Working with one's hands we explore how using our physical body affects our emotional states. Together with one another we share and discuss our creations.
Date: Wednesday, March 20th, 2024
Title of event: Road to Wellness: Drumming in Group
This intro to drumming will teach basic beats to help individuals feel comfortable with an instrument of their choice. Utilizing mindfulness and rhythm based exercises participants will explore music and sound with others.
Date: Wednesday, March 27th, 2024
Title of event: Road to Wellness: Explore Textiles
Join us to explore a variety of textile materials and create something based on a given prompt. This activity explores our sensory relationship with materials as well as the expressive nature of object creation.
Event Details
- When:
- Time:
- 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM CST
- Location:
- USask Community Centre, Marquis 104 (Across from the bookstore)