Sign up by 9/1 for early bird savings!  

Training is offered in 2 formats:

• In Person in Encinitas, CA (Limited space available – please register early to save you in person spot)
• Live Streaming

Join internationally acclaimed author and music therapist Christine Stevens for a weekend to advance your skills with healing drumming.

• Practice facilitation techniques including volume changes, call and response, healing rhythms, and featuring different sounds and stopping groups
• Learn to lead guided meditations with drumming
• Learn to use vibration in group healing experiences with drumming
• Learn the technique of Shadow Drumming
• Discover how to use inspirational beats to invoke healing and emotional responses in groups
• Discover a one hour protocol for healing rhythm drum circles and practice it with a small group
• Learn to use toning in the frame drum combined with singing bowls for peaceful and soothing effect

This course counts towards your Sound Healing Certification from the Soul of Yoga Sound Institute.

*Pre-requistite: Level 1 Rhythms for Healing or basic drumming education and use
If you have taken other drumming training and would like to audit the course, please contact rebecca@soulofyoga.com with your experience.

Cost: $475 until 9/1/23;  $500 Thereafter

In Person Training Location: Sacred Sound of the Soul 162 S. Rancho Santa Fe Rd. Suite A40 Encinitas, CA 92024

• 10:00am-5:00pm (pst) daily. With 1 hour lunch.
• Recordings are available for a limited time.  Please note that you must be present in class both days to receive recordings, or please make arrangements ahead of time.

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This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the American Holistic Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 

 Approval for contact hours through the American Holistic Nurses Association is based on an assessment of the educational merit of this program and does not constitute endorsement of the use of any specific modality in the care of clients.

Bio: Christine Stevens, MSW, MT-BC, MA holds master’s degrees in both social work and music therapy. She is the Sounds True author of Music Medicine, The Healing Drum Kit and The Art and Heart of Drum Circles. A practicing yogi, she is the founder of UpBeat Drum Circles based in Encinitas. Christine has appeared on NBC, PBS, KTLA, and is a featured speaker in the DVD Discover the Gift. A global troubadour, she has trained facilitators from more than twenty-five countries, led programs for Iraqi refugee women in El Cajon, and became a musical ambassador of peace. From Fortune 500 companies to survivors of disasters, from singing in a sweat lodge with the Lakota Nation, to facilitating outdoor ceremonies, Christine brings peace-making through the weaving of songs and rhythms from sacred sound traditions. She led the first drum circle training in a war-zone in northern Iraq.

Testimonials:

• “Christine guides groups to the secret world of the rhythmic arts.” — Mickey Hart, Grammy award-winning percussionist, Grateful Dead and Global Drum Project; Author of Drumming at the Edge of Magic
• “Christine Stevens can introduce you to the magic, fun, and healing power of drumming. I recommend it.” – Dr. Andrew Weil, Author of Healthy Aging
• Christine Stevens’ work is truly brilliant. I love how she teaches drumming rhythms. The power of her work is reflected in the brightness of her spirit. — Sandra Ingerman, Author of 12 books, including The Book of Ceremony
• Christine Stevens is a magical sage of sound healing. She is a “bridger of worlds” with a deep sense of what matters most. She brings healing home for the Soul. — Dr. Sue Morter, Founder of the Morter Institute for BioEnergetics and Author of The Energy Codes
• “She is an instrument of global peace on the planet.”
• Christine’s work is anointed with the kiss of heaven’s inspiration, celebration, and joy. She is an instrument of global peace on the planet. — Michael Bernard Beckwith, Author of Spiritual Liberation and Founder of Agape International Spiritual Center
• “Each of Christine’s lessons has become a part of my life and helped me to become a musical instrument and a singer of my own song.” -Bernie Siegel, MD, author, Love, Medicine & Miracles. Prescriptions for Living.