Rhythm Fix wants to create a more rhythmically aware culture because drumming together strengthens our community. We may meet for the first time but as we play together, we give ourselves a rhythmical massage, an emotional release and a healing. As membraneous amplifyers the drums acoustic vibration effects us all.

We can provide you with skilled drumming and dance workshops, unifying drum circles, passionate facilitators, energising world music performances, street acts and Djs, interactive school incursions, ongoing drum and dance classes and we can also skin, tune and repair your broken drums.

But why drum?

Firstly, its just really good fun!

You are walking down the street past some busking bongo player and your hand spontaneously feels drawn to hit the skin, you can’t walk past without having a bash on the drum.

Most of us have this probably deep ancestral memory of the drums significance and importance to us and our community. Although historically repressed in us westerners (precisely because of its power to liberate and bond community) this need for rhythmic expression is now resurfacing in old and new forms all over the globe.

The richness and wealth of a Country is in the culture, the music and art of the people.

Benefits

Apart from the obvious cardio workout, drumming provides health benefits which are now starting to be officially recognised with recent studies with beginners proving drumming together increases the T-cell count in the blood stream which helps in the fight against cancer and disease. Drummers have been found to easily enter alpha brainwave states.

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'As a drum facilitator and psychotherapist, I have personally witnessed the power of the drum to relax the tense, energize the tired, and heal the emotionally wounded. I have also observed the hand drum's extraordinary and consistent ability to create states of euphoria, induce light trance, promote play, release anger and promote feelings of community and unity'. Dr Robert Lawrence Friedman

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We drum for fun and fitness, a sense of community, an introduction to rhythm and percussion technique, for musical expression, stress-reduction and wellness and for an experience of unity.

When the circle works as a team, everyone benefits, because we all hit THE GROOVE, where the energy flows, time stops and we all evaporate....that bliss only occurs when the circle works as a team. Those principles carry over into everyday life.

The Circle

There are many reasons for why a gathering of people in a circle is
powerful. A circle is a shape that is found repeatedly throughout the
natural world, and it is a symbol of perfection. We recreate this
perfect shape when we join others to form a circle. Being in a circle
allows us experience each other as equals. Each person is the same
distance apart from the next participant, and no one is seated higher
than or stands apart from others in a circle. From tribal circles to
the mythical round table of King Arthur, the circle has been the shape
adopted by gatherings throughout history.

The circle is acknowledged as an archetype of wholeness and
integration, with the center of a circle universally understood to
symbolize Spirit - the Source. When a group of people come together in
a circle, they are united. This unity becomes even more powerful when
each person reaches out to touch a neighbor and clasps hands. This
physical connection unites thought and action, mind and body, and
spirit and form in a circle. Because a circle has no beginning and no
end, the agreement to connect in a circle allows energy to circulate
from one person to the next, rather than being dissipated into the
environment.

Like a candle used to light another candle, the connection with spirit
that results when one person joins hands with another is greater than
if each person were to stand alone. People who take part in a circle
find that their power increases exponentially while with the group.
Like a drop of water rippling on the surface of a pond, the waves of
energy produced in a circle radiate outward in circular motion. While
one person may act like a single beacon that emanates light, a circle
of people is like a satellite dish that sends out energy. There is
power in numbers, and when the commitment is made by many to face one
another, clasp hands, and focus on one intention, their circle
emanates ripples of energy that can change the world.

We are meeting for the first time.

not for trade or to compete

but to drum away our time as one

making hands into dancing feet