UpBeat Drum Circles Drum Circle Facilitation Training

Learn to Lead Healing Drum Circles

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“Christine can introduce you to the magic, fun and healing power of drumming.”
– Andrew Weil, MD

“Christine’s work is anointed with the kiss of heaven’s inspiration, celebration and joy.”
– Michael Bernard Beckwith, Founder, Agape International Spiritual Center

“Christine is nothing less than WORLD CLASS. I have had the privilege to work with her and her team, and learn from her for over a decade. And even still I take away something new--you will walk away a new person with a new sense of freedom and LOVE!!!”
– Kat Fulton, MM, MT-BC

“A roadmap to the secret and mysterious world of the rhythmic arts.”

- Mickey Hart, Author, "Drumming at the Edge of Magic," Grammy Award-Winning Percussionist for the Grateful Dead

Are you looking for a healing tool that is engaging, heart-centered, and universal?

Are you ready to say YES to the call of the drum?

Are you looking for personal healing, spirituality and health through rhythm?

About this Course

  • Taken by facilitators, drummers, coaches and therapists from over 14 countries
  • Filmed at a LIVE Training at REMO Recreational Music Center in Hollywood.
  • Native American-informed, honoring indigenous roots of drumming for healing
  • Unlimited viewing for unlimited time

Course Goals

1. Learn to lead healing drum circles for personal growth, spirituality and health

2 Bring drumming into your personal practice for self-care

3. Chant, drum, and awaken the sacred within you

4. Learn the science and spirit of orchestrating healing rhythms

5. Discover Native-informed drumming practices for ceremony and prayer

Course Description

Ten engaging video segments filmed at a LIVE training event.

The 16-page workbook includes how to set up a healing drum circle, bless your drum, and run a group circle. Recommended instrument resources are also included and MORE!

Curriculum Highlights

  • Drum Massage
  • Creating your own Healing Rhythms
  • 3 Keys to Drumming for Healing
  • Cues to leading drum circles
  • Rhythm rhythms of Life, Spirit & the World

    + 3 BONUS GIFTS

1. The Science of Drumming Webinar, free 53-minute webinar

2. Free CD, Drum! Reviving Rhythms: 7 extended play-along tracks to practice facilitation and jump start your programs


3. Twenty-four Healing Rhythm Cards - PDF

This PDF guidebook offers healing rhythm cards in three categories; Life, Spirit, World
You can print them front and back and use to create curriculum for ongoing programs.
Based upon the Healing Drum Learning Program, Sound True



Your Instructor


Christine Stevens - MSW, MT-BC
Christine Stevens - MSW, MT-BC

Christine Stevens, MSW, MT-BC, MA holds masters degrees in both social work and music therapy. She is author of Music Medicine, The Healing Drum Kit and The Art and Heart of Drum Circles. The founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, she has appeared on NBC, PBS, KTLA, and is a featured speaker in the DVD Discover the Gift. She has trained facilitators from more than twenty-five countries in the evidence-based REMO group drumming HealthRHYTHMS program. Christine has worked with many Fortune 500 companies, survivors of Katrina, students at Ground Zero, and led the first drum circle training in a war-zone in northern Iraq.


Course Curriculum


  How to Lead Healing Drum Circles
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Frequently Asked Questions


When does the course start and finish?
The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course - you decide when you start and when you finish.
How long do I have access to the course?
How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like - across any and all devices you own.
What if I am unhappy with the course?
We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 30 days and we will give you a full refund.

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