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Building Resilience through Self Expression Self- Expression: Using Traditional African Instruments/Rhythm to Relieve Stress. Is a 90 Minutes Drumming workshop facilitated by Francis Agyakwa, for cooperate events, team building and as part of a secondary Traumatic Stress Training that combines the following:
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Learning how to play Djembe
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Brain and hand coordination
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Building Connection/community
This workshop is for individuals/groups looking for a creative outlet.
The four-sided model of thinking styles are metaphorically attributed to four regions of the brain. These four quadrants (A, B, C, D) may be characterized as: A-logical, B-organized, C-interpersonal, and D-imaginative. Creativity is a process involving all four quadrants. Also incorporated is the theory of dominance. Drumming is the only activity according to neurological expects that engages all four quadrants of the Brain
Group drumming and single-therapist drumming (while the patient meditates) are increasingly being accepted as valid therapies by the medical and psychiatric community, particularly for support of depression, cognitive disorders.
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Participant Comments (aspects you liked best about training):
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It helps you to remember about yourself in a job environment that is about helping others
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Engaging, Drums
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Very helpful and engaging
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Drums
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Different ways of interacting
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Drums-very fun, in the moment experience
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Realized a lot today about the stress I bring to work, not really stress from work home
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Drums, the visuals
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All of it, especially the drums
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Everyone must take this training
● Good way to stress released
● Drums, relieving stress physically
● Overview for me, good pace
● I liked the way he broke down the difference between stress and trauma and how they impact our lives.
Mirror neurons also very interesting
● I really enjoyed all of it and thought the examples, self-care worksheet and drumming were awesome. I
believe everyone who works with the public needs to take a moment and set with this knowledge and
care Francis offers.
● Francis’ personal openness and stories to help each participant relate
● The movie clip made an impact on me as I have never seen this movie, now will find it and enjoyed the
drumming.
● Drums of course
● Personable, hands on, content of presentation and the relaxing drums
● Very interesting and easy for all to relate
Participant comments about trainer/training:
● Very good listener and compassionate, makes sure all participants thoughts/ideas are heard
● Great training
● Very helpful and engaging
● Very pleasant, real
● Enjoyed it
● This would be a good training for the supervisors only to learn to allow/incorporate self-care for their
employees be more understating.
● Room was too hot
● Really liked writing down my own plan for self-care
● Give warning prior to showing video. My self-care is watching no stressful tv/videos
● Fun class and it took my mind off afternoon meetings
● Wonderful and a true gift to our community
● I loved it all, thanks. Drums great
● Francis is very dynamic and inspiring speaker
● A great morning
● This is the best vicarious trauma I have done
● Would be beneficial to separate training into employee and supervisor sessions
● Fun and informative
● Very personable and good sense of humor