fa·cil·i·tate

/fəˈsiləˌtāt/

verb

verb: facilitate; 3rd person present: facilitates; past tense: facilitated; past participle: facilitated; gerund or present participle: facilitating

make (an action or process) easy or easier.

“schools were located on the same campus to facilitate the sharing of resources”

Something Universally Human

Modern American civilization is a mashup of the history and cultural practices of a diverse range of people. American Music and Dance has roots in faraway places which have been mostly forgotten by it’s practitioners. Yet still, as creative orphans, with a limited understanding of our own origins, the music and dance, like DNA, is shaped by the ancestors whether they are known to us or not. 

For thousands of years people on every continent, and in nearly every culture have been drumming and dancing. While this tradition isn’t part of normal American life for most of us, our capacity for creativity, joy, and connection through the practice is still with us. 

Non-verbal facilitated drum and dance circles with Julian Douglas are a way for people at any experience level or no experience to fully participate in this universal human activity in a way that encourages creativity, self expression, and connection with community.  

A safe creative space and instruments are provided along with a sonic foundation that encourages participants to connect with their internal rhythm and the rhythm of the group. 

Julian provides an introduction to the practice and then uses non-verbal communication through the drum to take participants on a journey of discovery – each individual in their own way having and contributing to the experience.  

Participants unfamiliar with the practice find that through this journey they connect with their own rhythm and creativity, they experience a universal and powerful mode of self expression, and have a meaningful shared experience that connects them with the other participants.