>> A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS ON A MISSION TO SPREAD WELLNESS AND THAT CONNECTION USING DRUMS ARE KALEN THOMPSON SHOWS US BUT SOCIAL DRUMMING IS AND HOW IT CAN BE HELPFUL TO EVERYONE. >> IT'S A MUSIC MAKING TOOL THAT'S GOOD FOR THE BODY MIND AND SOUL RESIDENTS AT BEAVERDALE STATES RETIREMENT COMMUNITY IN DES MOINES ARE THE STUDENTS IN THIS SOCIAL DRUMMING CLASS WILL FOR ONE THING IT GETS US ALL OUT HERE AND AND START TO ENJOY AND TO LOOSEN UP AND UNDERNEATH IT HARD TO PUT INTO WORDS BUT IT'S IT'S I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT JOE PARISH IN AN EMAIL KEY ARE THE BEACH BEHIND THESE DRUMS THEY STARTED THE NONPROFIT ADVENTURES IN SOCIAL DRUMMING BACK IN 2007 WE JUST KIND OF STARTED REAL SMALL BY FEW DRUMS AT A TIME.
>> AND THERE ARE LOTS GROUPS INTERESTED ALL THE WAY YOU KNOW KIDS GROUPS TO THE RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES AND SO IT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT SINCE THEN THEY TRAVEL TO HUNDREDS OF PLACES HELPING PEOPLE FIND THEIR RHYTHM WE CHOSE YOU KNOW USE IS NOT ONLY WITH KIDS IN AND INDIVIDUALS WITH SPECIAL WHO CHOSE TO DO THIS WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT OVER 65 BECAUSE RESEARCH SHOWS THAT LESS THAN 3% OF INDIVIDUALS OVER THE AGE OF 65 ACTIVELY PLAY A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT THAT WASN'T THAT WASN'T THE FOUNDERS SAY PLAYING DRUMS AS A GROUP PROMOTES HEALING AND HELPS RELEASE EMOTIONS BUT YOU'RE PLAYING AN INSTRUMENT OR JUST HAPPENING ALONG SMILING SINGING ANY OF THOSE THINGS ARE ACTIVATING SO MANY DIFFERENT PARTS YOUR BRAIN. >> AND SO IT'S FOR YOUR BODY PHYSICALLY TO DO LIKE THE DRUMMING THE HAND OVER HAND.
IT'S JUST GOOD FOR COMMUNITY JUST DOING SOMETHING TOGETHER THE THERAPEUTIC TAPPING IS ALSO UNIFYING IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE AND WHEN YOU'RE DRUMMING ALONG WITH EVERYBODY AND YOU GOT THAT 5 MINUTES OF MUSIC IN YOUR SYSTEM FIRST, YOU KNOW. >> YOU JUST FEEL THIS YEAR ON THE SAME RHYTHM YOU'RE ON THE SAME BEACH. YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT DIFFERENT TO THE SAME. >> CONNECTED >> 2, 4, NICE JAB.