American Music Therapy Association

This workshop provides an experiential introduction to the process of TaKeTiNa, with a focus on the development of the TaKeTiNa process and its application in music education and therapy, instruments used, the teacher training process, and the multi-dimensional approach of music, movement, speech, visualization, polyrhythmic relationships, and visual arts. Benefits can include body-brain synchronization, simultaneous awareness of multiple channels of sensory input, increased internalization of poly-rhythmic relationships, and increased rhythmic stability. Participants will take part in gentle rhythmic movement, exploring multiple levels of rhythm in the body, as well as call and response singing. No instruments are needed since focus is on the activation of the body and voice.