All workshops are beginner friendly and require no prior experience.
Learning and experiencing new things is a key part of the Revival experience.
We do have a limited number of drums available for you to use during the drumming workshops.
To be assured of having something to play we recommend bringing your own drum if you have one.
Here are some of the experiences on tap for this year!
Wisdom of Rhythm - A beginner friendly immersion into the transformative power of rhythm and drumming.
The Energy of Sound -Meditative Chanting, Sound Healing Techniques. Learn how to activate your body’s hidden healing potential — using research based sound and vibration.
RhythmTeam - Social connection and joy generation through lighthearted creative collaboration
Jim Donovan M.Ed. is a professional musician, Assistant Professor at Saint Francis University and TEDx speaker. His mission is to share the healing power of music through education and performance.
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Gong Bath -Sound Meditation with Gongs and Bells
Allow yourself to enter a timeless space of listening as Mike Tamburo orchestrates his way through 40+ overtone rich instruments including Gongs, Bells, Hammered Dulcimer and tuned metal instruments. Listeners have described Mike Tamburo's music as an adventure in listening; sonic bliss; a deep and lasting vibrational rejuvenation for body and soul; a profound aesthetic experience; a journey through the senses and a perceptual rollercoaster. Allow yourself to be still and listen.
PLEASE BRING a yoga mat, blanket, or cushion for your comfort during extended relaxation on the floor.
Mike Tamburo has spent his life serving and exploring the power of music. His concerts and workshops are heart centered, uplifting, sonically multi-dimensional, life affirming experiences that focus on self transformation through conscious listening and breathing.
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Expressive Arts
Nature, Our Muse (ART)
Join Meli in calming, centering, and grounding both the mind and the nervous system with gentle movement, mark making, and community. Nature will be our muse and our support during this creative experience. We will pause in nature, respond with creative expressions, and prepare ourselves to absorb all the wonderful things the weekend has to offer. Just as there are no wrong notes there are no wrong marks when creativity is called upon. Artistic ability /experience is not required. All materials provided.
Meli Deaton Cook LPC, NCC
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Ecstatic Movement
A mindfulness-based movement practice that invites you to let go and unleash your authentic, awesome self through free-form movement!
Tricia Chirumbole is a dancer, facilitator, and explorer of life, who is passionate about creating opportunities for personal and collective growth through movement, dialogue, and group co-creation.
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Mindful Movement
Come explore singing and movement with simple chants, melodies and walking songs to build connection & community. Come prepared to sing, play, move and explore creating in small groups.
Rachel Allen, B.A. Political Science/Sociology, is a Certified Music Practitioner, Sound Healer, Reiki Master, Emerging Writer and Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher with a trauma informed/social justice framework.
She has 20 years experience of working with hospice patients and their families, patients in a variety of health conditions in clinical settings, survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence, adults and youth with mental illness and people who are incarcerated Rachel is also passionate about supporting and working with caregivers to reduce burnout and compassion fatigue.
Regionally, nationally, internationally and virtually, she teaches and presents at conferences and retreats, weaving live music, yoga, and creative movement into themes of compassion, self acceptance, and transformation. Rachel is committed to engaging people from all walks of life in the healing arts to create healthy, diverse, and joyful communities. http://www.yogasong.net
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Transformative Writing
At Revival, participants will be invited to use their journals as an active part of their experience. We’ll examine more deeply various approaches to journaling that can help us explore the inspiration that Renewal initiates, as well as the potential blocks we might face to sustaining that inspiration after the weekend is over. Participants will also have the opportunity to meet individually or in small groups to uncover further where their writing from the weekend can take
them.
Matthew Adams, MSPC, MFA, is a counselor, teacher, and writer from Pittsburgh, PA whose talents lie in helping clients and students find and develop artistic voices with which they can explore conflicts they typically face in the walk of daily life, understand the fuller dynamics from which these conflicts grow, and develop a writing practice by which they can initiate and maintain personal growth and resolution
of self-doubt, devaluation, and denial of their inherent strengths and uniqueness.
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Rhythm for the Spoken Word – with Matt Adams & Bryan Fazio
Music and writing represent two of our oldest forms of personal and communal expression.
Rhythm for the Spoken Word explores what happens when we bring these art forms together. In a relaxed, friendly, and energetic environment, participants will be invited to create and share rhythm- based, spoken-word expressions of their experiences of the weekend, based on a musical exploration of the emotional and conceptual themes by which they feel most inspired. Bring a generous and adventurous heart. Leave your inhibitions at the door.
Conga Drumming / Hand Drumming
Delve into the world of Conga drumming as we explore the foundations of Afro-Cuban and Latin Rhythms. Learn the basic techniques for playing conga drums through rhythms found in many styles of music all over the world. We will also look at making practice methods enjoyable and ways to advance your drumming at any level.
A limited number of private & group lessons are available for this instructor.
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Musicality (Creative Music Making)
Like a drum circle, only different. We begin with hand percussion and small drums, playing with melody and harmony as we welcome all instruments, all notes, and all sounds. Expect surprises!
This is first of all a FUN and facilitated experience. The bonus is you will also learn musical games you can bring to your own groups, family events, and drum circles. Any personal instruments are welcome and no musical experience or special skills are needed. There are no wrong notes.
Michael Deaton is a drummer, gong player, music facilitator, and a Global Trainer for Arthur Hull and Village Music Circles. He has been teaching all ages, leading drum circles, and empowering humans through sound, art, and movement for over 20 years..
Community Drumming at the Fire Circle
Each night at the Renewal is a time to jam, dance and have a great time together. Join us for a rhythmic extravaganza built for everyone!
A limited number of private & group lessons are available for this instructor.
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Yoga for Everyone
Gentle yoga classes to help you to keep smiling.
Maureen has practicing yoga since 1998 and teaching since 2003 (certified through Inner Wellness). She has a unique gift for adapting the practice of yoga to meet any practitioner where they are. With a knowledge of anatomy, key muscles are utilized to deepen the poses helping to create greater flexibility and strength both in the mind and body.
Maureen has been practicing yoga for well over a decade and teaching almost as long. She brings a strong practice of mindfulness into her classes to create a sense of purpose and compassion that are taught with kindness and humor.
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The Evening Sing
Singing brings us together like nothing else. Bring whatever voice you have to this transformative experience of release and joy.
Having Essential Conversations & Enhancing Your Connection with the World
Michael Mervosh, M.Ed. is a licensed psychologist, facilitator and trainer who practices in the US and Europe. He’s the executive director of The Hero’s Journey Foundation and founder of PsychoEnergetics Training Program.
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Writing as Meditation
Learn to use focused writing sessions to nourish a creative, intentional life. Combine meditation and breathwork with your journal practice.
Reluctant and seasoned journalers and meditators are welcomed to this warm, judgment-free workshop. Please bring a journal.
Kimberly McElhatten is a writing coach, editor, and content strategist. Through The Writing Circle, she helps passion-driven people tell their stories to grow their impact.
She’s an assistant editor for Brevity Magazine and Fourth River Literary Magazine and the lead content strategist for Great Things, LLC.
Kimberly is currently accepting new clients who want to tell their stories and make a difference. Request a private coaching or editing session at GRR with Kimberly by emailing [email protected]
