HealthRHYTHMS - Suzanne Tribe Profile

Suzanne Tribe

REMO HealthRHYTHMS Endorsed Facilitator

sutribe@gmail.com

http://suzannetribe.blogspot.com/

Suzanne Tribe is a Remo HealthRHYTHMS Endorsed Facilitator and Music Educator who conducts group empowerment drumming events rhythm for wellness and stress reduction in hospitals, assisted living facilities, retreat centers and schools in the US and Argentina. HealthRHYTHMS is an exciting, evidence based, medically proven protocol that is becoming an active part of hospitals and health centers around the country.  Suzanne Tribe brings to this outstanding protocol, her training in music and sound therapies, at the service of the needs of the different populations she works with. 

Originally from Argentina, Suzanne Tribe has performed extensively in a variety of world music genres from folk songs, blues to the ‘bagualas’ of the Argentinean Andes where she did her research. As Associate Professor at the University of Buenos Aires she created new methods for training dance mayors in the use of vocal expression and percussion.  

She moved to the US in 2005 where she trained in the HealthRHYTHMS protocol. She also teaches musical improvisation workshops and classes on shamanic healing techniques at the Center for Integrative Medicine in Cos Cob, CT. She has just finished her new CD with songs from the Andes with her daughter: “Songs from Mother to Daughter”.  

HealthRHYTHMS 7 EVIDENCE BASED HEALTH ELEMENTS

Suzanne Tribe 

REMO HealthRHYTHMS Endorsed Facilitator 

sutribe@gmail.com      

http://suzannetribe.blogspot.com/

HealthRHYTHMS: 7 Evidence-Based Health Elements
Stress-Reduction HealthRHYTHMS (Group Composite Drumming) strengthened the immune system by increasing Natural Killer (NK) cell activity. (Bittman, Alternative Therapies, 2001) This protocol also reversed multiple components of the human stress response on the genomic level, not just reducing but reversing 19 genetic switches that turn on the stress response believed responsible in the development of common diseases. (Bittman, Medical Science Monitor, 2005)

Exercise Drumming is an accessible exercise which burns calories and improves mood and may reduce the risk of disease. A Norwegian study of 25,000 women age 20-54 that performed leisure time exercises at least 4 hours/week experienced a 37% reduction in the risk of breast cancer. (Thune, Brenn, Lund, Gaard, 1997)

Self-Expression HealthRHYTHMS Empowers people to move beyond their perceived boundaries.

Camaraderie/Support A 1992 Duke University Study linked lengthened lifespan with having a close confidant. HealthRHYTHMS protocol builds camaraderie and support by creating a safe space where people feel comfortable sharing and offering support.

Nurturing HealthRHYTHMS protocol creates a level playing field where support of growth and development is encouraged. As equal partners in this process participants often discover inner strength and encouragement by those sharing the experience.

Spirituality HealthRHYTHMS is a group hand-drumming protocol. According to Jan Gregory, Adjunct Professor of Liturgy, Worship and Spirituality at Hartford Seminary, “Hand drumming is an ancient art that has been used in many cultures. The music of drums creates a conduit to the Divine. This is an opportunity to experience worship with our bodies as well as our minds”.

Music-Making Systematic inquiry into the relationship between music and brain function is one of the most rapidly developing fields of human research. “Music making offers extensive exercise for brain cells and their synapses (connections). It would be difficult to find another activity that engages so many of the brain’s systems.”(Weinberger, N., 1998)

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HealthRHYTHMS - MOVING BEYOND PERCEIVED LIMITATIONS

“HealthRHYTHMS is an experience in which participants find the courage to express their innermost feelings and move beyond their fears or perceived limitations; the group creates the healing process which ushers entrance into a place of confidence and well being, acceptance and understanding; renewing a sense of community and bonding. 
What amazes me, over and over, is the synchronicity of events that take place during the HealthRHYTHMS sessions and afterwards in the lives of participants - where the shift and the healing that takes place during the HealthRHYTHMS session then unfolds in their lives.” 
                                                                                        Suzanne Tribe 2008