Yes, your skill in your main art form (whether it's visual art, music, drama, dance or creative movement) will help you use your medium strongly. Having said this, it is not a necessity that you are a professional artist to learn 'Art Therapy'. There is a focus on the medium and also a focus on psychology since you will be working with people from various backgrounds with various…

Stress is (directly or indirectly) negatively affecting us all… especially due to our hectic schedules, always being ‘online’ and lack of work-life balance. Are you making time for your team to ensure long term holistic health and well-being through ongoing stress reduction activities and staff motivation sessions?

Those of you who have been in the business long enough, know by now that it’s not as much about what you do, but how…

Varun Venkit, Founder / Director of Taal Inc. speaks to us about the benefits of a drum circle and the various reasons to drum...Today, drumming is not a new medium to us... How can we truly enjoy this activity and also honor the core spirit of drumming? How can we experience more than just the fun aspect of drumming? watch the video to find out more...

Team Drumming has…

Some coloring books are designed with stress relief in mind and have become an adequate adult form of artistic expression.

Many art therapists are supportive of the action and would like to see coloring become a gateway to reach those who could benefit from art therapy.

So far, this has worked to smoothly transition veterans undergoing from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) into art…

A drum circle facilitator is someone who is a catalyst, someone who brings out the best in a group. Using group drumming as a medium, a facilitator helps bring about an outcome (such as learning, productivity, or communication) by providing indirect or unobtrusive assistance, guidance, or supervision.

Akshata Parekh is an Expressive Arts Therapist who uses dance/movement, visual art, and rhythm as a therapeutic tool. She has completed The Taal Inc. Facilitator Training Program and intensive six-day training with Arthur Hull (Village Music Circles, USA). She is presently pursuing her master’s in Clinical Mental Health psychology specialization in Expressive Arts Therapy from Lesley…