TaKeTiNa (founded by Reinhard Flatischler) and Rhythm Meditations, led by Village Heartbeat founder Zorina Wolf, are an informal and enjoyable way to learn the basic concepts of finding rhythm in the body. These sessions are open to the public.

Each week we discover another aspect of how to allow the body to become a rhythmic instrument.
As the group configures differently each week the “rhythm meditations” are not planned lessons but emerge organically from the collective itself. Sliding scale for each session is $10-25. For more information: vhb@villageheartbeat.com

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TaKeTiNa is a group process that allows anyone to access his or her body’s innate rhythmic knowledge. Instead of being taught random rhythm patterns, participants are guided into the experience of rhythm archetypes—the underlying structure of all forms of music conveyed in a natural, organic manner.

Through TaKeTiNa, the student gains direct access to the rhythmic worlds of Africa, Asia, and Latin America which, in turn, leads to increased competence and creativity in the related rhythms of classical music, jazz, and hip hop.

Experience has shown that profound rhythmic orientation can be achieved more easily by using the body itself as the main instrument. In this way, TaKeTiNa participants can encounter rhythm directly and intensely. Through vocalization, clapping, and stepping, they are guided into three separate rhythmic layers.

Learning rhythm and music with the TaKeTiNa process always means learning about life, too. Everything that hinders our life is reflected during the process as “rhythmic disability” and can be transformed by the rhythmic evolution that unfolds in TaKeTiNa. The mind becomes silent and one’s core being is allowed to surface.

Please contact cornelia@taketina.com for further information.

The TaKeTiNa rhythm curriculum teaches leadership skills, as well as instrumental training. Intensive immersion in rhythm opens the door into music as a transformative tool. This unique training spans three years. The class of 25 meets twice a year for a two-week period at the Still Meadow Retreat Center, in Damascus, OR.
US TaKeTiNa Training Dates are as follows:

PLEASE NOTE: Village Heartbeat is no longer organizing TaKeTiNa Teacher Trainings