Debbie Nuccio Durrough

Debbie specializes in facilitating HealthRHYTHMS Empowerment Group Drumming for spiritual centers, Yoga studios, schools, senior communities, assisted living, memory care, caregivers and support groups.   

What is HealthRHYTHMS®?
 

HealthRHYTHMS is a research-based group drumming protocol which has demonstrated biological and psycho-social benefits. 

HealthRHYTHMS® was developed after leading neurologist and mind-body researcher Dr. Barry Bittman, MD, led a renowned research team in the first biological study on the effects of group drumming in 2000. Subsequent published research supports the program. 

Group drumming from a HealthRHYTHMS® perspective is transcendent.  It empowers people to more effectively express themselves while enabling them to move beyond their perceived limitations and put back into their lives what is missing ~ Barry Bittman, MD, CEO, Mind Body Wellness Center.

Customarily people have interpreted good health as the absence of illness or disease, but more recently wellness has come to a new meaning, feeling as good as one can feel regardless of diagnosis.  This new interpretation of wellness is reflected in a shift from medical profession control and management to individuals' assumed responsibility for "feeling good.  It is broadly understood that "being well" results from engagement in activities that lead to and maintain health. ~ Alicia Clair, Ph.D., MT- BC
 

The program Debbie can facilitate will be based upon the HealthRHYTHMS® protocol developed from medical research that shows the health benefits of drumming with a group, including stress reduction, mood improvement and a boost to the immune system.

Some of the Benefits include: 

•     Reduces Stress, Tension and Anxiety
•     Increases Natural Killer Cell Activity
•     Strengthens Immune System
•     Reverses Effects of Stress on Your DNA (in 19 of 46 genes studied)
•     Improves Mood and Reduces Burnout
•     Inspires Creativity and bonding
•     Helps with chronic pain, as drumming promotes the production of endorphins
•     Slow Rhythmic Drumming helps stroke victims reconnect to their bodies
•     Helps individuals with Parkinson's to move more steadily
•     Children with ADHD often focus better after drumming
•     Can help strengthen personal and professional relationships
•      And more