The workshop will be held in french and english
TaKeTiNa® is a combination of rhythmic meditation, creative musical training& self-awareness. It was created by Reinhard Flatischler in Austria and has been used for 50 years in music, pedagogy, therapy, corporate training and meditation.
Using the body as a musical instrument is as old as mankind itself. Based on rhythm archetypes, rhythmic images anchored deep in human consciousness, TaKeTiNa® combines voice, hand and foot movements in a completely new way: The participants are guided into three different rhythms at the same time, with step movements, clapping and singing - an experience that is usually reserved to musically trained people. With TaKeTiNa anyone can access this space of simultaneous perception and inner freedom.
In this process participants delve deeply into the multilayered essence of polyrhythm - becoming one with the flow of rhythm. Carried by the group as well as by the sound of the berimbau and the surdo, they are able to fully develop and enjoy their rhythmic potential.
Furthermore TaKeTiNa® allows us to develop many of the basic human qualities useful for our daily life in this complex world: Increasing emotional and physical resilience, embracing a new form of learning, gaining access to serenity and inner silence, being fully in the present moment, understanding chaos as a life force and mindfully negotiating this potential.
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Helmut Erler is a sound designer, musician and rhythm therapist dedicated to working with sound and the body. As a master of vinyl cutting for more than 20 years for hundreds of internationally successful musicians, DJs and record labels, he has tuned and shaped the world-renowned Berlin sound of electronic music. As teacher of sound perception and engineering, he has worked for radio, television and theater performances, released 6 albums and toured all over Europe. 2015 - 2018 he was a pioneer of the world's first TaKeTiNa Rhythm Therapy training. 2021-2022 TaKeTiNa Advanced Teacher Training. Today he is a sound therapist inpsychosomatic clinics and regularly leads groups and workshops in Berlin and Europe.
Elena Dunkelman is a singer and a teacher for over 20 years, she works with all audiences: children and adults, amateurs and professionals.
Passionate about music and singing, she has trained in Belgium and abroad. She holds a Master's degree in Jazz Singing from the Brussels Conservatory and has been a certified teacher of the TaKeTiNa® rhythmic process since 2024. Equally passionate about improvisation, she trained at the Liège Conservatory and, through various musical projects and workshops (Música do Círculo, Bobby McFerrin Omega, Rhiannon, etc.), in vocal improvisation and Circle Singing.
A lifelong believer in the healing power of music and sound, she now focuses on rhythm. In the Taketina process, she found a perfect balance between music, movement, meditation, and organic learning.
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