Mission Statement

Sacred Heart Beats is an organization founded in principles of service, creativity, purpose, and community.

We believe and teach that rhythm is a tool for mindfulness, meditation, and communication for team building and conflict resolution. Our circles offer individuals these tools, regardless of their physical or mental abilities.

our purpose

Sacred Heart Beats facilitates peaceful, playful, and creative problem-solving interpersonal and group dynamics and communication through improvisational therapeutic drumming.

We help:

• Individuals find comfort in their unique creative voice and the interplay of it with others

• Families find safe and creative ways to connect to loved ones

• Students to communicate with greater nuance and self discipline to peers and instructors

• Vulnerable individuals and their caregivers to the larger community through drumming and movement

We recognize that the need to create, and to be seen and heard is part of the universal human experience and happens most readily within the context of safety. We achieve this by careful selection of assistants or trained supervision as appropriate to the setting.

The joy of drumming brings about healing and reduces suffering and stagnation. We hope to share this healing experience with all who join us in circle.

about scott & Carey

Scott’s career in music spans 30 years and a variety of platforms including education, performance, and recording. Carey’s work with the drums began in 2016 when she retired from midwifery, bringing a rhythmic background from general music and dance education.

Together they have served an intensive apprenticeship within the elder care and special needs communities. They draw upon the insights found in those settings and from their own backgrounds, and weave in principles of effortless mastery, improvisational music theory and groundbreaking science in the field of neuroplasticity. Their combined vision is community and group healing through improvisational drum circles.

They are mystics, musicians, healers, and educators.