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What happens when we drum?

All of the above examples show that there is an implicit connection between us and our inner drummer. We’ve been drumming together in groups since before we remember even. Listening to an intricate, polyrhythmic, West African Djembe Rhythm gets our feet tapping in minutes because we’ve already subconsciously accessed the inheritance of our collective unconscious.Continue reading “What happens when we drum?”

Learn About Team Building Activities in Pune

Over the last decade as Pune progressed into becoming one of the few IT hubs in the country, the need for team corporate engagement activities also saw a surge and Taal Inc. is one of the first few organisations in Pune and in the country that’s been offering these Team Building Activities in Pune in fun, engagingContinue reading “Learn About Team Building Activities in Pune”

Expressive Arts with Akshata

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

Kelvin Kew

The Vice-President of TTMDA made it to India for some TTM workshops on second attempt. Due some ‘Visa on Arrival’ issues in 2015, he had to actually return to Singapore and was denied entry on Indian soil. However, second time around in 2016, he made it much better prepared with his paperwork and we hadContinue reading “Kelvin Kew”

Stress Reduction Activities

Taal Inc. is your company’s ‘Mental Health Support System’. Right from an arts-based mental health professional on-site, weekly employee engagement activities, fortnightly Team awareness building/support group sessions to monthly interactive gala events; we’ve got a solution to fit your Team Building Pune, Stress Reduction Activities and Group Cohesiveness Building needs.

What is Art Therapy?

Art Therapy is the use of various art-based modalities (drawing, painting, sketching, doodling, drumming, singing, dancing, creative writing, theatre activities and so on) with a particular group (over a period of time) to positively influence certain pre-decided behavioural (not necessarily artistic) objectives. This could be used in various settings such as hospitals, with special needsContinue reading “What is Art Therapy?”

Art therapy session at Taal

So, while a one-off drumming event can be therapeutic; wherein, there is an emergent experience of an epiphany (catharsis or heightened awareness), an Art Therapy session (that Taal Inc. calls Art Talks) is designed with a very specific purpose or objective that would be arrived upon based on a process and measured using psychometrics. So,Continue reading “Art therapy session at Taal”

Art Based Therapy-Taal

Art Based therapy is the use or art based modalities such as Fine Art, Creative Movement, Music, Rhythm, Creative Writing and Drama based activities to work on an individual or group level, over a period of time to address a pre decided behavioural or therapy goal / objective. The use of the specific modality mayContinue reading “Art Based Therapy-Taal”