Taiko for Seniors with Watsonville Taiko
Channel: Watsonville Taiko
Date: 2017-12-21

Taiko is a physical style of drumming.  Slow rhythm exercises help students develop balance, flexibility, mobility, muscle-joint strength and concentration. We also use repetitive rhythm and breathing exercises to create a sound-based meditation. It is challenging for many students to keep up with a slow but energetic practice, but we all learn to have dignity for the effort we put into taiko practice.  Ageing is a positive process of human growth and we respect it with our awareness and self care.  Our occasional performances in the community are the expression of the dignity and positive energy of our practice.  Video by Janjaap Dekker. More at www.watsonvilletaiko.org