TaKeTiNa One Day Retreat, North Stradbroke Island

TAKETINA connects you with RHYTHM

TAKETINA IS A COMBINATION OF RHYTHMIC MEDITATION, MUSICAL CREATIVITY & SELF-AWARENESS

TaKeTiNa is a musical practice, creative self-awareness and a fundamentally new way of looking at rhythm. It shows that every human being is a rhythmic being by nature and has the gift of being in perfect harmony with the rhythmic occurrences of the world. Nevertheless, most people are unable to use this gift to fully connect with rhythm, as there is often a lack of external stimuli or opportunities in life. Through the rhythm process, one’s own rhythmic primal knowledge is opened up and with it the core of one’s being in which this knowledge is anchored.

PROCESS, METHOD & PHILOSOPHY

TaKeTiNa is used in music education, self-awareness workshops, corporate training and also in therapeutic processes. Even in the early days, it became apparent that TaKeTiNa had healing effects and so it was used in high pain medicine as well as in burnout prevention, trauma therapy and in the treatment of people with depression.Doctors investigated the effects in the area of heart rate variability and EEG and came to the conclusion that TaKeTiNa has a positive effect on the ‘re-synchronisation of body rhythms’ and can lead to deep states of relaxation. A clinical study on how TaKeTiNa works to prevent depression was conducted at Erlangen University Hospital in 2023.TaKeTiNa is a method that makes it possible to break new ground in composing and arranging music.

 TAKETINA SYMPHONIC and MegaDrums were realised with TaKeTiNa.TaKeTiNa can also be used as a daily exercise. For this purpose, “TaKeTiNa Online” was developed, which enables participants to practise rhythm exercises and rhythm meditations at any time and at their own pace.“As I made my way through various rhythm cultures of this world, I encountered in all of them the same rhythm archetypes underlying the many voices of music.From this foundation I developed TaKeTiNa—a path to explore, entrain and experience rhythm with your main instrument—the body.“ Reinhard Flatischler

IN MUSIC

Get to know the building blocks of rhythm that are the basis of every music on the planet. Improve your sense of rhythm and experience how groove is created.

IN DAILY LIFE

Let yourself be guided into flow, inner stillness and the magical moment of the present and develop skills that are necessary in today’s complex world.

STRADBROKE ISLAND March 7, 2025

March 3 - 7 is the first of many seasonal island retreats we will be running on the island in 2025. Special guest is Gai Anderson from Tasmania will be conducting TaKeTiNa program March 7, Friday 10am - 4pm. If travelling to the island for the day, travel details are provided once you book your ticket.