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Every week on Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 at 9 PM
Group Empowerment Drumming for Survivors’ Wellness offers a supportive, energizing group experience designed to foster connection, creativity, and emotional well-being through rhythm and music. Using the evidence-based HealthRHYTHMS® approach, participants engage in guided group drumming as a way to support healing, resilience, and shared experience.
Each session invites participants to take part in accessible, fun, and inclusive drumming activities that encourage stress reduction, mood enhancement, and social bonding. No musical experience is required, the focus is on participation, expression, and connection rather than performance.
Through regular participation, Group Empowerment Drumming may support:
InstructorFacilitated by the Cincinnati Music and Wellness Coalition, trained providers of the HealthRHYTHMS® program, with experience supporting wellness through music-based group engagement.
Who This Class Is ForThis class is designed for anyone touched by cancer seeking a joyful, community-centered approach to wellness and stress management. No prior drumming or musical experience is necessary—just a willingness to participate and connect.
Cost: no-cost through UC Cancer Center Survivorship & Supportive Services program
Class Location: Mind-Body Spirit Wellness Studio located in the Osher Wellness Suite on the 5th Floor of the Blood Cancer Healing Center (3232 Healing Way, Cincinnati, OH 45229) with free, on-site parking available in the attached garage. If entering from the parking garage, enter on Level 1, head straight back past the registration desk to the elevators (on your left). Take the elevators to level 5. Once off the elevators, enter through the double doors and head to the Wellness Studio located to the left, directly behind the Healing Garden.
Bus stop (lines 51, 46, 36) available in front of the building (3229 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati OH 45229). If entering from front of building off of Burnet Ave., head straight past the registration desk and take a left to the elevators (on your left). Take the elevators to level 5. Once off the elevators, enter through the double doors and head to the Wellness Studio located to the left, directly behind the Healing Garden.
What You Need: All supplies, including drums, are provided. You are welcome to bring any percussion instrument you would like.
Register: register via the Osher Registration System. First time logging in or need assistance? View the Osher Registration System Guide.)
In order to streamline registration for our classes and events, we are transitioning registration to our new Osher Registration System. For more information on how to login and register for a class, see below.
Osher Registration System Dashboard
Osher Wellness Suite Registration System Affiliations
We strive to keep our wellness classes accessible to all, and therefore operate on a tiered pricing structure. Please review the options and criteria listed below, and when selecting your account type under Affiliation, choose the option that best describes your situation. This can be changed later in your account settings or by emailing us at osher.integrative@uc.edu.
*Please note: if you have a UC login, you will automatically be enrolled under the "Sustainer Rate" listed below. This can be changed by emailing us at osher.integrative@uc.edu.
Community Care Rate: $5/Class, $22/5-Class Pack
Sustainer Rate: $10/Class, $45/5-Class Pack
Supporter Rate: $15/Class, $70/5-Class Pack
Additional Information: Rates that Apply to All, Regardless of Affiliation
If you have a UC login, you will automatically be enrolled under the "Sustainer Rate" listed below. This can be changed by emailing us at osher.integrative@uc.edu.
Class credits will be refunded for any cancellation made at least 24 hours prior to the scheduled class. Class credits will be forfeited if cancelled less than 24 hours prior.
If you are registered for a no-cost class and can no longer attend, please cancel your registration to allow space for another registrant.
How to Cancel Your Registration
Note: due to the pricing variation between in-person studio and virtual class offerings, in-person studio class packs and virtual class packs must be purchased separately.
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UC Health associates are eligible for up to 200 THRIVE points per month for attending Integrative Medicine classes/events. How to redeem points in the THRIVE app: click on “Rewards.” Scroll down to “Integrative Medicine.” Fill in all required fields and upload proof (registration confirmation, etc.) then click “submit.”
Eligible faculty and staff can earn 1,000+ Be Well UC points in the Personify Health portal with UC’s employee wellness program for attending offerings with the Osher Center for Integrative Health, and earn up to $300 every calendar year. Get started by creating an account or logging in, click the “Home” icon near the top, then, click “Rewards”. Scroll (or search) to the “Participation” category. Click “Attend a UC sponsored event”. Fill out a brief form and submit!
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