Let's learn to speak the language of rhythm together
I've spent a lifetime to learn all the rhythms I know. Go directly to the source -- get instant access to 25 of these and keep the recordings for a lifetime.
Somewhere along the way, most of us were told rhythm wasn't ours to carry.
That music was for the talented few. That the drum belonged to someone else. Just the Rhythms exists to return what was always yours.
This is a pre-recorded online series designed to reconnect you to your Primal Heartbeat — through rhythms from West Africa, the Caribbean, South America, and beyond, all adapted for the djembe and taught with full heart and proper technique.
what's inside
25 lessons across two levels — each 5–12 minutes, clear, efficient, and built to actually stick.
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Level 1 — The Foundation (14 lessons)
You'll begin with basic djembe technique: the 3 core strokes and a practice rhythm to lock them in. Then move into six bare-bones rhythms from around the world, each taught with ghost-note up-levelling and accompaniments.
Rhythms include:
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→ 2 Afro-Cuban inspired rhythms
→ 1 Traditional West African rhythm (Guinea) with accompaniments and the break
→ 1 West African-inspired rhythm
→ 1 Colombian Rumba-inspired rhythm
→ 1 Argentine Bombo Leguero-inspired rhythm​
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Level 2 — The Up-Level (11 lessons)
Builds directly on Level 1. Each rhythm gets increasingly challenging variations — this is where it really heats up.
Level 1 is required before beginning Level 2.
Every lesson includes:
→ Full and proper djembe technique
→ Call & response rhythmic singing to ingrain each rhythm in your body
→ A warmup exercise to take home
→ Lots of encouragement, laughter, and powerful pushes forward
Coming into today’s session, I was feeling really dysregulated in my nervous system. As we got into today’s drumming, little by little my nervous system started to ground and feel safe. By the end of the session, I was totally in my body and feeling like myself.
I love how the drum does that for me in a time of my life where I am more dysregulated than regulated because of my long term treatment.
Having said that, Katie, drum medicine is so quenching at your helm. The way you lead gives me the sense that I can be free like that and that is what sets me free. I am in awe of your life purpose and will continue to do this with you because it is so good for me.
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Falguni Bhavsar
Just the Rhythms
is made for the human who...
Feels the call to hand drumming or is curious​​​
Believes music is a birthright, not a privilege
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Knows that tapping into rhythm is an essential part of our path as humans
Wants to add djembe drumming to song circle or ceremonial spaces
Craves a practice that grounds and centers body & mind
Is ready to express themselves with technical backing
Wants to efficiently learn in 6-15 min lessons, whether beginner or advanced
Values the passed down wisdom that comes from rhythmic inheritance
This course is designed to:
Bring balance and a sense of grounding into your everyday life.
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Get you playing in song circles, at home, or in rhythmic spaces.
Deepen your connection to your inner rhythm and outer expression of it
TESTIMONIALS
Thank you Katie! This class was everything I needed and more. Im feeling so much more in rhythm and confident with the drum and with sharing my voice.
So nice to have all the recordings to go back through for practicing and refreshing the memory. So grateful for you and this community. Let’s stay connected!
Mandy Milano
Coming into today’s session, I was feeling really dysregulated in my nervous system. As we got into today’s drumming, little by little my nervous system started to ground and feel safe. By the end of the session, I was totally in my body and feeling like myself.
I love how the drum does that for me in a time of my life where I am more dysregulated than regulated because of my long term treatment.
Having said that, Katie, drum medicine is so quenching at your helm. The way you lead gives me the sense that I can be free like that and that is what sets me free. I am in awe of your life purpose and will continue to do this with you because it is so good for me.
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Falguni Bhavsar
This training was so incredible and has led me back to myself in ways I could not have imagined.
Amy
Sacred Dharma
Yes yes yes yes a thousand times yes. You [KATIE] bring the energy every single time. If the full course energy was a taste of this, you don’t want to miss out.
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Flo
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