"It is not what music does, it is what music undoes.” A certified naturalist, poet, and music therapist, Christine Stevens feels her mission is to embody, with or without instruments, the music that moves through her and to support others in realizing that they, too, are music. Founder of UpBeat Drum Circles, Christine has brought the healing potential of drum circles to communities touched by significant trauma: Columbine High School, Ground Zero after 9/11, and post-Katrina New Orleans. She worked with Iraqi refugees to create the first drum circle training program in northern Iraq. With an integrative research team, she has published studies on the scientific benefits of group drumming, including an increase in immunity and T-cells in participants of drum circles. Her book, Music Medicine: The Science and Spirit of Healing Yourself With Sound, describes music as a healing modality.