Team Synchronization Experience™
Becoming an Orchestra of Sound
Rhythm-Based Team Development
For Senior Living Leadership & Staff
Part of the Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ Methodology
DISCOVER • BECOME • LEAD • GROW™
A 1.5- to 2-Hour Rhythm Based Experienc
for High-Performing Teams
Fostering Communication • Coonnection •
Leadership • Workplace Wellbeing • Culture of Care
Team Synchronization Experience™
A Rhythm-Based Team Development Experience
for Senior Living Leadership & Staff
Part of the Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ Methodology
DISCOVER • BECOME • LEAD • GROW™
Behind every exceptional resident experience is a team of dedicated professionals working together with compassion, purpose, and commitment.
Today’s senior living communities depend on remarkable people who give so much of themselves every day. They are the heart of every resident’s experience.
Today’s senior living professionals are being asked to do more than ever before while continuing to provide exceptional care and meaningful experiences for residents and families.
As leaders, you are navigating staffing shortages, high turnover, high stress, compassion fatigue, increasing workloads, and the ongoing challenge of retaining dedicated employees—all while striving to build a strong, connected culture.
Communities thrive when the people who serve them feel connected, supported, and valued. And caring for residents begins with caring for the people who serve them.
Investing in your team’s growth, connection, and well-being is one of the most meaningful investments you can make in the future of your community.
That’s the purpose behind the Team Synchronization Experience™ —
a rhythm-based team development experience designed to strengthen communication, build trust, deepen connection, and foster a workplace culture where both people and communities can flourish.
Your team is
the heartbeat🩷
of your community.
The Team Synchronization Experience™
An engaging rhythm-based experience
with lasting workplace impact.
At its heart, the Team Synchronization Experience™ is a rhythm-based leadership and team development experience designed to strengthen communication, connection, collaboration, leadership, workplace well-being, and a culture of care within senior living communities.
Through shared experiences, this interactive team building drum circle combines rhythm, leadership development, guided facilitation, thoughtful reflection, and discussion to create meaningful learning experiences that continue to strengthen teams in the workplace long after the session has ended.
Every Team Synchronization Experience™ follows a carefully designed progression that invites participants to DISCOVER their unique strengths and contributions, BECOME more connected as a team, LEAD with greater awareness, GROW through shared experiences and meaningful reflection, and CELEBRATE the collective strengths that make their community thrive.
❤️ Every participant has a voice.
Every role matters.
Every department contributes
to the success of the community.
Through the Team Synchronization Experience™, participants have opportunities to:
✔ No prior musical experience is required.
✔ Instruments are provided.
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Every experience is thoughtfully customized to the
unique needs and goals of your community.
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“This experience brought new energy
and perspective to our team.”
— Participant
CONNECT
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Strengthen communication and active listening
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Build trust and meaningful relationships
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Foster greater connection across teams and departments
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Create a stronger sense of belonging and shared purpose
DEVELOP
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Leadership and self-awareness
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Adaptability and resilience
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Creative problem-solving
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Confidence in working together toward a shared vision
STRENGTHEN
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Team collaboration
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Workplace well-being
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Employee engagement
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A positive workplace culture rooted in connection, respect, and a culture of care
THE POWER OF RHYTHM
Why It Works
Through rhythm, participants actively listen, communicate, adapt, lead, support one another, solve problems, and celebrate success together.
These shared experiences create practical insights that are memorable and immediately transferable to the workplace.
Rather than learning about teamwork, your team experiences it.
People rarely change because they heard a great presentation. They change because they experienced something meaningful together.
Rhythm creates those shared experiences, allowing communication, trust, collaboration, leadership, and teamwork to be practiced—not just discussed.
Rhythm also engages the mind and body in ways that can help
🌿 Reduce Stress
💬 Enhance Communication
⭐ Boost Morale
💡 Encourage Creativity
🎯 Improve Focus and Concentration
and create an energizing experience that makes learning both enjoyable and memorable. These benefits support healthier teams, stronger relationships, and a more connected workplace culture.
Throughout the experience, guided reflection and meaningful debrief conversations help participants explore what they experienced, discover new insights, and identify practical ways to apply those lessons to their everyday work.
This is where the Team Synchronization Experience™ brings those principles to life through a carefully designed progression of shared rhythm, experiential learning, reflection, and meaningful workplace application.
Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™
A Signature Leadership & Team Development Journey
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Every exceptional senior living community is built by people who choose each day to serve something greater than themselves. They bring different experiences, have different responsibilities, possess different strengths, and play different roles, yet they all share one common purpose: enriching the lives of the residents and families they serve.
A great orchestra succeeds because every musician understands the unique voice of their own instrument, listens carefully to others, and contributes their individual gifts toward a shared performance. The result is something far greater than any one musician could create alone.
That same philosophy is at the heart of the Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ methodology—a carefully designed leadership and team development journey that transforms an engaging, interactive team building drum circle into a meaningful leadership and team development experience.
Through shared rhythm experiences, guided facilitation, thoughtful reflection, meaningful discussion, and practical workplace application, participants strengthen communication, collaboration, leadership, workplace well-being, and a culture of care that continues long after the experience has ended.
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Bringing the Methodology to Life
Team Synchronization Experience™
The Team Synchronization Experience™ brings the Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ methodology to life through a carefully designed progression that invites participants to DISCOVER their unique strengths and contributions, BECOME more connected as a team, LEAD with greater awareness, GROW through shared experiences and meaningful reflection, and CELEBRATE the collective accomplishments that strengthen their team.
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Continue the Journey
The Team Synchronization Experience™ is an introduction to the Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ methodology, inviting teams to begin a journey of continual discovery, growth, and transformation together.
For organizations ready to continue the journey, Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ provides a deeper leadership and team development experience that builds upon these foundations over time.
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“I enjoyed the facilitated conversation afterwards. I particularly enjoyed being able to communicate our needs
as a group. This aligned insights in my leadership.”
— Participant, Small Business Team Building Session
⭐Schedule a Discovery Call to learn more.⭐
🥁 DISCOVER
Discover Your Rhythm
Every musician first learns to recognize the unique voice of their own instrument before contributing to the orchestra as a whole.
Participants discover their:
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individual strengths
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communication styles
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leadership potential, and
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opportunities for growth
while developing:
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active listening
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self-awareness
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emotional intelligence and
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a deeper understanding of how their individual contributions influence the success of the entire team.
🎵BECOME
Become a More Connected Team
As musicians begin listening and responding to one another, individual parts gradually become a connected ensemble.
Participants strengthen trust, deepen relationships, improve communication, and build meaningful collaboration as teams become a more connected, supportive, and unified ensemble working toward a shared vision.
⭐ LEAD
Lead with Purpose
Much like a conductor helps bring out the best in every section of the orchestra, effective leaders create the conditions for others to succeed.
Participants practice leading with confidence, communicating with clarity, encouraging others, making thoughtful decisions, and recognizing that supporting another leader is just as important as stepping forward themselves. Leadership becomes a shared responsibility that inspires trust, strengthens relationships, and brings out the best in every member of the team.
🌱 GROW
Grow Together
Just as an orchestra continually adjusts its tempo, balance, and dynamics throughout a performance, strong teams learn to adapt while remaining connected to one another and their shared purpose.
Participants strengthen adaptability, resilience, communication, and collaborative problem-solving while learning to navigate high stress, changing priorities, and the everyday demands of caring for others.
Through shared experiences, thoughtful reflection, meaningful discussion, and practical workplace application, new insights become lasting workplace skills that continue strengthening teams long after the session has ended.
🎉CELEBRATE 👏
Celebrate What You've Accomplished Together
Every orchestra celebrates not only the music it creates, but the teamwork, trust, communication, and leadership that made it possible.
The celebration is the highlight of the Team Synchronization Experience™, bringing the interactive team building drum circle to a joyful culmination as participants recognize everything they have accomplished together through the shared music-making experience.
At the conclusion, guided reflection and meaningful discussion provide an opportunity for participants to share and celebrate the strengths they discovered, the deeper connections they built, the leadership they embraced, and the growth they experienced as a team.
Why Cindy St. Cyr?
Four Decades of Experience
A Continuing Journey of Service
For more than four decades, I’ve had the privilege of serving older adults throughout the Greater Houston area through music. What began with live singing performances grew into a lifelong relationship with senior living and a deep appreciation for the extraordinary power of music to awaken memories, lift spirits, create connection, and bring joy.
After decades of witnessing that impact, I began asking a simple question:
What else can I bring to seniors through music that could make a meaningful difference in their lives?
That question led me to further my training with REMO’s evidence-based HealthRHYTHMS® Group Empowerment Drumming Program, opening a new chapter in my work as I began providing rhythm-based wellness programs for older adults.
At a time when drum circles and rhythm-based wellness programs for older adults were virtually unknown in Greater Houston senior living communities, I began introducing HealthRHYTHMS® to seniors and helping communities understand the research, purpose, and possibilities behind group drumming for health, wellness, connection, engagement, and meaningful human interaction.
As my work continued to grow, rhythm-based leadership and team development became another natural extension of that journey, and
I expanded my work to corporate teams, educators, churches, and other community organizations through rhythm-based programs.
🎵Serving the People Who Serve
After decades of serving older adults directly, I began to feel a growing desire to support senior living communities in an even greater capacity. I came to recognize that one of the most meaningful ways I could do that was by supporting the people who dedicate themselves each day to enriching the lives of older adults.
Behind every meaningful resident experience are people who care, lead, listen, solve problems, navigate challenges, support families, encourage one another, and keep the community moving forward.
Their work matters—and so does their well-being.
When leadership teams communicate more effectively, staff feel more connected and supported, and workplace cultures grow stronger, everyone benefits—including the residents and families they serve.
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Professional Training Behind the Experience
My work today draws upon decades of professional musicianship and music education, along with specialized training in evidence-based group drumming, rhythm and drum circle facilitation, wellness-based music practices, experiential learning, leadership, and team development.
🎓 B.A. IN MUSIC, MAGNA CUM LAUDE
University of St. Thomas
🥁 HEALTHRHYTHMS® TRAINED FACILITATOR
REMO
🪘 REMO ENDORSED DRUM CIRCLE FACILITATOR
🪇 VILLAGE MUSIC CIRCLES TRAINING
Arthur Hull
🌿 CERTIFIED SOUND HEALING PRACTITIONER
Sound Healing Academy — Graduate Practitioner (SHA-GP)
📚 800+ HOURS OF CONTINUING EDUCATION &
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Ongoing professional study in music, music education, rhythm and drum circle facilitation, evidence-based and wellness-based music practices, group facilitation, team building, leadership development, and related areas of professional practice.
View Cindy’s LinkedIn page to see a complete list of her professional training and continuing education courses.
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Creator of Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™
A rhythm-based leadership & team development methodology
My professional training and certifications represent more than accomplishments. They reflect a lifelong commitment to learning, growing,
and continually expanding the ways I can use music and rhythm to make a meaningful difference in people’s lives.
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PROFESSIONAL ENDORSEMENT
“Cindy brings a wealth of talent, rhythmic joy,
and deep healing to her creative programs.
She is the embodiment of wellness.”
— Christine Stevens, MSW, MA, MT-BC
Author of The Art and Heart of Drum Circles and Music Medicine: The Science and Spirit of Healing Yourself with Sound, and Creator of The Healing Drum Kit
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The Heart Behind the Experience
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Whether we’re creating rhythm together, developing leadership skills, strengthening a team, or simply creating space to reset and renew, my hope is that participants leave the experience feeling seen, valued, encouraged, and rejuvenated—with renewed energy and connection, a deeper appreciation for the work they do, and a greater awareness of the value they bring to their team and the difference they make in the lives of others.
Because when we strengthen the people who serve, we strengthen the communities they serve.
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For me, this work is about more than bringing music into the workplace. It’s about using music as a way to help people discover their strengths, connect more deeply, step into leadership, grow together, and remember the value of the role they play within their community.
Programs & Offerings
Additional Ways to Support Your Team
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Every team is different. Some organizations are looking for an engaging experience to reconnect leadership and staff, while others are ready for deeper team development or restorative workplace well-being. These offerings provide flexible ways to continue supporting the people who serve your community.
The experiences featured on this page bring leadership teams and staff together through rhythm-based experiential learning to strengthen communication, connection, collaboration, leadership, and workplace well-being.
See program offerings below:
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Team Synchronization Experience™
An Engaging 1.5–2 Hour Introductory Experience
The Team Synchronization Experience™ is a 1.5–2 hour interactive leadership and team development experience for senior living leadership and staff.
Designed as an engaging introduction to the Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™ Methodology, this experience brings leadership and staff together through rhythm-based experiential learning to strengthen communication, connection, collaboration, trust, leadership, and workplace well-being.
Ideal For:
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Leadership & Staff Professional Development
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Leadership Retreats
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Team Building Retreats
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Staff Development Days
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Employee Engagement Initiatives
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Workplace Wellness Initiatives
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Leadership Development
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Community or Organization-Wide Gatherings
Instruments will be provided.
Format: 1.5–2 hours
All Instruments will be provided.
No Prior Musical Experience is Necessary!
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“Cindy brought insight to the team.
She did a great job engaging every participant
and allowed space for everyone to share.
She even made it comfortable
for those who don’t like to share.”
— Participant, Small Business Team Building Session
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🎶Becoming an Orchestra of Sound™
Signature Leadership & Team Development Program
For teams ready to go deeper, this multi-session developmental journey builds upon the Team Synchronization Experience™ to strengthen communication, collaboration, trust, adaptability, leadership, and workplace culture over time.
Format: Multi-session Signature Program
LEARN MORE →
All Instruments will be provided.
No Prior Musical Experience is Necessary!
🪘 Team Synchronization Lab
An Immersive Half-Day
Team Development Experience
An extended half-day experience that gives teams more time for experiential learning, leadership practice, shared rhythm experiences, reflection, meaningful discussion, and practical workplace application.
Format: Half-day
LEARN MORE →
All Instruments will be provided.
No Prior Musical Experience is Necessary!
🌿 Rhythm Reset
A Restorative Workplace Well-Being Experience
A professionally facilitated restorative music experience designed to help staff step away from the demands of the day, release stress and tension, and return feeling more grounded, restored, and renewed—with a fresh perspective and a more positive outlook.
A variety of instruments may be used to support relaxation, stress reduction, and renewal, including crystal singing bowls, drums, chimes, rainsticks, ocean drum, and other ambient instruments.
Format: Flexible
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“I needed to release some work-related stress.
This session did just that. I was able to release
the tension and stress in my shoulders.”
— Participant, Small Business Team Building Session
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“I felt an inner warmth and a growing sensation of peacefulness and joy. The drums and crystal bowls were powerful, beautiful. I felt a deep sense of relaxation.”
— Jeannette E., Online Session
LEARN MORE →
Read More Testimonials & Participant Experiences →
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LET’S START THE CONVERSATION
Discover What’s Possible for Your Team
Every senior living community is unique—and so are the people who make it work.
Whether you’re looking to strengthen communication and collaboration, develop leadership, reconnect an overwhelmed team, support employee well-being, or create a meaningful experience that brings people together, the first step is a conversation.
During your Complimentary Discovery Call, we’ll talk about your team, your goals, the challenges you’re navigating, and what you’d like to accomplish. Together, we’ll explore which experience—or combination of experiences—best supports the needs of your organization.
You don’t have to know exactly which program you need before we talk. That’s what the Discovery Call is for.
Ready to discover what your team can accomplish together?
Let’s begin the journey.
BOOK YOUR COMPLIMENTARY DISCOVERY CALL!
