We are super excited to be offering this sacred crafting workshop on Chalice’s land in the far north!
This workshop we will be in tents (BYO) and working in a secluded dell of native bush in thier famous bell tent. You will be catered for, food will either be grown from the land there or locally sourced. This is the second year workshops are being held on this land, so come experience the far north, nature and the building of your medicine drum.
The Making of a Sacred Drum
This is a workshop to birth your medicine drum. In indigenous traditions throughout the world the medicine drum is a sacred tool to support deep healing and cleansing. It supports the journeying process and to create one in this workshop your drum will be uniquely yours. You will receive its specific power and medicine through the process of the weekend. Because of this you will need to have an understanding of your shamanic tools, your power animal and spiritual teacher. In many ways birthing your drum is similar to birthing a child, it is a sacred aspect of yourself and your healing abilities. It takes focus and deep concentration, Chalice will be working and supporting you deeply in sacred circle and journeying throughout the weekend. It is an incredibly precious workshop, and we are deeply honored to be supporting this journey.
“The relationship I have with my drum has built up over time, it has witnessed and participated in many healing journeys with clients and groups and engaged in profound shifting of energy. This relationship is evolving, I recently was drumming for a woman’s circle, as we deepened more into the sacred journey space a luminous quality entered into the skin of my drum. I felt the energy of pearl vibrate out of the skin with each beat and permeate the room. ‘Pearl is also used to create a sacred space for personal rituals and spiritual practise”
“You lead me to your heart the place I seek where I touch your vibration sweet movement union electrical stillness of gateways opening - Drumming purifies the people. When the drum is played, no matter how you feel, you will start moving to the energy of the beat and you will be moved. When played consciously in ceremony it will change our electricity, our vibrations and brain states.”
This is a small group retreat for a maximum of eight people - at this moment we have only six places left.
The donation for this experience will be $950NZD - deposit of $250 is due on registration.
This includes you being able to take home your medicine drum at the end of this weekend.
This is not a luxury weekend but a full immersion into nature and the elements.
You will need to bring your own tent and bedding and the adventure is in the far north of New Zealand. Travel there and back is not included in the workshop fee - you can either make you own way there - or we will also be able to perhaps help with carpooling for people.
For more info contact info@soulcentre.co.nz
Hand held Frame Drums are among the oldest known musical instruments. Drumming is again becoming a tool for individual and cultural healing. ~ Layne Redmond
Drumming generates new neuronal connections in all parts of the brain. The more connections that can be made within the brain, the more integrated our experiences become. This leads to a deeper sense of self-awareness.
Drumming can induce a natural “high” by increasing Alpha brain waves. When the brain changes from Beta waves (concentration) to Alpha waves, you feel calm and relaxed.
Alpha waves can also produce feelings of well-being and even euphoria, which may help people who suffer from mental illness, such as depression and anxiety.
This same Alpha activity is associated with meditation and other integrative modes of consciousness.
~Dr. Christiane Northrup MD