Healing Drum Retreat

The Healing Drum Retreat supports the event “Unity Works”, and offers through our blog updates on upcoming Unity Works meetings.  The next event is this Saturday, January 23, 2010 near Chehalis, WA.   This event is open to everyone as a family oriented gathering. January 23 Unity Works at the Hope Grange Winlock, Washington 9Am Artists- [...]

The story of Noah and the Great Flood has carried both moral concepts and legend throughout history. Noah, the Ark, and the Flood is only one of hundreds of stories told around the world for hundreds and thousands of years. These are just a few of the stories shared around the world: The Mandans, who [...]

The Question of Culture One of the questions that has been asked about the Healing Drum Retreat is “what is the cultural focus?”. This is a great question, but in finding the answer we must also let go of some of our older beliefs. We bring into the Healing Drum Retreat many Native American, Tibetan, [...]

Tomorrow August 15, 2009, is the Unity Works picnic at the Ike-Kinswa State Park near Mossy Rock, Washington (Chehalis area). This event is open to everyone, with a $5 min donation per family. We will have a potluck lunch as well. The topic for this Unity Works is Lakota ceremonies, including a pipe ceremony. We’ll [...]

Preparing hides for drum making takes muscle, and a lot of planning.  Kaye states, “There can be variance in the thickness of the hide, and this will effect how much the hide will stretch when you build your drum.  I’ve build many drums, and know how to work with the hide, and how to talk [...]

Every day I post an intuitive story in my Mayan Daily Insight website that speaks of the energy or focus of the day.  The Mayan’s brought many calendars into this world, and the Tzolkin calendar is one of spiritual focus.  It offers amazing insights into self and the story of our lives. I recently decided [...]