The Healing Drum Retreat website has been up and running for quite some time, but last week we made a great move to our own domain name. The start of a new year seemed like the best time to make the change, and build the energy for the next Healing Drum Retreat this spring!
If you [...]
Are you interested in learning more about totem animals? This set of cards and book is the most highly recommended reference set, enjoyed by young and old.
“When a friend told me that their children loved to draw cards and talk about the meaning, and the lessons they may be facing that day, [...]
The Last Ghost Dance is a book written by Brooke Medicine Eagle. I truly enjoyed reading this book, it gave me a glimpse beyond the native american perspective and brought in a global view.
The story of the Last Ghost Dance refers to a time many years ago when the natives dressed in their spiritual ghost [...]
One of the wonderful features of the Healing Drum Retreat is our discussions about the healing herbs that grow around us, herbs used for smudging (a spiritual ceremony), essential oils that encourage healing, and foods that promote wellness.
During the September 2008 retreat we talked about the Budwig Diet. This diet focuses on the use [...]
Great Spirit
We ask for your blessings, and feel your presence in this prayer of thanks;
We turn to the East, the spirit of the stars,
where thought originates, and the cycle begins with creation.
Here we find the light, the fire, the sun,
The eagle who brings to us the power of spirit.
We give thanks to the spirit world [...]