There’s still one day to get the $15 discount for early registration! The Healing Drum Retreat starts next Friday evening June 19th with a dinner and drum making class. Those arriving for the weekend are welcome to wander through the drum making class, meet others attending, socialize and get a great healing from the amazing [...]
We’re so excited, the Healing Drum Retreat gives us a chance to gather, learn, relax and release, heal, and play! The new big drum will be there, and we’ll all have a chance to be a part of the drumming circles. Kaye is preparing for the drum making class on Friday June 19, 2009, and [...]
Building a drum is a spiritual experience. Native drums give honor to both ourselves, Great Spirit, and Mother Earth. Drumming can carry into many aspects of our lives. Kaye shares with us her recent gardening experience. “Since planting time is here we worked hard to create a big gardening area, a protected space for our [...]
Ever hear the expression, “Be careful what you pray for”? Have I got a story for you! For those who attended the last two Healing Drum Retreats you likely remember Larry. One day when Larry and I were visiting I received a call from someone asking about making a drum. We talked about the drum [...]
One thing is for sure, Kaye and I are excited about this next Healing Drum Retreat, only a heartbeat away! June 19th we have two options: drum making, an event that has been so popular and successful in the past, and something new. What? What is it? Ah, we’ll save that for tomorrow. We have [...]
Okay, you caught me smack dab in the middle of a really bad pun. It’s true, you just can’t hide a buffalo, but you can use a buffalo hide in drum making. In fact, we had four buffalo half hides to work with. We started with the largest drum, a 30″ ceremonial drum. We needed [...]
We have a tendency to hold on to things, thoughts, the past, and our emotions. When we do this it creates great complexity in our lives. Our stories often define us, giving us structure within our lives. This is not always a happy place, though, not if we carry with us half-truths and misunderstandings. My [...]