Jul 23, 2010 0
What are you thinking of when you think of camping? At the Healing Drum Retreat you’ll have a choice of staying in the Grange building or camping outside. Where do your thoughts go? burning marshmallows at the campfire dreaming under the stars drumming songs that connects your heart to the others in the group delicious [...]
Jul 19, 2010 0
What are you doing this summer? Well many of us from the Healing Drum Retreat have gone to Unity Works earlier in the spring and made necklaces that are going to The Macah Nation for canoe journey giveaways. We did this as a service project and for a reason to get together between healing drums. [...]
Jul 6, 2010 0
How do we describe the Healing Drum Retreat? There is so much given during this two and three day event. It is a banquet for the spirit and soul, a time when you can let go of the circumstances of everyday life and breath. Many have said “it feels like I am home”, in a [...]
Jun 10, 2010 0
Early today I was reading from an older book I use for reference. My topic at the moment was white sage, also known as salvia. The origin of the word salvia is salvere, and this means “to be sound”. This definition quite literally resonated with me, as I chuckle at the this statement for its [...]
Jun 4, 2010 0
Are you ready for the next Healing Drum Retreat? We’ll be back at the Hope Grange in Winlock, Washington, making this retreat an easy drive for our Portland and Oregon attendee’s, but we’re still within a close driving distance for Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, and other nearby attendee’s. Hope Grange offers us a large room for [...]
Apr 7, 2010 1
The April Healing Drum Retreat will include a special class on Reiki Energy Healing. Reiki energy healing is a term known worldwide. This style of energy healing was discovered by a monk by the name Usui in the 1800’s. In the words of Usui: “Our Reiki Ryoho is something absolutely original and cannot be compared [...]
Mar 30, 2010 0
Rattles are a native tradition, used in ceremonies and healing. The purpose of rattles varies: during a drum prayer you can rattle to emphasis your prayer to creator. You can shake off energy, using the rattle as a healing tool. Using a flute, rattle and drum together opens the heart and expresses the soul energy [...]
