Healing Drum Retreat

Okay, we’re really taking a serious jump in the play of words!  At the Healing Drum Retreat we start early, Friday evening, with a drum making class.  The hide is an important choice in drum making, and Kaye can share more about this with you in a phone conversation when you call her to sign [...]

I’ve heard a quote that has been attributed to Cherokee, and I’d like to share it with you here today. “When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.” For me this statement has a lot of meaning, and can [...]

There are two types of outward relationships: observing and participating. Sharing with the people in our lives is participating or interactive, at least its intended to be! Watching TV is observing, and while it may stimulate feelings and thoughts it cannot give us recognition. Being the observer in life is much different, and we must [...]

The Healing Drum Retreat shares in its name one of the many offerings of this weekend event.  Drum circles! We have two big drums, some call them pow wow drums, or group drums.  These drums hold strong voices, resonant tones.  Each drum can carry six drummers, and others can use hand drums if they prefer [...]

This last week was packed with several interesting events. Yesterday we had the anniversary of the 9/11 disaster, and many gathered to honor and pray for those who were affected by that tragic event. Earlier in the week we experienced a shift with the date September 9, 2009, or 9/9/09. For those who know about [...]

Greetings to all those past attendee’s at the Healing Drum Retreats!   We’d love to share your stories, as well as your photo’s! Janell kindly sent me a disc with photo’s from the June 2009 Retreat, my own camera had a error and I had to run a recovery program but was able to save most [...]

A drum rests suspended from the ceiling of my house, and each day I hear a resonant, deep, “pop” as the buffalo hide dries and the rawhide tightens. Each day I look over this beautiful creation, and remember the group effort that made this drum what it is today. The tone is deep, with each [...]