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We are all born with our own personal drum – our own heartbeat.

Over three nights and three days working together either as a private booking or in small groups that are limited to a maximum of two ceremonial drums – you will birth your very own large gathering drum, you can come as two people working together or one person birthing your drum alone each drum will have a doula assistant to hold your hand through the process. 

During our retreat we will be birthing twin sided Wild European Red Deer Ceremonial Drums on Ash-Ply Wood frames 26″in diameter and 12″ deep on custom lie under drum stands. (you may choose a traditional drum stand if you wish). You will work with the whole deer hides which have been pre-prepared into rawhide form for you.

Below is an outline of what to expect from our time together – this will effortlessly unfold and may change to suit the needs of the group (and maybe the weather!) as guided by the spirits of the drum and of place, to draw in all that we need. 

Accompanied by music and drumming and drum stories we will spend the next day undertaking the slow and steady process of lacing the hide to the frame.

Each of you will work with your personal drum doula to birth your drum – one of us accompanying you for every step you take along this drum road.

We will spiral around and around easing the skin to stretch itself into this new form it is taking until finally it reaches its perfect tension – becoming drum.

In the early evening once the drums are tensioned and finished we will spend some more circle time together and you will be guided on a shamanic drummed journey guided by the mother drums to meet the spirit of your Gathering Drum.

We complete our retreat with a special ceremony to bless and welcome your new drum ally 

Then after resting for a final night in your rooms and a shared breakfast  you will leave these lands to return to your homes the waiting begins, as the drums start their gentle and steady process of drying over the next seven to fourteen days until you hear their voices for the first time.

The tradition of drum birthing has been handed down person to person since ancient times and I as your drum doula have trained and worked for over two decades to learn the skills required to support you through this process. You will be birthing a personal ceremonial tool crafted with carefully and ethically sourced materials.

Every drum has its own energy and voice, the drum is a powerful tool with which we can work to honour spirit, for healing, or for clearing and generating energy, gathering drums call in the circle and create a magical held space for group work.

The Drum is the spirit horse that carries us between worlds, taking us on journeys into new dimensions, helping us to ride the tides of life, it touches memories inside each and every one of us, of something very deep and very old; of a time when we came together as a people to drum, dance and sing – rooting ourselves into the earth.