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Anyone up for starting a sacred drum circle? All we need is to find a space and then bring our drums, rattles, bells, flute, didg....
I have 2 visions: which one do you like better? or both?
Vision #1:
- Everybody show up with all sorts of stuff to make music and food to share.
- We have a simple opening circle, burn sage to the directions, maybe have an intention for where we are sending our energy and then dive in.
- Closing would be a simple quiet space to feel all the juicy energy and maybe put names in the circle that we want to benefit from the healing.
No 'experts', no pressure, just simple listening and finding your own beat.
Vision #2: just like vision one but with an opportunity to explore shamanic relationships with your: totem animal spirit and/or teacher in the upper and lower worlds:
- Everybody show up with all sorts of stuff to make music and food to share.
- We have a simple opening circle, burn sage to the directions, maybe have an intention for where we are sending our energy and then dive in.
- I (or someone else trained in shamanism) set a simple OPTIONAL intention designed to help people journey as they drum or dance for the evening to establish communication with the spirits and get information or healing on a particular, personal issue.
- Perhaps when the "jam" finds it ending, we talk about the journeys people had. Perhaps we just keep drumming.
- Closing would be a simple quiet space to feel all the juicy energy and maybe put names in the circle that we want to benefit from the healing.
No 'experts', no pressure, just simple listening and finding your own beat.
I have 2 visions: which one do you like better? or both?
Vision #1:
- Everybody show up with all sorts of stuff to make music and food to share.
- We have a simple opening circle, burn sage to the directions, maybe have an intention for where we are sending our energy and then dive in.
- Closing would be a simple quiet space to feel all the juicy energy and maybe put names in the circle that we want to benefit from the healing.
No 'experts', no pressure, just simple listening and finding your own beat.
Vision #2: just like vision one but with an opportunity to explore shamanic relationships with your: totem animal spirit and/or teacher in the upper and lower worlds:
- Everybody show up with all sorts of stuff to make music and food to share.
- We have a simple opening circle, burn sage to the directions, maybe have an intention for where we are sending our energy and then dive in.
- I (or someone else trained in shamanism) set a simple OPTIONAL intention designed to help people journey as they drum or dance for the evening to establish communication with the spirits and get information or healing on a particular, personal issue.
- Perhaps when the "jam" finds it ending, we talk about the journeys people had. Perhaps we just keep drumming.
- Closing would be a simple quiet space to feel all the juicy energy and maybe put names in the circle that we want to benefit from the healing.
No 'experts', no pressure, just simple listening and finding your own beat.
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Re: Sacred Drum Circle Anyone?
Wed, February 28, 2007 - 5:56 AMIf I can get there on Joe Metro, I'm in. I've got a lovely drum I call my Moon Drum (if you look through the bottom, it looks like a Moon).
I like the idea of both visions, I'd love to participate.
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Wed, February 28, 2007 - 7:32 PMFantastic. I am in the middle of trying to nail a space down now. It is right on the bus lines, by popular demand. Will probably be in late March.
You are so welcome!!
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Thu, March 22, 2007 - 3:41 AMI'm looking forward to seeing this Happening manifest! Hoping to add some chanting and zills to the mix. 'Course I'd love the opportunity to practice my drum a little more.
Bus line was on my wish list as well - coming from the east side, btw. Thanks for that.
From one rhythm junkie to another... to another...
~Dakini~
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Re: Sacred Drum Circle Anyone?
Thu, March 22, 2007 - 2:43 PMI've been looking for one since I moved here 3 years ago. I think I like Vision 1 better. Also, I understand the intentions of using sage but could I ask that it maybe not be used so much. It's hard to get my husband to come to these things because people often feel the need to go overboard with it and he's allergic to burning sage.
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Thu, March 22, 2007 - 3:37 PMI like the idea of both............
I do think Heather has a point about catering
to those who can't be around the burning of sacraments.
Maybe that is something each person can do individually.
(on their own time).
I think the more focus drumming sessions working with totems and
such can be something we do quarterly????
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Tue, March 27, 2007 - 12:45 PMI have been thinking about the sage/allergy thing, too. I will ask the group before we start. I don't need to use it at all but if it's okay with people there, it would be nice burn just a little leaf at the middle candle. Not smudging around but just an opening. But if even that would put someone in physical discomfort, I'd rather have another soul in the room than be able to burn sage!
About the 2 visions...keep talkin'! Come along and join in with a larger conversation.
For now this is how the dream is shaping up:
I've made it an optional shamanic journey that people can take part in or not. The drumming will be juicy and fine without any journeying! I've invited a few different communities, all drawn towards the power of the drum but some may not be open to deeper spiritual work. If people want to sign up at the back for shamanic classes, then can. If people want to get drumming classes, I'll probably have some flyer there for that as well. (I don't teach drumming.)
Okay we're on! Woo Hoo!
Look in Events section of this tribe for details.
Or just go right to www.turtledrum.northwestceremonies.com
Love to see you there!!
thanks everyone,
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Tue, March 27, 2007 - 3:36 PMI am totally open for the deper spiritual work.Maybe we can take a few drum circles to familiarize ourselves with the group so maybe the idea of taking a journey does not seem so overwhelming.So that "WE" as a group could feel comfortable with it.I personally am open for both. -
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Thu, April 12, 2007 - 8:01 AMHey in case y'all were wondering, the Turtle Drum event went great! There were 18 people, after expenses we raised $128 for the people of Darfur the music was AMAZING. I almost wept as soon as the drumming started. Everyone was engaging from a heart place, which made the evening. We were blessed with a couple of didges, one in particular was bellowous (?) and passionate, touching us all.
So if you wanna jump in, the next one is May 5th, 7-9pm at the Embrace the Moon dojo in Ballard. See previous posts for the link.
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Fri, April 13, 2007 - 7:32 PMHi Jen,
I love your enthusiasm....it is inspiring....I am not able to participate now but look forward to joining in with something in the near future.
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Tue, May 8, 2007 - 1:17 PMTurtle Drum is officially born!!
I am happy to announce that Turtle Drum will be happening every 1st Saturday night of the month from now on!
Last weekend there were great forces of spirit aiding us in sending healing to Darfur, in creating a cacophony of indecipherable noise, then a swooping down of the sacred which sent a few dancers flying onto the floor with the strong and re-found beat.
We were blessed with a beginning song by Anank Nunink Nunkai, a sweet-hearted shaman from the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest who later taught us the glass-clinking toast of Peace (clink), Love (top clink), Understanding (bottom clink) and Respect (clink) at the People's Pub.
And I only had to remind one person to leave with shoes on feet. ;)
New flyer and info at: http;//www.turtledrum.northwestceremonies.com
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Sacred Drum Circle Saturday!
Mon, July 2, 2007 - 3:49 PMTurtles are Dancin' on July 7th! Same time, Same place.
All details at www.turtledrum.northwestceremonies.com
The theme for the evening will be:
Drumming with the Ancestors and the Great Turtle Spirit
(or your own personal intention)
This is how it will work so that we can have the lots of time to wordlessly drum and dance:
Intro and explanation to remind/introduce people to what we are doing.
After this, we can seamlessly go on without explanation. I will have little flyers explaining this to latecomers.
Opening tree meditation to get into our bodies.
Calling the directions together to open a bowl of goodness, a glade, a sweat lodge, an open sky,a cascading river from which to play. (which ever you see and feel)
Ring the singing bowl to help us set intention. First intention will be to honor the Ancestors and the spirit of the Great Turtle.
Drum and dance. When the song or wave comes to an end, someone goes to the center to:
Ring the singing bowl. Here is where you can find or shift to a personal intention or prayer.
Drum and dance.
Ring the singing bowl.
Drum and dance.
Ring the singing bowl.
If Jen hits the chime a few times after the ring, this is our last song. At the end of the song we will send all the energy out with our prayers.
Goodbye and thanks to the spirits. Though they are always with us.
Grounding to bring ourselves back into our bodies so that we can fully integrate the energies we have encountered.
Community Announcements.
As always you are welcome to bring something for the altar.
Look around the room/car before you come and see if anything is tugging on your heart saying, take me! take me!
Mull on what personal prayers you want to bring for your own private intentions.
Come along to babble on about your thoughts and experiences over a late snack at the People's Pub!
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Turtle Drum and Dance TWICE A MONTH!!
Thu, November 8, 2007 - 10:59 AMThanks to John Hayden up at Jamtown we are going to have a 2nd night to be Drumming, Dancing Turtles each month!!
For a trial basis, (and hopefully forever based on your support) you can find Turtle Drum and Dance 2X/month:
1st Saturday night: Embrace the Moon in Ballard (the spacious studio)
3rd Saturday night: Jamtown on Lake City Way (the homey living room feeling)
NEXT TURTLE DRUM on Saturday, November 17th at Jamtown, 7-9pm
$10-15 suggested donation. No one turned away for lack of money
Directions: 12729 Lake City Way, Seattle, Wa 98125.
Jamtown is up the hill behind Wells Fargo Bank at NE 130th St & Lake City Way.
Turn into the bank parking lot and head up the hill to the southwest.
Look for a free-standing blue/gray building with 3 doors.
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Turtle Drum and Dance is growing into a virtual temple.
The sacred space is truly deepening,
so I am grateful to you all
for allowing yourselves to open up and share
with your music, song and dance in the way that you do.
Turtle Drum Circle is a community ceremony where we take a deep journey using our drums, our bodies in dance and our voices to explore the otherworlds for insight and healing, for ourselves, each other and Mother Earth.
More info at: www.turtledrum.northwestceremonies.com
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Re: Turtle Drum and Dance TWICE A MONTH!!
Fri, January 11, 2008 - 4:22 PMHey I guess I should update you about Turtle Drum and Dance.
It has expanded to 2x/month plus I am bring some of the regulars on board people to host it. This does 2 things: it makes the whole project more of an energetic gift to the drumming community in Seattle. This is what the Turtle spirit really wants me to do. Plus it helps me out so it doesn't become work for me.
Each time we meet, the music, dance and song is so different..and so beautiful in different ways.
We meet at Ballard sometimes and sometimes in Lake City Way, so check the website before getting in your car to join us.
www.turtledrum.northwestceremonies.com
tasara
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