When the sacred is removed, we lose touch with the natural. We
lose touch with our natural rhythm, ourselves, each other, and
our creator. We forget that we are spiritual beings in a human
experience. One tool that helps me remember that I am sacred is
the drum. Making contact with a drum awakens our sacred. When
I drum or make a drum, magic happens and the drum becomes my teacher.
Drumming is active meditation. When we open to the holiness of
the drum - the tree spirit and the spirit of the deer or elk that
contributed the hide, the magic begins to happen. The more we
can be present in the moment, the more the drum's medicine begins
to work. My Native friends tell me that we were all born with
a drum - our heartbeat. We hear the heartbeat of our mother in
her womb, and the drum is the heartbeat of our Earth Mother. All
of the rhythms of the drum are based on the heartbeat.
The drum is feminine; its origin lies with the goddesses. When
we drum, we are grounding ourselves, bringing the energy from
our head down into the Earth. Drumming opens the feminine. Thinking
is a male, the north on the medicine wheel. Drumming creates balance,
and I am both grounded and inspired.
Each drum has its own unique voice and vibration. The voice of
the drum will be just what you need and will constantly change
just as you constantly change. When making or purchasing a drum,
the drum seeks you, as much as you are seeking the drum. If you
listen and select the drum with both your left and right brain,
with your total being, the connection will be made. Feel the vibration;
hold the drum over your heart and direct the healing vibrations
toward the muscles that protect and hold your love.
When you awaken to and honor your rhythm through the drum, you
awaken to inner healing which manifests outwardly to heal the
planet. The more drums are made and played, the more healing will
take place. The drum connects us to the truth of the spirit that
runs through all things. We are one voice and we are all one.
Bio:
Debbie Gent is a Certified Hypnotherapist in North Phoenix, AZ.
She also leads a monthly drumming circle. (602) 896-0146 e-mail
Patrick Pinson is the founder of Cedar Mountain Drums in Portland,
OR. Patrick leads circles, personal growth groups, and travels
doing shows and drum making workshops across the world. (503)
235-6345
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