One more pic from the Private Party on 7/31/11

Sweet, right? Look at the little dude at the bottom right. He has a shaker called a "chiquita"--a chiquita for a little chiquita :-D And, almost directly in the middle is the 2 year old, who is looking like she is going to give that little frame drum a good whopping, lol!

More pics of the Private Party!

I just love this photo! Everyone was involved, smiling, playing,.. I was attending to minor problems and details which do come up occasionally, lol! But, if you look carefully, you will see that the drummers just carried on, creating their music without me... Once the drum circle gets their groove on, and they are locked and loaded, lol, my "job" becomes very easy!

Some cool pictures from the last two drum circles!

This picture is perfect...precious...amazing and full of wonder. This is from the Private Birthday Party that I did on 7/31/11.

A quote from the birthday girl: "Unbelievable how you brought the drumming together with 2 year olds to 78 year olds playing and making it sound as if you all practiced for weeks:) "

What a night to remember! I will get some video clips of our drumming posted soon! Check back every once in a while and see what other great stuff shows up :-D

Intention

There are still a couple week's worth of blogging that I need to do. I will be writing about the 8/13/11 Drum Circle, future events, drumming matters...

But, let's talk about right now :-D I was cruising the net, doing some reading on setting intentions. I do have attendees at my drum circles (myself included) set their individual intentions, and it seems like it is a huge help to people. I personally, want to be as effective as possible with intention, removing road blocks that might be hampering my growth. I will be talking more about the process/my process in upcoming blogs. I found this cool little site, and I have been reading and reading. Perhaps you might enjoy it also.

Visit Powerful Intentions: Law of Attraction Community


I am not a big "Secret" fan, as I think we all can learn the words to manifest our dreams. The real issue is learning how not to sabotage those manifestations with our subconscious minds. Sometimes I feel as if I have spent 4/5ths of my life unravelling the damage of the first ten years of my life. The greatest part of all of these quests is that I am no longer paralyzed by my child of origin/original wound messages. I do, sometimes get snagged, however, it is taking less and less time to free myself.

A result of "being awake" is that my path is opening before me. The greatest gift that I have been given is freedom. Freedom includes many layers for me. May you all stay true to your paths, and to whatever your gifts may be.

4:26 a.m.

It is 4:26 a.m. as I begin my first post. I really should be in bed, however, I had a multitude of things to do today...you know, the kind that need to be done before you can lay your head on the pillow.

As I write, I am listening to a cd full of jams that were played in a facilitated drum circle. I tap on everything when I listen to music, and especially drum circle jams. My body absolutely cannot remain still when I hear drum circles playing in the pocket. It is magical, that pocket. Of course, these jams were professionally done in a recording studio, and those magical moments of being perfectly in sync and in the pocket are plentiful. Plentiful, but incredible.

A couple of weekends ago, I was participating in a Native American style drum circle. When it was time to drum, we started with a steady, quick beat--around 180 bpm. This was the trance/healing beat, where everyone plays 4 quarter notes per measure with no accents or embellishments. Energy was HIGH and a couple of times, everyone was completely entrained, in sync, within the pocket.

It was pure magic. Seemed like time stood still, and our drums sang to each other and also to the earth...it sounded like the earth was playing back to us. The air around us suddenly was still, holding the beat like a newborn child. It sounded effortless, empowered, energized,...but only for a second or two. At that point, the beat was together, but not perfectly entrained. The drummers and dancers took what felt like a simultaneous breath--we must have all held our breath during those couple of seconds when each one of us was perfectly in sync with the entire drum circle.

I am looking forward to those incredible moments that will happen on Saturday. Hopefully the full moon will be illuminating Harmony Hill Gardens as we drum around the bonfire, with nothing between us and the sky. That alone, is a reason to come to the drum circle.

Goodnight.