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RESONATE YOUR SPIRIT

     Working with a drum connects your Spirit to a level of unity with the Divine Source and your own Soul. The drumming is a vibrational medicine that energetically balances your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual body. Working with the aura through sound is the key to healing the body, mind and spirit. It gently re-balances your chakras within, while the vibration heals and balances the major chakras 9, 10, 11, 12 outside the physical body.

     In my culture it is important to have the connection with our physical body and our spiritual body. This is how we tap into the higher frequencies, which allows us to heal and release blockages that cause destructive behaviors, such as: frustration, chronic illness and depression.

     There are two drums we heal with. One is the natural hide of a deer, moose, horse etc. The other is synthetic. I have found students to have issues with respect to how the animal was killed for the use of the drum, so they would rather use the synthetic alternative - which has an equally powerful healing effect.

     In our culture we honor every part of the animal we hunt, eating the meat, using the hides for many ceremonial instruments and clothing. We pray and thank the animal for the life it has given and with prayer we join in its journey of spirit to the spirit world.

     I agree with questioning how the skins were processed at death and time of creating the drums, plus the growing number of drumming students making it impossible for us to keep up with the demand for natural hide drums. There are an abundance of hides out there  . . . the concern is . . . how were they processed?

One benefit of a synthetic drum is you never have to heat it up before you use it for a journey or healing.  It also has a softer vibration, which can create a soothing flow of acceptance during the healing time. When we drum for healing, the drum is 8 inches away from the body. If using the natural hide drums, you must heat them in order to create the customary clear vibrational sound required for healing purposes.      Drumming is a powerful tool that can teach you how to call in spirits of all directions and all healing forces, creating a sacred space for healing. A good teacher will show you how to use this tool with integrity and guide you through a journey of love and respect for yourself and ALL of creation.

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