So many of you know how much my life, both personal and professional, has shifted over the last few months. I have taken some time to step back from active teaching and traveling to teach because my Mom needs me home with her. This past weekend, I had the pleasure and honor to teach a…
Sacred Drum Making with A Daughter
Releasing A Spirit Which Resides in A Sacred Drum
The making of a drum is the creation of bringing together seemingly separate elements. The raw hide of the animal carries the Medicine or Spirit of the animal which is the drum head and lacing. The Spirit or Medicine of the tree used to make the drum hoop is added to the mix. And, your own Medicine,…
Sacred Drums Movie
I recently made a Power Point of the Hastings Michigan drum making workshop which was on May 19, 2012. I learned how to turn that into a YouTube! Okay this movie and the next few are in place of the monthly newsletter. I hope you enjoy it. Sacred Drum Making. Click here to view the…
A New Sacred Elk Drum Born Today
I would like to share with you my drum making experience today. A good friend of mine, James Morrison (no not the guy that Jim Morrison!) asked me to make him an elk hide drum. James is a fellow Awakening the Illuminated Heart Teacher (ATIH). He asked me to make it on his birthday, May 4. Well, I…
Space Clearing Using a Sacred Drum
My primary space clearing tool is my drum. The soul connection I have with my drum as a space clearing tool brings me joy and also reverence with the connection of the whole Universe. When I use my drum to space clear a home or property, I call to and welcome in the Creator, Father…
Sacred Hoop Radio Show Dec 14, 2011 – Sacred Drum Making Experiences
This week, Wednesday, Dec 14, on Sacred Hoop with Neshi radio show, Neshi will chat with friend, Sue Renkema, who has made several drums. Neshi met Sue this year when Sue made a sacred drum in one of Neshi’s drum making workshops. Sue has now made 3 drums with Neshi and will share here experience of…
Making a Sacred Drum
I recently made another drum. This drum was intended to travel with me to drum making workshops held out-of-state. I took the newly made drum with me to the drum making workshop held at the Center of Light in Muskegon MI in April. As I prepared the hoop and drew divination cards to know what…
Sacred Drum Making and the Medicine Wheel
There are many styles of drum making and each style is good. If there is any difference, I believe it is the intentional addition of Spirit to the creation of a drum that makes the drum a sacred tool. So, how do you begin to decide what method to use to make a drum? When I…