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Hi,
here is a little information about my path as a
shamanic drummer:
I started drumming at seventeen - at the
start of the Beetles era! I played drum kit for many years with many
groups (without ever appearing on TV!) About 13 years ago I
discovered Five Rhythms dance. The dance changed my life. I then
wanted to drum for the dance and this led me to the djembe. Which I have
drummed on, made and taught other to play ever since.
My main interest is in life energy, how it flows
and what blocks the flow. The vocabulary I have learnt for this
process is in the Five Rhythms movement practice of Gabrielle Roth which
describe life energy through 'Flowing', 'Staccato,' 'Chaos,' 'Lyrical'
and 'Stillness.'
The tools I use are:
- Drumming - a great way to move our own
energy and activate the energy of others.
- Dance - letting our body speak its truth
and by moving its energy, heal ourselves.
- Creative play - giving
ourselves permission to be free.
- Ritual theater and sweat
lodge - making space for our spirit.
Our energy for life is our creative
energy. I have a fascination with creativity, creative blocks and the
relationship between our inner child, inner parent and mature adult self.
I feel that understanding the nature of this relationship is the key to
accessing our creative flow.
My way is the way of the body, opening a path for communication between
the different parts of ourselves:
The spirits of our animal
parts;
Our elemental nature - water, fire, earth, air and spirit -
the Five Rhythms of life;
And the younger layers of ourselves.
By their nature these parts of us may need
non-verbal or non-intellectual ways of communication. Making space for this
communication is one of the vital challenges facing our civilization.
My
desire is to do this and make it fun; to go for joy, even if it means moving
through difficulty on the way. My goal is to be whole.
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