Would you like to make a medicine drum ⭕️?
A medicine drum is made of a simple wooden hoop and a single hide from an animal.
This camp will be led by Yo and Emilie. We will join with you for 24 hours and support you to make a beautiful medicine drum for yourself.
All meals will be provided. Plant based and gluten free.
This camp will be held on private land adjoining the beautiful Wadbilliga national park.
You will need to buy your kit to make the drum separately and before the camp. Here is the link to buy your kit. https://africandrumming.com.au/product/kit-build-your-own-frame-drum/
Dates/times
Saturday August 30 4pm to Sunday August 31 4pm
Location
On private property adjoining the Wadbiliga National Park. Exact location will be provided upon booking.
Weather
It will be exciting and rugged to camp out at this time of year. Please ensure you feel good about it, your wellness and protection (snuggly clothes and bedding). Here’s the cancellation policy – have a peek: https://natashaberta.com/immersion-cancellation-policy/. We do have a great site, massive fires, hot food and drinks and provision for most kinds of weather.
Payment options:
- You can pay cash on the day but please go ahead and checkout with the code: cashontheday
- We also accept bank transfer. Please enjoy $5 off and pay $145 (that’s our online payment fee waived) – again, please checkout using the code: bankdirect
You will need to bring:
- Your camping gear
- Your drum kit
- Cosy clothes
- Headtorch/torch
- Anything you would like to decorate your drum with: yarn, beads, crystals
Optional extras:
- Journal
- Something for the altar
- Hot water bottle
It will be important to stay for the duration of the camp. Please make an inner commitment to arrive on time and stay till the end.
Who is doing this?
Emilie and Yo have both made medicine drums. They have been running events to support people’s soul journey and are excited to share the love of the drum with you.
Why would I want to make a drum?
Crafting things with our hands is a key part of what makes us human. Craft is an alchemical process of taking ordinary objects (animal skin and wood) and making something extraordinary (a drum). Frame drums in particular are considered to be one of the oldest known musical instruments and have been used since prehistoric times as sacred tools to connect with the divine.
This workshop is an opportunity to create an object that is imbued with conscious intent and emotion. You will experience a shamanic drum journey at the beginning of the workshop as an opportunity to connect with the animal whose skin you are crafting with. We will also invite you to set an intention as you begin your task, to deepen your connection to the process.
But what if I’m not crafty?
This will be an intentionally held workshop, where you will have the opportunity to examine your beliefs around crafting and creating things and what it means about you. Perhaps you have internalised beliefs about your ability to craft things or express yourself from what others have told you. Both Yo and Emilie use a framework of the birth imprint as a creative imprint (ie. how you were born impacts your creative process), which you are welcome to explore if that appeals to you.
Before and while you make your drum, we will invite you to consider such questions as:
• What happens before I start a project?
• How am I at beginning things?
• What happens while I am working on my project during the different stages of creation?
• How do I finish things?
• How do I look after things once I’ve finished them?