I will never forget the 1st time I picked up a medicine drum and beat it towards my heart. I was overcome with sheer vibrancy and familiarity.
Tears rolled down my cheek as I felt the vibration of this beautiful sacred healing tool that permeated the cells of my body.
In that moment I felt a riveting connection to something that felt familiar to me although I had never used one before. Odd I know, but it felt like I came home to myself, like I knew this, I had done this before.
As I began to study the lineage of drumming I found that yes indeed, I have done this before; through those who came long before my mothers grandmothers grandmothers grandmother.
In that moment I reclaimed my birthright as a drummer.
I learned that drumming can be linked back thousands of years and among the earliest historical cultures women were the spiritual leaders.
Women drumming can be found depicted in hieroglyphics, sculptures, paintings and in stories.
Women, yes women, were the original drummers.
And another thing I have learned and experienced 1st hand is that when women join in circle and drum together we connect to our own feminine rhythms, form healthier collective relationships with our earth sisters and loosen and heal unconscious cultural beliefs. Drumming reconnects us with the sacredness of a woman and assists us in living in greater harmony with the natural world and our own spiritual essence while seeing each other in our sacred divinity.
The Drum was the tool our ancestors used to summon the Goddess. ~ Layne Redmond
The HERstory of women drummers goes deep and wide. Just as plants and natural sacred potions have been used to heal, drumming has also served as healing medicine.
As a deep lover and practitioner of sacred rituals and energy healing I have become a dedicated user of this transformational spiritual tool.
The red drum symbolizes the Divine Feminine, the womb, the moon, menstruation, childbirth and the heartbeat of mother earth.