About This Event:
The art of drumming is finally making its way into the health and wellness revolution. Over the past decade research involving the neurobiological underpinnings of drumming has seen tremendous growth. Numerous studies have shown that all types of drumming can reduce stress, lower blood pressure, and enhance immunity. Research on group drumming shows evidence that this modality can be used to reduce blood pressure and cortisol levels, and provide relief from chronic pain conditions.
The Shamanic Drum is a remarkable spiritual technology that enables us to connect with our true nature, the elements, the great spirit & the heart of the Earth. It has been used throughout time & across many cultures and traditions to align with the spirit realms & harness the healing power of natural sound vibrations. The Witches Drum would help attain altered states of consciousness, converse with the dead, communicate with the gods, receive higher guidance, call upon the healing spirit and receive visions of the future. With the help of a rattle or chacapa, we can summon support from the spirit realm, calling upon our benevolent allies, guides, guardians, protectors and ancestors.
The Chacapa is a handheld bunch of dried leaves (traditionally palm fronds) bundled together and used in shamanic healing practices as both a rhythm and healing instrument. It creates a soothing and hypnotic natural sound when shaken. In healing ceremonies, the chacapa is rubbed and rattled over or near a patient’s body to brush out or transmute negative energies. It is also used to call upon spirit and to keep rhythm in icaros, which are healing medicine chants.
What To Expect:
Together we will embark on a Shamanic Drum Song Circle Journey of Remembrance and Reclamation. Held in a ceremonial sanctuary, we will breathe, receive, sing, share, learn & let in the Medicine of Music. You will ritually craft your very own instrument of sacred sound, healing & transformation. Using local plant materials we will craft our own chacapa's to add to your sacred musical instruments and spiritual tool kit and support your personal healing practice. We will replenish our soul light in the infinite power of the creative healing spirit, connect with our ancestors, guides, and allies and embody our personal and collective intentions. You will connect with your inner resources and guidance through a shamanic drum journey, and are invited to marinate in the beauty and bounty of these shamanic wisdom teachings. This circle is a space to share, learn, sing and receive the medicine of sacred songs, whilst being nourished by the simple power of engaging in prayerfulness, presence and gratitude.
About your Facilitator:
As a qualified, experienced and passionate advocate of the ancient healing arts, Melanie Gunn employs the most simple and effective practices of ritual, ceremony, movement, music, creativity, food and medicine to summon our innate power and connection to a healing source which is naturally regenerative, and eternal. She has worked with and for many medicine carriers, healers, shaman, musicians, artists, dancers and facilitators. Her 12 year power plant medicine journey has made her a passionate advocate for and practitioner of trauma-informed somatic integration techniques, to support herself and others in embodying the change we want to see in the world.
Melanie has spent most of her life immersed in women’s mystery teachings and circle work as a participant, host and facilitator, nurturing her natural feminine affinity for providing safe, nourishing, healing, empowering and transformational spaces for herself and others. Her rite of passage into motherhood initiated the integration of her life’s purpose, spiritual calling and earth work. She devotes her life in service to the great mother of all that is and honours all life as sacred.
Things To Note:
Please arrive by 4:15pm to allow spaciousness to visit the bathroom and settle in. There are plenty of bolsters, blankets and cushions to get cosy with, although you are welcome to bring your own for a felt sense of familiarity and groundedness.
Park in Anchor Place (the side street which runs opposite the arcade Centre of You is nestled within) which is unmetered from 4pm.
No experience with singing or percussion is necessary. if you do have a drum or a rattle please bring it with you.
Tickets:
$60 earlybird tickets are available until September 19th at which point tickets are priced at $70. Limited spots available. Book below.
If this event calls to you, though you are experiencing a transient time of financial hardship, be in touch via grace@centreofyou.com.au or via Instagram DM @centreofyou_chapelst.