The Drumming Circle is still going strong led by Erin and Patti. They hold them on the first and third Fridays of the month at the Unitarian Church located at 10804 – 119 street in Edmonton. The circle starts at 7 and is generally over by 9.
The cost is still a bank breaking $5.
You need to bring with you a blanket to lay on, a cover for your eyes and a journal to record your experiences and thoughts in. I would bring slippers because it is a cement floor under that carpet and by golly my toes got cold.
You can find the page under Shaman’s Journey Drumming Circle on Facebook.
Each circle has a different theme and is always well put together.
I have found over the years that sometimes the mind gets in the way and then we start thinking that we’re this or we’re that or that we’re separated. The circles are a way for you to take your time to feel your heart and locate an open avenue to Spirit. We ask that you engage your imagination, that much maligned muscle. If you take the time to just sit down, close your eyes and open your imagination & well imagine what you will experience. Circle allows you the opportunity to sit with yourself and get beyond the monkey chatter and beyond the fishbowl with a bunch of fish. Each circle invites you to hear your true voice, the soothing, gentle, non-judgmental one and touch with world around you.
The circle is opened with smudge, prayers to the Directions and a rousing drum and rattle session designed to bring your spirit into the room, engage the spirits around you, raise your energy and prepare you for your own sacred journey.
The circle tends to center around Native American Cultural Drums and rattles but is primarily focusing on the spiritual rather than the musical aspects. We are facilitating a shamanic journey type process rather than a musical event. Shamanic drumming is generally simple and repetitive, often considered as a form of prayer or method of trance induction, rather than as music or entertainment. During a shamanic trance or shamanic journey, the drummer uses the steady beat of the drum as a “lifeline” to find the way back to the world of ordinary consciousness.
Are you having a drumming circle sometime in the near future? Is the location accessible by public transportation?
C.
Hi C.
The next drumming circle is Feb 1. We generally meet the first and third Fridays of the month. It is accessible by public transportation. The location of the temple is 10155 – 89 street. The #1 runs on Rowland Drive and stops at 89 street. The temple is two blocks south of the bus stop. There is also a Riverdale Bus that runs and stops right outside the temple, however I cannot recall the # of that bus.
We start at 7. There are always extra drums and rattles, so if you don’t have one you can certainly borrow one.
Hope to see you round the drum.
Kriket
Next drumming circle is Oct 2, 2009.
See you round the drum
Kriket,
miss you and your circle. Will be in Edmonton on October 2nd and hope to make it for the journey.
Steve.
Kriket…thank you for your devotion, for the caring that you show to all your kittens, and for making each and every person that you meet feel so special and important. I am truly blessed to have you in my life.
Rob
When is your drumming circle events for 2010, IAM very interested in these events, alohajay
Hey Jay,
I have updated the website up to and including March 5. After that I am still in the planning stages. It was very nice to connect with you on the phone and I look forward to meeting you on Feb 5. Bring your wonderful drumming arm and spirit.