Women’s Drum-Making Journey & Retreat
Making your own frame drum (also called medicine drum or shamanic drum) is an empowering experience that women from many cultures have practiced for thousands of years. Throughout herstory, the frame drum has been played as a sacred musical instrument, a shamanic healing tool and a powerful symbol of the Sacred Feminine. When crafting your own drum, you're also taking a spiritual journey, a deeply transformative process that culminates in the joy of birthing a beautiful new creation.
Hand-crafted with gifts from nature ~ timber and rawhide ~ the journey of making a frame drum is an alchemical process that engages the maker on many levels as she works to transform the raw materials into a new and unique drum. It’s a labour of love during which wonderful, mysterious and challenging things can happen... a drum is born and a woman is re-birthed.
If you're going through a transition in your life, if you’re finding your voice or healing an old wound, if you wish to birth something new within yourself, if you're seeking to nourish your creativity or deepen your connection with the Sacred Feminine, or if you're simply hearing the inner call to make your own drum, this powerful Journey is for you.
Anne-Marie guides individuals and small groups of women to birth their drums, journeying with their personal intentions. Held and nourished in the beautiful south-west Wadandi Boodja, you can be fully immersed in your experience to receive maximum benefit, value, enjoyment and satifaction.
If you're going through a transition in your life, if you’re finding your voice or healing an old wound, if you wish to birth something new within yourself, if you're seeking to nourish your creativity or deepen your connection with the Sacred Feminine, or if you're simply hearing the inner call to make your own drum, this powerful Journey is for you.
Anne-Marie guides individuals and small groups of women to birth their drums, journeying with their personal intentions. Held and nourished in the beautiful south-west Wadandi Boodja, you can be fully immersed in your experience to receive maximum benefit, value, enjoyment and satifaction.
Expression of Interst:
If you would like to make a drum with Anne-Marie one-on-one, or if you have a group of women and would like your own retreat, please contact Anne-Marie via the link below or call 0408 744 572 to discuss your options.
Venue and Accommodation:
Anne-Marie recommends Glenbrook Country Retreat in Margaret River, set within a large acreage of bush, only minutes from town, river and beaches. Accommodation is rustic, wholesome and comfortable. You will have your own room, and bathrooms are shared.
What's Included:
~ All drum making materials including frames and hides (locally sourced)
~ A safe, sacred journey and retreat space held by Anne-Marie including sharing circles, drum making guidance, drumming & singing circles, beautiful closing ceremony, and drum care instructions
~ Delicious breakfast/lunch; nutritious snacks, teas & coffee all weekend
~ Gathering in Sisterhood on beautiful Wadandi Boodja in the stunning south-west forest
~ Precious time and support for your personal journey to unfold
~ A safe, sacred journey and retreat space held by Anne-Marie including sharing circles, drum making guidance, drumming & singing circles, beautiful closing ceremony, and drum care instructions
~ Delicious breakfast/lunch; nutritious snacks, teas & coffee all weekend
~ Gathering in Sisterhood on beautiful Wadandi Boodja in the stunning south-west forest
~ Precious time and support for your personal journey to unfold
Investment:
## One-on-one drum-making journey with Anne-Marie $750.
## Small group retreats from $900 - $1400 per person depending on accommodation and catering arrangements.
## Small group retreats from $900 - $1400 per person depending on accommodation and catering arrangements.
Bookings and Payment:
Bookings and payments by arrangement with Anne-Marie on 0408 744572
All bookings require a Deposit of $200. If you wish to negotiate a Payment Plan please discuss this with me when booking. Before booking please read the Refund Policy below.
All bookings require a Deposit of $200. If you wish to negotiate a Payment Plan please discuss this with me when booking. Before booking please read the Refund Policy below.
Refund Policy:
• Your deposit of $200 covers the cost of your drum-making materials and is therefore non-refundable. If you cancel and I can fill your place, you may transfer your deposit to another drum-making retreat.
• Full payment is required prior to the commencement of the retreat, unless we have negotiated another payment plan.
• If you cancel after you have paid in full, I will try to fill your place. If your place can be filled, you may receive a refund (minus the $200 deposit) or you may choose to transfer your full payment to another workshop. If your place cannot be filled there will be no refund or transfer available.
• If I need to cancel the workshop due to any unforeseen circumstances, I will refund your payments in full or you can choose to transfer your deposit or full payment to a future drum-making retreat.
• Full payment is required prior to the commencement of the retreat, unless we have negotiated another payment plan.
• If you cancel after you have paid in full, I will try to fill your place. If your place can be filled, you may receive a refund (minus the $200 deposit) or you may choose to transfer your full payment to another workshop. If your place cannot be filled there will be no refund or transfer available.
• If I need to cancel the workshop due to any unforeseen circumstances, I will refund your payments in full or you can choose to transfer your deposit or full payment to a future drum-making retreat.
Honouring Our Lineage
Anne-Marie is grateful to have learned her drum-making skills from her beloved teacher and friend, master drum-maker Jane Elworthy, and she carries a deep respect for this lineage in her drum-making journeys with women. Anne-Marie also honours Carolyn Hillyer, whose life as a ,shamanic drum-maker, writer, artist, songwriter and musician inspires Anne-Marie in infinite magical ways.