Drum Birthing

An Initiatory Journey

Crafting the Drum. Becoming the Drum.

There comes a point in a life when self-concern becomes too small.

When personal stories, grievances, ambitions and identities begin to feel tight around the ribs.

When something older — quieter — steadier — begins to call.

Drum Birthing is a response to that call.

This is not a workshop.
It is a crossing.

Across four sessions of four hours, carefully held, you will craft your own ceremonial drum while walking a guided passage through your life history, your patterns, and your orientation to Spirit — not as belief, but as directing energy.

The drum is not the outcome.

The drum is the witness.

Spirit as Directing Current

In many traditions, Spirit is not an idea.

It is a current.

It moves through land, through lineage, through breath, through sound.
It directs seasons.
It directs migration.
It directs the turning of the earth.

The question is not whether Spirit exists.

The question is whether you are aligned with its movement — or resisting it through attachment to identity.

Drum Birthing invites you into conscious alignment.

Not through fantasy.
Not through performance.
But through disciplined inner examination.

The Life Review — Standing Before the Fire

Before the drum is laced, your life is laid out.

With steadiness, we walk:

  • The shaping forces of childhood

  • The moments that hardened identity

  • The wounds that became armour

  • The ambitions that masked fear

  • The loyalties you carry that are no longer yours

Through structured shamanic counselling, we separate essence from conditioning.

Not to erase the past — but to recognise where “me” has become mistaken for the whole.

You are not your injuries.
You are not your triumphs.
You are not your narrative.

You are something prior.

The Making as Mirror

Each stage of drum creation becomes a living metaphor.

Soaking the hide — softening what has become rigid.
Shaping the frame — recognising the boundaries that give life form.
Drawing the lacing tight — understanding tension as necessary for resonance.
Waiting for the skin to dry — learning that timing is not yours to command.

The drum only speaks when tension and surrender are held in right proportion.

So too with a human being aligned with Spirit.

Too loose — there is no clarity.
Too tight — there is fracture.

Rightly held — there is voice.

From Me and Mine to Ours

Many seek growth to improve their personal experience.

This journey asks a deeper question:

What would it mean to live for the good of the whole?

Beyond possession.
Beyond comparison.
Beyond self-protection.

To move past “me and mine.”
To move past “you and yours.”
And into “ours.”

Not as ideology — but as lived orientation.

When the drum sounds for the first time, it is not a celebration of self.

It is a declaration:

“I am willing to be directed.”

Directed by conscience.
Directed by wisdom older than personality.
Directed by the intelligence that binds all life.

The Worker for the Greater Field

This journey is for those who sense they are being shaped for something beyond personal comfort.

Not everyone is called to this.

To become a worker for the greater good of life is not grandiose.

It is simple.

It means:

  • Acting with responsibility even when unseen

  • Speaking truth without aggression

  • Holding steadiness when others fragment

  • Contributing quietly to coherence in a divided world

The drum becomes your reminder.

Every strike asks:
Are you aligned?
Are you serving?
Are you listening?

The Structure of the 16 Hours

This journey unfolds across four contained phases:

I. Orientation & Ethical Grounding

Clarifying readiness, responsibility, and intention.

II. Life History & Identity Examination

Structured shamanic counselling to examine pattern, attachment, and inherited narratives.

III. Construction as Ceremony

Silence, dialogue, and disciplined reflection woven through the making.

IV. Dedication & Alignment

The first sounding of the drum as a conscious act of service.

You leave with:

  • A hand-crafted ceremonial drum

  • A clarified life orientation

  • A deeper relationship to Spirit as directing current

  • A commitment to live beyond personal narrative

Investment

£1600 16 hours contact time over 4 x 4 hour meetings.

Includes:

  • All drum materials and directed making time for an 18” Shamanic Drum

  • One-to-one shamanic counselling process.

  • Ceremonial space

  • Integration guidance

  • Ongoing orientation support following completion

This is a contained, high-depth container for those ready to stand differently in the world.

This Is Not for You If

  • You are seeking an aesthetic object.

  • You want intensity without responsibility.

  • You are unwilling to examine your life honestly.

  • You are looking for someone to validate your existing identity.

This May Be for You If

  • You feel called toward contribution beyond self-interest.

  • You sense that Spirit has been nudging you toward greater alignment.

  • You are ready to relinquish parts of identity that no longer serve the whole.

  • You understand that unity begins with disciplined self-examination.

The drum is not an accessory.

It is a covenant.

A covenant between you and the living field of life.

A reminder that Spirit is not something you possess.

It is something you align with.

And once heard clearly —
it does not stop directing you.