I Like Drum Circles

This is FireGoddess.
She is a large drum suitable for several drummers to play at once.
She is special to my heart because I made her as a tribute to the art of firedancing.You can go to www.sundoor.com and find my firewalking teacher...

At one of the music festivals that I went to a few years ago some of the organizers built a giant dreamcatcher-like structure out of deadfall trees and rope.  It must have been at least 50 feet or more in diameter and at least 10...

As far back as I can remember, I started my painting sessions as a young child, with making a rainbow, from making all the colors wet, and ready to go. I have had this deep connection to rainbows for a long time now, rainbow pics, in...

This is a favorite of mine because my mother named me "Squirrel" when I was a baby.

This is a 16 inch drum....and is one of my first drums.

In San Diego there's a lot of tribes and reservations and i was invited by an indian friend of mine to attend his aa/na meetings at the Viejas Tribe. I was like okay cool. It was cool too, I have 2 dui's so i have been to a lot of...

I love going to drum circles, and dancing in them, because it triggers something very primal and warrior-like in me to just dance and lose myself to the drumming of the beat, and by doing so, I feel cleansed from within. It's a...

The drums are the first instrument connected to humanity. On the most basic level, drums have been used to warn, to protect, to call, and to talk to others. I had the luxury of being a part of a drum circle, once a week for a couple...

On one of the many Yahoo drum circle groups I belong to someone posted an opinion about how drum circle novices should take lessons before participating in drum circles and not consider themselves "drummers". Here was my response...

I love to drum. It is always hit and miss trying to find a drum circle, so I decided one day (four years ago) that I was just going to start a drum circle. I set it up on the internet and posted flyers locally. I made it an open...

I think this will be a good place to share my drums....
Drum circles are important because they bring unity and harmony to the people.

This is Snow Drum, it has been played by many people.
It is an 18 inch drum with...

I play the Bodhran and love to attend drum circles both Druidic and non-Druidic. For the drum is the heartbeat of the Earth and can be directed to healing the Planet and bringing harmony in the universe. Just as a person wiht a weak...

Though I've been a kit drummer since the age of 10, I first became involved with drum circles in the 90's. What fascinated me was that some of the people who participated were having a 'spiritual' experience; some were having a strictly...

So I was at this Autism Family Fun Day. It was an event for families with Autistic children. There were vendors and games and music. I did not have my daughter with me as I was just there helping a friend advertise her Therapy...

One of the greatest things my mom told me was that when I was a baby, I loved to beat on pots and pans. Then I got a little bigger and would place them in the floor, in a circle. Sometimes I'd beat them and sometimes I's run around them...

so, i was welcomed into a drum circle last night.  it was my first time.  i gotta tell ya, it was AMAZING!!!  i was invited by my reiki instructor, and our intention with the circle was to raise energy.  my energy...