Embrace the
Sacred Sound
of the
Spirit Drum

Tamaryn is both creator and facilitator here at Spirit Drum. 

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My relationship with the Drum started 22 years ago, when I was handed my first drum, and initiated into her warm embrace, sitting on a boulder in the middle of a raging river.   My journey into the unseen realms began many years before that, as a young child I could see spirits, commune with nature and see through the masks worn by my friends and family.   It was a confusing time, realizing early on that what I experienced was not the norm.   Meeting the drum was like reuniting with an old friend.   The rhythms and knowing was held within the very essence of my cells and it was simply a remembering.   

I could never have imagined the journey I would go on, the teachers I would encounter, the challenges I would face, the energy I would have to learn to master, and still am.   The drum and the amazing power of sound has been an intricate part of that journey and is still evolving to this day.   It is an incredible honour to embody this medicine, to discover it and to journey with it.  

I believe that one way to honour the Spirit Drum, is to ensure that Spirit Meets Quality.   In order to work with all aspects that the drum has to offer, we must recognize that the drum is not just a physical tool for sound creation and resonance, but also holds a sentient energy, just like a crystal or any medicine tool.  

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To truly access the Power of the Drum, you must know your drum, who she is, what her energies are and how to work in harmony with her.   We also, however, need a drum that works, that can access it's full potential because it is made and tensioned well.  

To access the healing resonance of the drum, you need a well made drum, that has been made in Sacred Connection and Creation.   Some feel that it is important to hold to tradition.  The Sacred medicine that has been held by traditional peoples and shared with cultures who have been far more removed from their ancient ways is a gift that my heart is most grateful for.    I feel though that it is important to remember that when we hold onto the 'old ways' and traditions too tightly, leaving no room for growth, we can often find ourselves stuck. 

Our ancestors lived in a different time, with different needs and challenges, and so I believe that the core fundamentals to this work never really change, but our techniques and application of the medicine does.  Even the Earth energetically is not what is was 500 years ago.  Our needs and that of the Earth's and all the beings that we share her with, the plant kingdom, animal kingdom etc, have changed, and so we must allow ourselves to build upon what our ancestors have brought through.  Each generation has something new to offer, something new to discover, and as we grown and change as people, so too must our spiritual practices grow and change with us.  

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As we live in a time of great change, of great growth and at times of great challenge, let us meet life with a full and shining  Spirit and Heart, so we can step, sit, laugh and play in the fullness of who we truly are.