Reflecting with David Part 2

MayMon 2010 Filed in: Reflecting With David

Rhythm Healing

Event: The Healing Power of Drumming, Ritual and Chanting with Layne Redmond
Where: The Open Center 22 East 30th St., Manhattan
When: A Two-Day Workshop. Fee $365
Saturday & Sunday, May 15 & 16 Saturday, 9:30am–5:30pm Sunday, 9:30am–5pm
Phone: 212-219-252

Chanting, overtone singing, and humming to the rhythms of the frame drum are ancient technologies for synchronizing mind and body for psychological, physical and spiritual healing. During the workshop you will use all the tools of the ancient priestesses and priests as you learn a synthesis of frame-drumming techniques from India, the Middle East, and North Africa. You will invoke the elemental energies of earth, water, fire, and air and create sacred space through ritual; focus on the heart chakra to help bring balance to ourselves and the world; and practice Bhramari pranayama (bee breath) and the traditional mantra and mudra of the Hindu bee goddess, Bhramari Devi.
The frame drum is the world’s oldest drum and was played primarily by women for thousands of years as the primary trance-inducing technology for religious and ecstatic rituals. In ancient myth and legend, the frame drum is associated with the bee goddess, who is said to awaken a buzz of ascending consciousness and descending spiritual grace in those who practice these drumming rituals.

Layne Redmond, creator of an innovative healing form of rhythmic and drumming exercises, is the author of When The Drummers Were Women and Chakra Meditation. Her CDs include Chanting the Chakras, Chakra Breathing Meditations, Heart Chakra Meditations, Trance Union, The Wave of Bliss and Invoking the Muse.

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