Autumn Medicine Drum Crafting Workshop
Schedule
Sat, 16 May, 2026 at 12:00 am to Sun, 17 May, 2026 at 07:00 am
UTC+10:00Location
370 Yankee Flat Rd, Navigators VIC 3352, Australia | Ballarat, VI
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Join Helen from Earthstar Magic and Nicki from Sacred Rhythms Wellbeing in the Taurus Dark / New Moon Portal where you will birth your Medicine Drum in Sacred Ceremony.Our gathering takes place two weeks after Samhain, the end of Autumn and beginning of Winter. It is here that we make our final harvest. All of the lessons from the months since Winter Solstice last year, distilled and potent. Together we will release all that no longer serves under the dark moon to ensure it does not continue to grow throughout the new lunar cycle.
A powerful time to gather! The workshop will be held in a beautiful bush location just 15 minutes from Ballarat CBD. The Black Cockatoos will be flying overhead, and the fungi kingdom will be alive beneath our feet.
When we birth a drum, we have the opportunity to work shamanically with the elements - as above so below, as within so without. Weaving together threads of the plant and animal kingdoms, the earth cycle and lunar phase, as well as the stories present in our own bodies.
The materials for this workshop will be wild goat hide, and you will have a choice of either Ash, Willow, Beech or Mulberry frames in either 14 or 16 inches. Please indicate your preference at check out.
There is plenty of space for camping onsite, or participants are welcome to return home on Saturday night. There are also two bedrooms available for an additional cost. Perfect for those local to the Ballarat area or individuals not keen on camping.
We ask that all participants bring along their own lunch for both days. We will provide nourishing and delicious snacks for morning and afternoon tea, along with a range of naturopathically formulated herbal teas. All dietary requirements will be catered for, and those staying overnight will enjoy a simple vegetarian meal, but need to bring along their own breakfast.
DETAILS:
💫 DATES: Saturday 16th May 10am - 5pm & Sunday 17th May 9am - 5pm
💫 LOCATION: HOPE Haven, Navigators. 15 mins from Ballarat CBD, 90 mins from Melbourne, 1 hour from Geelong
💫 ACCOMMODATION: Participants are welcome to return home, camp overnight (no additional cost) or book one of two on site accommodation options. Please get in touch for more info.
💫 FACILITIES: Beautiful indoor space with full access to kitchen, bathroom and outdoor space for nature connection.
💫 INVESTMENT: $650 per person.
💫 FOOD: Please BYO lunch each day. We will provide delicious snacks and nourishing herbal teas.
Arrive at 10am on Saturday for a day of ceremony where you will learn all about the Medicine Drum and its herstory. You will set your intention, select your hoop and hide in ritual space and begin the drum birthing process, before soaking your hide overnight and returning to your accommodation at 5pm.
On Sunday you will arrive at 9am for a full day of drum birthing. Includes breathwork activation and guidance and support from both Nicki and myself as your birth your sacred tool into the world.
The workshop will conclude at 5pm on Sunday, and you will leave with your completed Medicine Drum, plus instructions on drying and caring for your new sacred tool.
“It is often said that the first sound we hear in the womb is our mother's heartbeat. Actually, the first sound to vibrate our newly developed hearing apparatus is the pulse of our mother's blood through her veins and arteries. We vibrate to that primordial rhythm even before we have ears to hear."
(Layne Redmond, When The Drummers Were Women: A Spiritual History of Rhythm.)
This relationship with rhythm and the drum began in the womb. Each cell of our body has been created with this pulse, this rhythm of sound, this beat of the drum.
The drum is a universal instrument, not owned by any culture. Played for thousands of years across all continents; by Celts in Europe, Native Americans in the USA, and all through Africa, South and Central America, the Middle East, Asia, and Australia. Each of us has the ancestral memory of long ago playing the drum. This cross-cultural instrument and Shamanic tool is the call of the heartbeat, the wild self, and the song of Mother Earth.
It's the sound of coming home.
We are excited to be offer four different styles of drum crafting with full instructions and illustrations, and yet we are skilled in holding space for you to find your own unique way of birthing this powerful sacred tool. Guiding you as we walk the line between having a deep shamanic experience and birthing a beautiful and resonant sacred tool.
This workshop includes everything you will need to birth your own Medicine Drum:
💫 A choice of either Willow, Ash, Beech or Mulberry Hoop (14" or 16", please make your selection at checkout)
💫 Wild Goat rawhide
💫 Teaching around the origins of the Shamanic Drum and the lineage of this work
💫 All instructions, templates and tools required to create your medicine drum
💫 Ceremony and ritual
💫 Shamanic Drum Journey to connect with the animal of your hide and the wood of your hoop
💫 Naturopathically formulated herbal teas & yummy snacks
Click on the booking link to find out more on the animal and tree totems for this workshop.
With love & gratitude
Earthstar & Nicki 💜
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