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Drumming Up Spirit

There are many different reasons we play drums. Perhaps you enjoy the feeling of social togetherness when you drum in a circle. There are two very distinct drumming circles in my vocabulary; one is the shamanic drumming circle, which encourages all participants to drum as we bring up our Spirit Song; the other circle, for me as a drummer, is for pure Joy!! Perhaps you are a musician at heart and enjoy performing for people within a group. You might have a goal of mastering complex African polyrhythms, I know I have tried many times. The key to being able to, I have discovered for myself, is practice. It may be that you simply enjoy drumming, that the rhythm moves your body and spirit in ways that not many other things do in life. Whatever the reason, becoming aware of why can help to ease your state of mind and open you to your own spirit song. [Read more…]

The God Shot

In my podcasts, and in person, I often talk about the “God Shot”. We all want them and some of us have them. But what is a God Shot? I think it is when you have a spiritual experience so profound it affects, or can affect, the very underpinnings of our present lives.  God Shots certainly help to catapult us to a deeper and more profound relationship to Spirit, or at least it can.

Some of us have had the luxury to travel for spiritual workshops. Some of us are fortunate enough to have great workshops in the places we live. The workshops, ceremonies, etc. often bring us closer to the divine. The question then is; what do we do after? Integration of our experiences is important, but how do we do that? Another aspect of the God Shot is to work with it. We are invited to be in the presence of the Divine but how do we stay with the Divine? [Read more…]

Relationship with Spirit

It is not my practice to call upon named Goddess’ or Gods’. Spirit does not usually ask me to categorize this or that, aspect of them, for the sake of something foreign to the receiver. So… what does that mean? During my years of public ceremony, I know I have foisted upon many circle joiners, foreign concepts, foreign spirits (literally and mythologically) and odd postures.

Harris Hawk
Harris Hawk

If one is used to a more formal circle, the shamanic circle may appear more loosely gathered and presented. When I call East… It is East… I speak the words I have been given. Sometimes I say “To the Buddha’s and bodhisattva’s, to Golden, Illumination, Birth, Great Hawk… Welcome to this Sacred time & Sacred Space.” Other times, I whistle and rattle and no words are even spoken. Relationship with the world around us, does not always require us to identify or categorize ~ sometimes it is wordless, unspoken. [Read more…]

Shamanism in Edmonton

Kriket lives and hosts numerous events in Edmonton, Canada. She also performs healing sessions there. To find out more, or book a session check out her personal site.

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