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"Toward the One, United with All"
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Blessed Beats
Frame Drumming
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Drumming is an ancient technology for
synchronizing the body-mind complex and
accessing realms beyond the physical. The
frame drum is the oldest known musical
instrument, played mainly by women for
millennia in sacred rituals and oracular
ceremonies as a means of creating peace and
ecstasy, and accessing the deepest wisdom
within.
Layne Redmond, the world-renowned drummer,
composer, recording artist, and drum
historian, says in the "Being in Rhythm"
meditation: "Our bodies are
expressions of energetic fields of
vibrations. From the pulse of our hearts to
the rhythms of our breathing and the
patterns of our speech, we are truly
rhythmic beings. We are conceived to the
pulse of our mother's blood and born into a
rhythmic world, where we are continually
influenced by the celestial cycles of the
Sun, the Earth, the Moon, and the stars.
Although we can never extricate ourselves
from this rhythmic web, many of us find that
modern life is unconnected to the rhythms of
nature and we feel a deep yearning to be in
rhythm once again." |
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Layne's research and teachings have
empowered many people all over the world to
reclaim this connecting rhythm through the
powerful experience of frame drumming. In
her book, When the Drummers Were Women, she
notes: "Many are returning to the drum to
recover an important spiritual connection
that has been lost, a connection long buried
but somehow instantly familiar."
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Layne Redmond, playing her signature Lotus
Tambourine |
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At Blessed Beats, we teach and explore
Layne's approach to frame drumming through
introductory classes, frame drum intensives,
weekend workshops with Layne, and through
our frame drum troupe, Sancta.
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Sancta at "Twilight at the Oasis", a benefit
for Cornucopia House |
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Sancta at the Music Explorium grand opening |
Upcoming Events
July 18 - 20 2008: "Ancient Secrets of the
Bee Priestesses" with Layne Redmond, Durham
NC. An intermediate to advanced frame
drumming workshop that explores oracular
techniques used in the ancient world,
including chanting, humming, overtone
singing, and frame drumming. Open to women
and men who have previously studied frame
drumming with Layne or Farrunnissa.
May - October 2009: "Giving Birth to
Ourselves" Frame Drum Intensive. Layne's
landmark in-depth exploration of sound and
rhythm within a spiritual context will be
presented by Farrunnissa on third Saturdays
from 9 am - 6 pm in Durham NC.
For more information, contact Farrunnissa at
NurLuna@aol.com or 919-361-2383.
To learn more about Layne Redmond, her
recordings, publications, and work, visit
www.LayneRedmond.com. |
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Farrunnissa with Layne
"Look what the goddess does
when she is sad: She takes
up a tambourine, made of taut
skin and rimmed with castanets
of brass, and she begins to
dance. The sound of flutes
blares out wildly, reaching even
to the depths
of the underworld, so
loud, so clamorous is it.
Look what the goddess does
when she is sad: She finds
the wildness in herself, and as
she does, she finds that there
is joy there too." --
Euripides (Greek dramatist),
quoted in The Goddess Companion
by Pat Moynihan |
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"In Beauty is the secret of Divinity."
– Hazrat Inayat Khan |
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