Shamanic Reiki Drumming

A complete guide to shamanic drumming for enhancing Reiki practice • Shares Reiki drum techniques and step-by-step shamanic practices to strengthen the potency of Reiki symbols and treatments and bring empowerment, healing, connection, and clarity to you and your clients • Looks at selecting a drum, attuning to its unique power, and how to use it for self-healing and for work with clients • Explains the essence of shamanic journeying with a drum, including how to set intentions, access and navigate the three shamanic worlds, meet spirit guides, and connect deeply with your intuition Combining the drum with reiki allows a practitioner to deepen their practice by integrating vibrational sound and shamanism. In this guide, reiki master and shamanic teacher Fay Johnstone explores reiki drum techniques and step-by-step shamanic practices to bring empowerment, healing, connection, and clarity to you and your clients. Exploring the magic of the drum, Shamanic Reiki Drumming explains the essence of shamanic journeying, including how to access and navigate the three shamanic worlds, meet spirit guides, and connect deeply with your intuition. Outlining different techniques of drumming for yourself and others, the author presents a shamanic reiki treatment fl ow protocol for the basic structure of a session, whether in person or distant healing. Simple, practical exercises are offered to help restore connection to our true self through drumming with nature, exploring the cosmos, and honoring the ancestors. The book includes guidelines for conducting ceremony and holding drum circles or reiki shares for group healing and shamanic journeying. Welcoming all reiki practitioners into the rhythm of the drum and the path of shamanism, this guide will inspire you to journey deeper into the unseen web that connects us all.

Shamanic Reiki introduces techniques that healers and Reiki practitioners can draw on to tap ancient healing wisdom. Shamanism and Reiki are, by themselves, powerful ways to heal. Together, their power multiplies, and healing methods become available that aren’t accessible if used separately. The purpose of Shamanic Reiki is to introduce you to concepts in both and provide you with detailed proven methods to enhance your own healing practices.

In response to the phenomenal resurgence of the drum nationwide, Michael has completely revised and expanded the 1991 edition for all those folks discovering the power of drumming. This useful book reveals profound teachings about shamanic drumming, which is a time-honored method of healing and helping others. Trained as a ceremonial drummer in the Mongolian and Native American shamanic traditions, Michael presents the first practical guide to applying this ancient healing art to our modern lives. Through a series of simple exercises, lessons, and rituals, he teaches you the basic shamanic methods of drumming. The focus is on creating sacred space, journeying, power practice, power animals, geomancy, drum therapy, drum harmonics, drum circle dynamics, and the universal rhythmic phenomena that come into play whenever we drum. The techniques are simple and powerful. Whether you are an accomplished percussionist or a total beginner, this user-friendly book will help you harness the power of drumming.

Shaman's Drum is a Spiritual Guide bringing a timely message of an ancient healing practice for our contemporary world. Caroline shares real stories of her clients Shamanic Healing journeys; healing the root cause of trauma and the resulting anxiety and illness caused when emotions are repressed. During shamanic healing, Caroline works with vision and vibrational energy healing to clear and realign your energy centers and your connection to the Earth. While listening to the sound of the drum, you journey beyond ordinary reality inside yourself, where you find the answers to your life. You are empowered as you experience transformation; becoming one with Source, you receive life force energy. Shamanism is a pathway to learn to work with the Oneness of Life; working within sacred space, with your Spirit guides, Spirit Animals, and all our relations, you learn an expansive worldview. When you face the darkness and go through it, you will find the Light and freedom on the other side. Shamanism is a journey to heal yourself and find your passion for life and share it with the world. Shamanism is based on experience, a calling received through Vision and Initiation that requires commitment, willingness to answer the call, and a passion to help heal suffering humanity.

Take a guided tour from a writer who grew up and studied on Native American reservations and join those throughout the world—from Siberia to South America, Australia to Africa—who venerate the drum for its healing and celebratory powers. Through painting, cleansing, blessing, smudging, dedicating, chanting, and performing, you’ll find your own special beat, transforming the drum into a medicinal tool. Become one with a purchased or homemade instrument. Draw on the knowledge of Native American and other cultures to drum away fear, purify, establish a sacred space, and reach into areas of the consciousness that would otherwise be inaccessible. Extra special bonus: a CD with more than an hour’s worth of music for a Sacred Directions ceremony, meditation, trance, and more.

Many people in today's world are being called by spirit to become shamans. A yearning exists deep within many of us to reconnect to the natural world. It is a call to a life lived in balance with awareness of nature, of spirit, and of self. In his third drum guide, Shamanic Drumming: Calling the Spirits, Michael Drake recounts his journey into shamanic practice and explores what someone should do if they feel the call to become a shaman. Following up on his definitive handbook on shamanic drumming, The Shamanic Drum, the author provides a new series of exercises and lessons that allow for a deeper understanding and utilization of this core shamanic practice. He has written a guide to becoming a shamanic healer that encompasses the power of the drum, of community, and of the accountability inherent in authentic shamanic practice.

Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of either Reiki or shamanism will learn how to heal people, places, and things, whether at hand or from a distance, in this useful guide. Presented by an expert in both traditions, the techniques of Reiki and the principles of shamanism are explained in simple, concise terms, then brought together using real-life examples to show how Reiki can be practiced within the shamanic journey. Supported by mastery exercises, references to other books, and internet resources, both novices and experienced practitioners will expand their knowledge and ability to help subjects clear old energies and accelerate their ''soul purpose.''

In response to the phenomenal resurgence of the drum nationwide, Michael has completely revised and expanded the 1991 edition for all those folks discovering the power of drumming. This useful book reveals profound teachings about shamanic drumming, which is a time-honored method of healing and helping others. Trained as a ceremonial drummer in the Mongolian and Native American shamanic traditions, Michael presents the first practical guide to applying this ancient healing art to our modern lives. Through a series of simple exercises, lessons, and rituals, he teaches you the basic shamanic methods of drumming. The focus is on creating sacred space, journeying, power practice, power animals, geomancy, drum therapy, drum harmonics, drum circle dynamics, and the universal rhythmic phenomena that come into play whenever we drum. The techniques are simple and powerful. Whether you are an accomplished percussionist or a total beginner, this user-friendly book will help you harness the power of drumming.