Winter Solstice Drum Circle

A Gathering for Ceremony, Celebration and Community

"May the promise of Solstice, the light born out of the dark, show us a clear path and give us the fire and heart to walk forward with courage, vision and hope" Starhawk

~ FREE EVENT ~

A "give away from Spirit"

Please join us for this sacred time of honoring the darkness and the light as we journey and vision through drumming, chanting, and/or movement ~ whatever moves your Spirit. All are welcome, no experience necessary. All drum types welcome. Rattles, shakers, and other instruments also welcome. For more information, please contact Kent Dorsey at kent@CenterForShamanicHealing.com

Co-Facilitators:

Kent Dorsey and Judith Roberts

Saturday December 20th, 2014 7 pm to 8:30 pm

Sanctuary, Oakland Center For Spiritual Living

This is the first gathering of an ongoing open drum circle. We will meet each third Saturday of the month to explore drumming in community, honoring Earth Based traditions, Shamanic Journeywork and more.

Please Register, just to let us know how many are coming.

A "Love Offering" donation to support the OCSL facility use will be greatly appreciated

More Information

The Center For Shamanic Healing and the Oakland Center For Spiritual Living invite you to an evening of Community Drumming and Shamanic Ritual.

This Drum Circle is a bit differnet from the usual Center For Shamanic Healing offerings. Bringing many traditions together, we are focused on using the beat of the circle's drums to connect to Spirit with intention.

Winter Solstice Format:

We invite you to wear white and black, to honor the darkness and the return of the light.

- - - - Opening
        
        Honoring the Directions & Ancestors
        
        Intention for the circle
        
        3 Rounds – setting intention & breathing between each round
        
        Group Sharing
        
        Thankoing the Directions & Ancestors
        
        Closing

Join Us In Sacred Circle!

The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper

So the shortest day came, and the year died,
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees;
They hung their homes with evergreen;
They burned beseeching fires all night long
To keep the year alive,
And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake
They shouted, reveling.
Through all the frosty ages you can hear them
Echoing behind us - Listen!!
All the long echoes sing the same delight,
This shortest day,
As promise wakens in the sleeping land:
They carol, fest, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends,
And hope for peace.
And so do we, here, now,
This year and every year.
Welcome Yule!!

We ask that you stay in circle for the whole event.

Join Us In Sacred Circle!

May you all have a blessed Holiday Season,