Participants will learn key tools that can be applied to personal development, family, community and business. The Drumming Sounds methodology of facilitation is based on years of community development and thousands of facilitated wellness based event using Drumming as key touch point for transformation . The ancient earth based technologies shared over this 4 day training can be applied to the contemporary lifestyle without cultural exploitation, this message key to our continued practice of transforming lives through the Drumming Sounds facilitated experience. . This training is about transforming oneself as much as it is about transforming the community. If you are called to the Earth Based healing arts or you are just looking for fun transforming and educational week end this experience is perfect for you.

About Trainers:

Andrew Ecker and Monica Patton together are Drumming Sounds, Monica is a trained Reiki practitioner receiving her initiation under Astarius Miraculii at the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. She is also trained in Healthrhythms and accomplished artist, drum circle facilitator and specializes in soundscpapes also known as sound healing. Andrew born from the Apache “NDE” born to the Irish, author, drum circle and Healthrhythms facilitator, speaker and life coach. Andrew and Monica as drum circle facilitators, spiritual practitioner, teachers and community developers have been able to in over 25 years of combined effort facilitate more than 5000 drum circles, some with tribal nations, churches, businesses, festivals, organizations and individuals. 

Native American Groups: The Havasupai Nation, The Navajo Nation, The Hopi Nation, The Yaqui Nation, The Gila River Indian Community, The Tohono O’odham Nation, Native American Connections, United Natives . Native Americans for Community Action, Nevada Intertribal Council.

Government: United States Veterans Administration, City of Phoenix, Maricopa County, City of Peoria, City of Glendale, Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Tolleson. 

Faith groups: First Church UCC Phoenix ,   Baha'i Faith, Phoenix First Assembly of God, New Thought, Church on the Street, Church for the Nations . 

Festivals Experience: Neotribal the Gathering, Enchanted Forest Festival, Love long Beach, Lucidity Festival, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Symbiosis Festival, Beloved Festival, Elements Gathering, McDowell Mountain Music Festival, The Power of Prayer at Burning Man, Oregon Eclipse, Festival, Blue Stargate, Gem and Jam, Earth Mother Mind Jam, Pot Of Gold Festival, Fyah on the Water, Tribal Stomp, Tribal Vision Festival. and many more.  

Corporations and Experiential Marketing

United Health Care , ABCD Medicare , Bright Health , Wellpoint, Charles Schwab , Budweiser 2015 House of Whatever Super Bowl party , Bain Consulting , EXP realty , Credit Union Development, Culhane Group, Cancer Treatment Centers of America,   

 Recognized by the community and through this work Drumming Sounds has been a presenter at some of the largest and most influential groups in health care including:

National Federation of Children's and Families Mental Health, Oklahoma Children's Mental Department, American Foundation of Suicide Prevention, Out of the Darkness Walk, Rise Suicide Prevention, The Arizona Senior Center Association, The Arizona Therapeutic Recreation Association, Arizona Activities Coordinators Association, Assisted Living Federation of Arizona ,The AZTEC awards, Spinal Cord Injury Association, Traumatic Brain Injury Association and many more.

Schedule INSIDE EVENT

Friday September 3rd

7pm

Registration and meet and greet

Sacred Circle/Ceremonial Space:

Beginning our process together in ceremonial intention opens the senses and gathers the mind.

This is a time for connecting to the heart and opening the container. We will

begin with a meditative prayerful smudge and an invitation to your personal

guides and spiritual teachers. This is about you letting go of the distractions

and stepping into your optimal self.

Drumming Sounds Facilitation Experience

Andrew and Monica will facilitate an approach to drum circle facilitation that will incorporate

years of experience and training into a 1.5-hour experience that you can use as

a template for your own drum circle facilitation practice. This is an example

of a simple step by step process that will give you as a professional, or

beginner facilitator and deeper understanding into the technologies of the

drumming sounds approach. This foundational experience will help to establish a

grounding for the rest of the training.

Saturday Sept 4 th

930am -530pm

Community Set up room

Morning Circle Lets Drum and have a great Time !

The Drumming Sounds process is divided into 15

minute segments each one of the 15 minute segments as a purpose and plan of action

you will learn the four 15 minute working parts. Opening, Connection, Intention,

and Fortify.

Dinner on your own or with the group

Four Offices of Facilitation:

Understanding the 4

offices of a facilitator; dictator, leader, servant leader and facilitator. As

you learn the dynamics of each office your role will be clear, and the group

will share in this process. This class will equip you to create a safe

container for a group and help to identify your roles inside the circle.

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The Spiral & The Circle 

Delineating the energetic and spiritual possibilities of a drum circle this is the foundation of the Drumming Sounds approach and really is about a way of viewing life. This process of energetic manifestation and displacement is at the core root of possibility and resonates in a space of serving yourself and all of your relations. This begins the class journey into the deeper big picture of what is going on in a drum circle from a metaphysical observation point.

The Circle:

Holding space,

creating a sacred container for people to embrace the empathetic challenges of

connection. How that looks inside the capacity of a drum circle; overcoming the

linear and stepping into infinite. The practice of holding circle as a social,

spiritual and community experience has been the catalyst for many tribal

communities and is a part of the foundation for a drum circle. Learning the ways

we approach circle is vital to understand how to use this profound energy. One

of the basic tools of facilitation is empowering the collective and maintaining

the focus, this class will help us define the group container and dynamics

within this process.

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Sunday September 5th ,2021

930 Am to 5pm

Open Circle Drumming

 Four Offices of Facilitation:

Understanding the 4

offices of a facilitator; dictator, leader, servant leader and facilitator. As

you learn the dynamics of each office your role will be clear and the group

will share in this process. This class will equip you to create a safe

container for a group and help to identify your roles inside the circle.

Four Basics Foundations

There are four

foundational components of a drum circle that have been the catalyst for

Drumming Sounds creating meaningful experiences around the country. Learning

how to incorporate these 4 foundations into your practice will give you tools

to enhance the experience of any drum circle. Drumming Singing Dancing and Silence.

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LUNCH BREAK

Facilitation Tools:

There are some key

fundamental tools that will equip you to facilitate a drum circle. We will go

over these in a workshop type environment in which everyone will be challenged

to participate in using these technologies.

Drumming Basics:

Drumming basics

will teach you a simple base for building a musical experience. This class will

define for you the process of entraining a group to a rhythmic agreement point.

We will learn a simple rhythm as a group that will help you as a facilitator to

have one in your tools. We will look at the teaching opportunities inside of

the container of teaching a rhythm in a drum circle and the broader metaphor.

Open Drum Circle

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Monday September 6th 2021 930Am to 6pm

Open Circle Open share

Set the room for sound healing

Vibration Programming (Sound Healing):

Learn the key steps

to increasing the energetic displacement and manifestation inside the container

of sacred space through the use of gongs, didgeridoo, Native American flute,

Tibetan Singing Bowls, drums, rattles gourds and songs. This experience this

will be great place to spend a Sunday.

- LUNCH BREAK

Hands on Sound Healing Experience: use of gong bowls and chimes in a learning

environment

Lunch                                                                                                                                            

Community Development:

(Marketing drum

circle and sound healing sessions)

Learn the language

that has transformed the Drumming Sounds brand to one of the most active drum

circle facilitation companies in the country. These concepts of marketing

through experience, strategic planning, strategic alliance and brand

fortification are all part of the platform that will be discussed. Beyond the

flow of currency this class will leave you inspired to go out and create a

better future for yourself, family and community.

BREAK and

set up for Community Circle

Community drum circle open invite to friends and family this will be a life

changer and great way to share your powerful new tools with the community.

Closing

Ceremony

Each participant

will receive a certificate of completion after successfully completing Drumming

Sounds Facilitation Level One. This will be something special as it will be the

first class of many please invite friends and family to wish the best on your

completion.

***certificates of completion will be given at end****

WHERE TO STAY ?

There are many places to stay in Sedona a simple google search will show you everything from HIGH end Resorts to AirBnB also primitive FREE Camping outside Sedona also if you are looking for a roommate please use the Facebook page.

All sales are final we do offer a transfer policy BUT NO CASH REFUNDS YOU MAY TRANSFER YOUR TICKET TO ANOTHER TRAINING