July 19 2025 Drum Making Playshop

This is a gathering for those who are called to make their own sacred medicine drum.  All materials are provided and you will receive hands on guidance to assist and support you in making your sacred medicine hand drum.   We will be making our drums outside in a private sacred space, shaded by tall oak trees.

We will be gathering in a Sacred Circle to: 

• Honor the animal that provided the hide for your new drum
• Call in the Sacred Directions, Elemental Beings, Angels, Spirit Guides, Ancestors, and any other archetypal energy that resonates with you.
• Take a guided Shamanic Journey to learn the purpose the Spirit Animal and drum wish to serve for you.
• In reverence, joy, and purposefulness make your own unique and sacred Medicine Drum.

It will be a day of beauty, connection, and sacred celebration.

Those who practice Earth-based spirituality believe strongly in the medicine and wisdom that we receive from Animal Spirits.  The totem of an animal aids us and teaches us lessons about life.

• The Animal Spirit of Deer is one of soft beauty, gentleness, and innocence.  A deer's senses are finely perceptive, with keen vision and highly acute hearing, detecting subtle movements and forms.  Anyone working with Deer Spirit as a totem will realize and understand their expanding ability to soften and open their hearts, increasing and refining their intuition relating to their environment and their understanding of others.  The vibration of Deer opens the Heart Chakra, teaching us to trust our intuition and to cultivate and strengthen the powerful qualities of our heart-centered love and wisdom.
• The Animal Spirit of Elk is one of courage, strength, dignity, survival, and stamina.  Elk is one of the most powerful, noble, and regal animals of North America, and can sustain a strong and steadfast trotting pace covering great distances for long periods of time.  The vibration of Elk opens the Solar Plexus Chakra, the belly, where we work with our energies of courage, strength, vitality, and mastery.
• The Animal Spirit of Buffalo is one of wisdom, abundance, and manifestation.  Buffalo is the source of the Sacred Pip that White Buffalo Woman brought to the Native American People, showing them that all things are interconnected.  White Buffalo Woman taught many mysteries of the Earth, and she taught the People how to pray and seek wisdom and guidance from the Ancient Ones that came before us, and to follow the proper path of grace, honor, and reverence upon the Earth to bring forth material and spiritual abundance.  The vibration of Buffalo opens both the Crown Chakra and the Root Chakra, and with righteous intention manifestation from Spirit to Form.

16" Round:

• Deer - $240.00
• Elk - $245.00
• Buffalo - $250.00

18" Round:

• Deer - $250.00
• Elk - $260.00
• Buffalo - $270.00

20" Round:

• Deer - $270.00
• Elk - $280.00
• Buffalo - $290.00

Space is limited to ten participants, and a registration fee of $100.00 is required to reserve your space.  This reservation fee is non-refundable, and will be applied to the cost of the Playshop.  Full payment of balance is due by June 15, 2025.

For registration and location information please contact

Willow at Willowmoonsong108@gmail.com

Terry Filer is a member of the Osage Nation.  She is a musician and an artist.  Terry started making Native American drums over 35 years ago and also enjoys creating other Native American art and crafts, attributing her creative ability to a long family line of artists and her Osage Tribal heritage.  She is a Native American styled flute player and instructor, and is a board member for Flute Stock, which is a Native Flute Festival held annually every July in Springfield Oregon.  Terry also facilitates a weekly drum circle at Inner Oasis in McMinnville Oregong.  Terry has released a CD of original flute music entitled The Spirit of Enneope: Memories from the Heart.

Willow Heveron is a Priestess of Elphame and has been creating sacred space and ritual her entire life.  She has devoted most of her life studying comparative religion and has traveled to sacred sites and temples around the world, most notably in Ireland, India, Thailand, and Vietnam.  She is certified in Vibrational Sound Therapy and Reiki Practice, as well as a Tarot advisor and Marriage/Hand-Fasting Officiant.  Willow has been making Native American styled drums the past ten years and has immersed herself in the study and skill of guiding others on Shamanic Journeys.  She is a member of the drum circle that meets weekly at Inner Oasis in McMinnville Oregon, and also enjoys playing the Native American styled flute.  Willow and her husband Pat live on Chehalem Mountain, located twenty-five miles southwest of Portland.  Together, Willow and Pat have created a sacred sanctuary on their property fashioned for ritual and festivities they have entitled Sacred Spiral Sanctuary.