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Tonight was drumming circle.......

my sister came for the first time and saw with her own eyes

heard with her own ears

and drummed with her own hands!

Why am I so passionate about this drumming circle?

How can a group of strangers come together and in a few months

become such good friends?

There is something about sitting in a circle together

and flowing in a rhythm

where we all have to listen

we all participate

we all contribute

listening and participating

together and alone

touching many of the senses-

we have to become childlike because it isn't always easy

we stumble and we get off the beat

we don't keep doing our western beats of:

1234

1234

Instead, we combine rhythms of 2 and 3 and 4

and then multiply and divide

add and subtract

Boris, what are you talking about??????  in your Russian accent?

So, we laugh and we try

and we drum.

I brought these drums to a women's group 2 weeks ago and the women found our drum circle healing and beautiful.  There were tears.  One woman shared how in pre-school there is ALWAYS circle.  

That is how learning happens - in circle time.

It made me wonder what we've lost in our culture and what we taste a bit of on our drumming nights.  There is something about community, about all being a part 

all being significant to the whole

One of the dreams I have for this coming year is to create places of 'circle' - places of community

We all need to know

that we are a part of the greater whole