Drum Birthing Retreat
Three days on the land to birth your own medicine drum and go deeper into its medicine.
GOING DEEPER WITH THE DRUM
More Than Birthing A Drum
This retreat is about going deeper with the drum. Over the weekend you will birth your own medicine drum, rattle and beater, then learn to connect with your drum in all the ways I know how.
We will explore regulation techniques, playing your drum at home, drum healing techniques, shamanic drum journeys and medicine drum songs.
There is time to go deeper into your birth story and your rites of passage stories, and more time to be creative with your drum, rattle and beater.
Play From The First Day
There will be enough drums for everyone to play throughout the retreat, so you can drum, journey and sing from the moment you arrive, while your own drum is being born.
What We Will Explore
Ways of connecting with your drum that you can carry home and keep using.
Your Retreat Includes
Everything you need to birth your drum and spend a weekend in its medicine.
- Birth your own drum by hand
- Guided step by step, in ceremony
- Yours to take home
- Birth your own rattle and beater
- Time to be creative and make them your own
- Drums to play throughout the retreat
- Drum journeys and medicine songs
- Healing and regulation practices
- Sharing your birth and rites of passage stories
- Held in the temple yurt
- Evenings around the fire, weather permitting
- Shared rooms of 3 to 4
- Or a mattress in the temple
- Or space for your vehicle
- All shared meals included
- Bring extra snacks if you need them
The Land That Holds Us
Darkinjung Country
Nestled in quiet bushland 2hr NE of Sydney, New South Wales, this retreat space invites you to step away from the noise of everyday life and land fully in nature. Located around two hours from Sydney and about one hour inland from the Central Coast, the property is surrounded by open sky, native trees and the stillness of the Australian bush.
This is a special place for us. It is where we learned from our mentor, Gypsy Willow Artemis, and where many ceremonies have been held over the years. The land holds a deeply sacred energy and offers a beautiful container for this work to unfold.
At the heart of the property is the temple yurt, where most of the retreat will take place around the central altar and fireplace. A number of beds are available in shared rooms of 3-4 as well as comfy mattresses for those who wish to sleep in the temple. There is also some flat ground for those who wish to sleep in their vehicle.
The property is intentionally simple and off-grid, running on rainwater tanks and eco-toilets. Meals will be shared vegetarian meals and it is advised to bring extra snacks if you need some extra sustenance.
There is also an outdoor fire which will run every night as weather permits, a swimming pool for the warmer months or the brave and surrounding bushland for short walks in nature.
We’ve intentionally chosen a simple, nature-based venue rather than luxury accommodation so we can keep the retreat accessible and focus on what truly matters, the depth of the experience.
For many, this simplicity becomes part of the retreat itself: an opportunity to slow down, connect with the land and share in the rhythm of communal retreat life.
Investment: $950
Friday 16 to Sunday 18 April 2027
10am Friday to 5pm Sunday
Birth your own medicine drum, rattle and beater
Two nights accommodation and all meals
A fully facilitated retreat on Darkinjung Country, NSW
A 50% deposit secures your place, paid by invoice.
Afterpay available, or ask us about a weekly payment plan.
Put aside $40 a week from today and you will have the full $950 saved by 16 April 2027.
Or secure your place now with a 50% deposit. Afterpay and weekly payment plans are available.
Moments From Drum Birthing
Your Questions
If you have a question that is not answered here, please reach out.
Ready To Answer The Call Of The Drum?
Join us on the land from 16 to 18 April 2027 to birth your drum and go deeper into its medicine.
Book Your Place
Send your details and we will send an invoice for your 50% deposit. Afterpay is available, or ask about a weekly payment plan.
Or email rootsoftheearthhealing@gmail.com or call 0418 429 676
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