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Krista Holland
- Sep 3, 2019
- 1 min
Drumming in the Golden Light
Photo credit: Jaya Deva We are all still integrating the mystery and magic and of this initiatory journey to Athens, Greece and Crete. The Eleusinian Mystery Field School was a powerful rite of passage and pilgrimage to the ancient temples, beaches and vibrant landscapes of the island of Crete and mainland Greece. Two groups of 25 women heard the call to join us to learn to play the Sacred Drum - ceremonial instrument of women from the Middle East, the Mediterranean, Old Euro
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Krista Holland
- Aug 30, 2019
- 1 min
Th Muse of Crete
The glimmering Aegean Sea and rugged wild nature of the Greek island of Crete are still pulsing through my veins after having spent three weeks immersed in the rhythms of the island lifestyle there this summer. I went on a personal pilgrimage to visit some sacred sites, to continue my research of the ancient Sacred Drummers and Bee Priestesses of Greece and the Mediterranean and to film content for my soon(ish) to be released Sacred Drumming Online Academy. The island of Cret
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Krista Holland
- Aug 29, 2019
- 1 min
Life Rhythms
Sacred Drumming helps us to attune ourselves to nature’s cycles & rhythms
tidal rhythms 🌊
lunar rhythms 🌙 circadian rhythms 🌕
diurnal rhythms ☀️
seasonal rhythms🍁
Biological rhythms 💋
Heartbeat rhythms ❤️
Earth rhythms 🌎 and more... Our modern culture has mostly lost a connection to these natural rhythms, and we are seeing an epidemic of arrhythmic people that oftentimes feel out of sync and step with their larger environment and atmosphere. Sacred Drumming is a
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Krista Holland
- Aug 14, 2019
- 1 min
Primordial Grandmother
We are two molecules away from seawater - our primordial Grandmother. Our breath and emotions are like the tides ~ rolling in and out, cresting and crashing, sometimes tempestuous and other time lapping gently at the shoreline of our heats. Do you think we can truly feel anything if we don’t open up to feel everything? “Everbody has a little bit of the sun and moon in them. Everybody has a little bit of man, woman, and animal in there. Darks and lights in them. Everyone is pa
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Krista Holland
- Aug 6, 2019
- 1 min
The Sacred Drum and the Grain Sieve
Many believe the origins of the frame drum originate in the grain sieve. When humans first settled down into agricultural settlements and began cultivating grains, women were traditionally the artisans of rhythmically winnowing the grain. Of course, women were also bleeding in rhythm with each other and the cycles of the moon. There is such deep herstory of women being together in rhythm. In looking at cultures that still employ the ancient technologies of grain winnowing, we
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Krista Holland
- Jul 29, 2019
- 1 min
When Will We See A Major Retrospective of "Woman with the Sacred Drum?
On my journey to Crete and Greece, where I was filming content for the Sacred Drumming Academy online program, I scoured the museums in search of images of the women with the frame drum. I found some new and a few familiar photos of the women frame drummers - The Melissae of Ancient Greece. I hope to live to see the day that a museum does a major retrospective on the frame drummers of the ancient world. There are undoubtedly countless more images cloistered away in the museu
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Krista Holland
- Jul 29, 2019
- 1 min
Mythopoetic Dreams ~ Come to Life
While some long to meet movie stars, others of us long to meet up with old pithoi jars. I know it’s weird...I would be the first to admit how strange it is. Half the time, I can barely understand it myself, but it’s true - I have looked at this jar untold countless times in books and images. I could chalk it up to a past life, but that would be to cliche. I know the reasons deep down in my heart and soul and gut, but it would be too lengthy to explain in the forum so I will s
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Krista Holland
- Jul 8, 2017
- 1 min
Drumming in Crete, Greece
Drumming under the shade of carob trees at Elafonisi Beach on Crete. Being in circle framing drumming together creates such an effortless sense of rhythmic bonding and wordless coherence with others. Plus it's now been scientifically proven to help relieve symptoms of depression, addiction, social anxiety and a host of others, It''s simple, cheap and fun to do alone or with others. Almost every culture, worldwide, throughout time creates a drum for the people to play! Anyone
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