Drumming Retreat
October 21, 2023
Facilitator: Tom Campbell
Our second group drumming retreat in 2023 will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2023. Over 30 people attended April’s day long event which featured meditative and rhythmic drumming, storytelling, ceremony, ritual, movement prayer and more. Six new drums owned by attendees were blessed by the entire group…a moving ceremony. We picked blades of grass symbolic of the web of life and each attendee was given a piece of braided sweetgrass.
Join us on October 21st when we will focus on the Sacred Tree of Life, found in almost all wisdom and indigenous traditions. We will build a sacred tree with our own unique branches. Each attendee will take home their decorated branch from the tree.
The Sacred Tree represents life and the cycles of time. We will do lots of rhythmic and reflective drumming, listen to stories that will touch your heart, move in prayerful ways, bless any new drums, and hopefully, enter into a deeper part of who we really are.
No experience necessary
Drums will be provided OR bring your own.
Tom Campbell has led several drumming retreats at Bethany with record breaking attendance the last two years! He has been leading retreats for 35 years, and he has been drumming over 30 years; leading drumming workshops/retreats in homes, churches, community centers and businesses. Tom has studied Native American spirituality for 30 years. Its Creator-centered approach to life with a reverence toward the Earth and all creatures on it, resonates with his Catholic upbringing.
Registration is at 9:30 am. Retreat Conference begins at 10:00 am.
Lunch is provided. Departure is at 4:00 pm.
Offering: $50.00 Deposit: $15.00
Looking to make this an overnight retreat?
Offering: $160.00 Deposit: $75.00
RETREAT WILL FILL UP FAST SO RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY!
For more information call 814-263-4855 or email bethanyretreatcenter@gmail.com
To register online – CLICK HERE
Come together for weekend of nourishment- body, mind & spirit.