LONDON OPEN DRUMMING GROUP
Working with Core Shamanism
The London open drumming group has been meeting since 1997. The aim is to provide a safe working environment to practice core shamanic techniques for people who have done an introductory course. It also gives the opportunity to talk about shamanic experiences with others and to foster shamanic community.
Within the core shamanic framework the shamanic journey, song, dance, art and craft have been some of the forms the group have used to explore creativity, healing and personal development. The group has also worked with ceremony and ritual for both personal and community healing. Whatever form the work takes we are always looking to deepen our relationships with our spirit helpers and teachers and to bring the power and wisdom available in the spirit world to this reality. Members are expected to be responsible for themselves.
IS THE GROUP OPEN TO ANYONE?
The group is open to anyone who has attended a weekend introductory course in core shamanism or has done a series of shamanic counselling sessions with someone known to the organisers. This is to ensure the meetings can focus on developing shamanic practice and not covering the basics of journeying and the geography of the spirit world. Potential members must have attempted journeys to the upper and lower worlds and have done a journey for someone else. A one day introduction generally does not give enough journeying experience to be able to attend. If in doubt please contact us.
HOW DO I JOIN?
Please contact Shenoah at shenoah@shenoahtaylor.com with the heading ‘LODG membership’. Let me know when, where, the duration of and with whom you did your introductory course or which shamanic practitioner has taught you to journey. You will then receive venue information and be added to the email reminder list which sends out information about meeting dates and topics. You can unsubscribe from the list at any time.
HOW OFTEN MUST I ATTEND AND DO I NEED TO BRING A DRUM?
The group is open so members can attend whichever meetings they wish. You do not need to bring a drum.
WHERE AND WHEN DOES THE GROUP MEET?
We usually meet on the second Saturday of the month but sometimes the date or times may change. The venue is a few minutes walk from the train and tube stations at Vauxhall SW8. The doors open at 12 noon with community time until 1pm and we finish by 6 p.m. Once we start in the circle at 1pm it will not be possible to get entry so if you are delayed please let the facilitator who is running the day know. Please do not arrive late or plan to leave early. The part of the venue we use is on the first floor and there is no lift.
WHAT SHOULD I BRING AND HOW MUCH DOES IT COST
Please bring rattle, scarf to cover you eyes, something to sit on, blanket your journal and a pen for writing down the journeys). Please also bring warm comfortable clothes. Bring your own lunch as it is part of the day and there will not be the opportunity to go to the shops once we have started. The cost is £15 towards the hire of the space and hot drinks. Spaces are limited so booking is essential. If you book a place and do not come the cost will be due.
Each meeting is different and offers the opportunity to develop personal work as well as learning new techniques and deepening connection. All members of the group are encouraged to contribute by putting forwards ideas for journeys or other piece of shamanic work.
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
shenoah@shenoahtaylor.com please put LODG membership in the title
2020 Meetings – all meetings are on a Saturday
January 11th 2020 – Insights from the elements for the coming year
February 8th 2020 – Spirits of Nature
March 14th 2020 – Spirits in the City – urban shamanism
April 11th 2020 – Theme TBC
May 9th 2020 – Theme TBC
June 13th 2020 Seasonal Theme TBC
July 11th 2020 – Theme TBC
August 8th 2020 – Theme TBC
September 5th 2020 – 1st Saturday not 2nd Saturday – Seasonal Theme TBC
October 10th 2020 – Theme TBC
November 14th 2020 – Sei∂r
Our annual meeting of working with staff, song and oracular sei∂r
http://www.shamanism.dk/legacyofseidr.htm
December 12th 2020 – Seasonal Theme tbc, including winter feast
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2019 Meetings
January 12th 2019 – Resourcing Ourselves in Changing Times
February 9th 2019 – The Way of Council – with Pippa Bondy.
March 9th 2019 – Healing Power of Spring
April 13th 2019 – Expressing Ourselves
May 11th 2019 – Our Personal Creation Stories
June 15th 2019 3rd Saturday not 2nd Saturday – The abundance of Summer
July 13th 2019 – Spirit of the Drum
August 17th 2019 – 3rd Saturday not 2nd Saturday – Climate Change and Shamanism
September 14th 2019 – Working with the Moon
October 12th 2019 – Runes
November 9th 2019 – Sei∂r
Our annual meeting of working with staff, song and oracular sei∂r
http://www.shamanism.dk/legacyofseidr.htm
December 14th 2019 – Seasonal Theme tbc, including winter feast
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2018 Meetings
January 20th 2018 – 3rd Saturday not 2nd Saturday – Healing ourselves, healing the Earth
The correlation between our own healing and our relationship with the earth
February 10th 2018 – Shamanic Healing
Exploring different ways of working with Shamanic healing
March 10th 2018 – Balancing our Lives
Working with the energy of the spring Equinox to bring balance to our lives
April 14th 2018 – Responsibility
Journeying and ceremony around the theme of Responsibility
May 12th 2018 – Becoming Our Spirit Helpers
June 9th 2018 – Blessings of the Summer
July 14th 2018 – embodied practice
August 11th 2018 – Creating Sacred Space
September 8th 2018 – The power of the harvest
October 13th 2018 – Spirit Houses
November 10th 2018 – Sei∂r
Our annual meeting of working with staff, song and oracular sei∂r
http://www.shamanism.dk/legacyofseidr.htm
December 8th 2018 – The gifts of the Winter, including Winter Feast
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2017 Meetings
January 14th 2017 – Our Gifts for the World
Discovering the gifts we carry that can make a difference in the coming year
February 11th 2017 – Shamanic Healing
Exploring different methods of individual and community shamanic healing
March 11th 2017 – Awakening from Within
What needs to be awakened within us to connect with the power of spring
April 8th 2017 – Gifts of the Ancestors
The gifts the ancestors offer us and what we can offer them
May 13th 2017 – Shamanic Divination
Working with different forms of shamanic divination
June 10th 2017 – The Gifts of the Summer
Exploring the gifts the summer can offer us – plus it is our 20th Anniversary Meeting!!!
July 8th 2017 – Deepening Connection to our Spirits
Working with our spirits and creating a representation in ceremony
August 12th 2017 – Shamanic Landscapes
Exploring our shamanic landscapes
September 16th 2017 – 3rd not 2nd Saturday – Reserves for the coming Darkness
October 7th 2017 – Rattle Making
Working with the spirits to make a shamanic rattle
November 11th 2017 – Sei∂r
Our annual meeting of working with staff, song and oracular sei∂r
http://www.shamanism.dk/legacyofseidr.htm
December 9th 2017 – Seasonal Theme
Sustenance, gifts & Winter Feast