The Heartbeat of Mother Earth: Reclaiming Women Drummers

When I went to ALisa Starkweather’s Daughter of the Earth events several years back, the women drummers made one of the biggest impressions on me.  It was the first thing I heard.  Drumming. Accompanied by a keening and loud … I want to say crying but it was more like yowling. ‘What have I gotten myself into?’ I thought. 

Preparation.  I later found out. 

Ritual and ceremony leaving behind the pain and hurt of this daily world.   

Working it out.  Letting it go.  So that you could land mindfully and present in the weekend. 

And the women drummers were the heartbeat. 

The heartbeat of Mother Earth.