Layne Redmond Schedule

June 8 -10, NYC, NY, The New York Open Center

The Healing Power of Drumming, Ritual and Chanting with Layne Redmond

This is part of the Open Center’s Sound & Music Institute: Integrative Sound & Music Practitioner Training.  Actually this session will be the final one in a year long program.  The students are always excellent and this is such a good group to join.  It doesn’t matter if you are a complete beginner or very experienced, the group is rhythmically very entrained by the time I get them and this makes for a fabulous group experience for everyone.  This is the only drum training in this program so most will be getting their first introduction to frame drumming this weekend.  I really encourage people to take this workshop for a very high level experience.

Chanting, overtone singing, and humming to the rhythms of the frame drum are ancient technologies for synchronizing mind and body for psychological, physical, and spiritual healing. During this workshop, we will use all the tools of the ancient priestesses and priests as we: 

* Learn a synthesis of frame-drumming techniques from India, the Middle East, and North Africa 

* Invoke the elemental energies of earth, water, fire, and air and create sacred space through ritual

* Focus on the heart chakra to help bring balance to ourselves and the world

* Learn the Bhramari pranayama (bee breath) and the traditional mantra and mudra of the Hindu bee goddess, Bhramari Devi.

The frame drum is the world’s oldest drum and was played primarily by women for thousands of years as the primary trance-inducing technology for religious and ecstatic rituals.

Note: No prior musical experience is necessary, and appropriate frame drums will be provided

New York Open Center, 22 E. 30th Street, New York, New York 10016
212-219-2527 ext. 2    

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Monday, June 11, The Ancient Traditions of the Sacred Bee Keepers
                           Evidence from the ancient Mediterranean world.
Slide lecture, Instruction in the Buzzing Pranayama and drumming by Layne Redmond 

Rosendale Community Center
Ulster County Beekeeper’s Association
Meetings run 7 - 9 pm
Coffee and mingling at 6:30
1055 Rt 32, Rosendale

Admission free, donations gratefully accepted! 

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Frame Drumming Retreat July 11 - 15, 2012
The Ancient Tools of the Bee Priestess

with  Layne Redmond & Tommy Brunjes.
Location: The Barn At Valhalla, Chapel Hill, NC

 Join us for this Wed. night through Sunday retreat! 

There will be beginner, intermediate and advanced levels of frame drumming.

We’ll be working with Middle Eastern style tambourine, tar and knee position styles of frame drumming, including techniques from the Middle East, Azerbaijan, North Africa, Brazil and India. There will be extensive work on split hand technique and the chirt mah snapping traditions and an emphasis this season on Egyptian and Moroccan rhythms. 

Advanced drummers will also work on Seven Sent and Translucent Path

For further info click here!

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