Wild Woman Equinox - Drum Birthing Workshop
A ceremonial, transformative and deeply uplifting Wild Woman weekend led by medicine drum maker Amanda of Floral Ark.
We are honoured to welcome drum maker Amanda from Floral Ark this Autumn Equinox, who will be guiding us in our very first drum birthing workshop.
Amanda will work with great sensitivity and openness to guide us through the drum birthing process over two days. This won't be rushed. It is sacred work, and it unfolds best in spaciousness. We'll birth our drums in deep reverence to the spirit of the animal and the tree who have given their skin and wood to become its body. Through ritual and ceremony, Amanda will help us to reconnect with the Earth in a way that feels tangible and intimate.
The cost of two day workshop is £299 and by the end of our time together, you will leave carrying your 14” oak frame deer hide drum with a Celtic cross handle, its beater and a small medicine pouch - along with clear care instructions and a waking meditation to help you continue building your relationship at home. But more than that, you will leave with a sense of connection, alignment and quiet hope that is hard to put into words.
Day 1: Saturday 19th September
Day One - 10am to 1pm
We begin gently.
- Heart-opening Tea Ceremony
- An Altar to the Animal and Tree Spirits
- Plant Meditation & Garden Walk
- Wild Woman Community Bath for Your Hide
Day One closes with a sense of anticipation. Something has begun.
Day Two - 10am to 4pm
- Heart-opening Cacao Circle
- Crafting Your Drum Beater & Small Medicine Pouch
- Building Your Drum
- Closing Ritual
The weekend includes herbal teas, biscuits and cacao ceremony. Participants are asked to bring their own picnic lunch. Discounted camping is also available (own tent/van £8pp/pn, bell tents £50p/n), or our beautiful Hayloft which sleeps six is bookable for £350p/weekend. Please contact Pridie for more info.
More about Amanda:
Amanda is an accredited Reiki practitioner, a medicine drum maker, and a steward of land-based knowledge - but more than any title, she is someone who has been healed by this path and wishes to share it with integrity and care.
For the past six years, Amanda has been working as a self-sufficient community herbalist, quietly growing, harvesting and preparing plant medicines while sharing what she learns with others. Her academic research explores plant consciousness and intelligence, but she emphasises that the deepest learning hasn't come from books — it has come from kneeling in the soil, from watching the way a plant responds to weather, from tending and listening over time.
Floral Ark grew from a longing. A longing to respond to our ecological crisis not only with practical skills, but with reverence. Her time helping to launch land-based education taught her how vital regenerative horticulture and food growing are. Yet she began to feel that practical knowledge alone is not enough.
We need relationship.
We need reciprocity.
We need a deeper, more devotional way of being with the natural world.
The drum birthing process:
Under Amanda's expert and gentle guidance, we will work with the hide and frame, and begin to sense the presence within it. We'll speak gratitude. We'll set intention. We'll invite peace into the making. Hope is woven into every knot and pull of the lacing. Each of our drums will be created not just with our hands, but with our heart's prayer for alignment — for steadiness, for clarity, for renewed trust in your own path.
The act of birthing your own drum is ceremonial, transformative and deeply uplifting. It marks the beginning of a sacred bond, one that often unfolds over years. As you stretch the hide, lace the frame and bring your drum into being with your own hands, something within you is also being shaped and strengthened. It is a process of alignment between heart and hand, intention and action, spirit and body.
Drums have been our allies across time and cultures. The steady beat mirrors the human heartbeat - the first rhythm we ever knew. There is something ancient and reassuring in that pulse. For women especially, the frame drum carries a long, powerful lineage. It has been a companion in ceremony, healing, prayer and storytelling for centuries. When you hold your drum, you are stepping into that stream of memory and continuity.
A ceremonial, transformative and deeply uplifting Wild Woman weekend led by medicine drum maker Amanda of Floral Ark.
We are honoured to welcome drum maker Amanda from Floral Ark this Autumn Equinox, who will be guiding us in our very first drum birthing workshop.
Amanda will work with great sensitivity and openness to guide us through the drum birthing process over two days. This won't be rushed. It is sacred work, and it unfolds best in spaciousness. We'll birth our drums in deep reverence to the spirit of the animal and the tree who have given their skin and wood to become its body. Through ritual and ceremony, Amanda will help us to reconnect with the Earth in a way that feels tangible and intimate.
The cost of two day workshop is £299 and by the end of our time together, you will leave carrying your 14” oak frame deer hide drum with a Celtic cross handle, its beater and a small medicine pouch - along with clear care instructions and a waking meditation to help you continue building your relationship at home. But more than that, you will leave with a sense of connection, alignment and quiet hope that is hard to put into words.
Day 1: Saturday 19th September
Day One - 10am to 1pm
We begin gently.
- Heart-opening Tea Ceremony
- An Altar to the Animal and Tree Spirits
- Plant Meditation & Garden Walk
- Wild Woman Community Bath for Your Hide
Day One closes with a sense of anticipation. Something has begun.
Day Two - 10am to 4pm
- Heart-opening Cacao Circle
- Crafting Your Drum Beater & Small Medicine Pouch
- Building Your Drum
- Closing Ritual
The weekend includes herbal teas, biscuits and cacao ceremony. Participants are asked to bring their own picnic lunch. Discounted camping is also available (own tent/van £8pp/pn, bell tents £50p/n), or our beautiful Hayloft which sleeps six is bookable for £350p/weekend. Please contact Pridie for more info.
More about Amanda:
Amanda is an accredited Reiki practitioner, a medicine drum maker, and a steward of land-based knowledge - but more than any title, she is someone who has been healed by this path and wishes to share it with integrity and care.
For the past six years, Amanda has been working as a self-sufficient community herbalist, quietly growing, harvesting and preparing plant medicines while sharing what she learns with others. Her academic research explores plant consciousness and intelligence, but she emphasises that the deepest learning hasn't come from books — it has come from kneeling in the soil, from watching the way a plant responds to weather, from tending and listening over time.
Floral Ark grew from a longing. A longing to respond to our ecological crisis not only with practical skills, but with reverence. Her time helping to launch land-based education taught her how vital regenerative horticulture and food growing are. Yet she began to feel that practical knowledge alone is not enough.
We need relationship.
We need reciprocity.
We need a deeper, more devotional way of being with the natural world.
The drum birthing process:
Under Amanda's expert and gentle guidance, we will work with the hide and frame, and begin to sense the presence within it. We'll speak gratitude. We'll set intention. We'll invite peace into the making. Hope is woven into every knot and pull of the lacing. Each of our drums will be created not just with our hands, but with our heart's prayer for alignment — for steadiness, for clarity, for renewed trust in your own path.
The act of birthing your own drum is ceremonial, transformative and deeply uplifting. It marks the beginning of a sacred bond, one that often unfolds over years. As you stretch the hide, lace the frame and bring your drum into being with your own hands, something within you is also being shaped and strengthened. It is a process of alignment between heart and hand, intention and action, spirit and body.
Drums have been our allies across time and cultures. The steady beat mirrors the human heartbeat - the first rhythm we ever knew. There is something ancient and reassuring in that pulse. For women especially, the frame drum carries a long, powerful lineage. It has been a companion in ceremony, healing, prayer and storytelling for centuries. When you hold your drum, you are stepping into that stream of memory and continuity.
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Highlights
- 1 day 5 hours
- In person
Refund Policy
Location
Cwmffrwd Farm
Cwmffwrd Farm
Pengenffordd Talgarth LD3 0ES
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Agenda
Crafting Your Drum Beater & Small Medicine Pouch
You will craft your drum beater and a small medicine pouch — practical companions to your drum, made by your own hands. The act of creating them brings focus and calm. Each stitch, each wrapping, becomes an affirmation of care and intention.
Building Your Drum
As you soak the hide and stretch it over the frame, you weave your hopes, your healing intentions and your personal story into its body. There is something profoundly uplifting about feeling the drum take shape beneath your hands. It is physical, grounding work, and yet it carries a spiritual depth that often surprises people. You are not only making a drum, you are anchoring a new rhythm in your life.
Drum Blessing & Naming Ceremony
Once your drum has begun to dry and its voice is emerging, we hold a blessing and naming ceremony. Naming your drum seals the relationship. It gives form to the connection you have built throughout the day. This moment is often filled with quiet emotion - joy, relief, gratitude, even awe.