With gratitude to life, we are so excited to be offering this workshop in prayerfully making a medicine drum that can be used as an instrument for personal and collective healing.

Date: Sunday, September 6th, 2026
Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Time: 9:30 am to 6:00 pm

Cost: depending upon selection and availability

Register by August 18th to choose your drum making size and material.

Registration will stay open for as long as supplies lasts.

In this hands-on all-day workshop, you will be supplied with the support and materials everything you need to make your very own medicine drum, accompanying mallet, and you will be guided through making offerings and asking proper permissions with the spirit of the tree (frame) and the spirit of the animal (hide) who's skin you'll be working with.

Making your own medicine drum is a powerful process that allows us to deepen our connection with the web of life. The drum you create with your own hands will become a legacy piece that can remain in your family for generations.

This workshop is open to all levels and traditions, no previous experience is required, however this is an intense day, so be sure to get rest the day before, and allow yourself time to integrate after the workshop.

A portion of all proceeds to this workshop go towards to support the efforts of the Black Hills Legal Fund towards the #landback reparations for the Lakota Nation.

As you select which animal you would like to work with, we suggest that in When you select the materials for your drum you may choose from Elk, Deer, Horse, or Buffalo. We are working with several North American companies who have high ethical standards for sourcing animal hides from hunters and taxidermists.

Deer Medicine: When we are working on the natural laws of circulation – the circulatory system, the Heart – then Deer is our Medicine. Many of us are taught to figure life out and live in our heads with little attention to our hearts. We suffer from "poverty consciousness", the belief that there is just not enough time, money or love to go around. Deer opens the heart chakra, teaching us to trust and to empower the feminine quality of love and wisdom. Drumming with Deer reminds us that we live in an abundant universe with more than enough of everything. Deer helps us learn the laws of circulation –when we feel unloved, it is time to love others and feel that love returned many folds.

Elk Medicine: When we are working in the West on the Medicine Wheel – the Water, Emotions, Chaos, Shadow Self – then Elk medicine gives us the stamina and endurance to get through the edges -- from the Known to the Unknown. As we go through our fears, we expand ourselves and add more trust to our circle. Trust is the lubricant that helps us take the "leap of faith" that leads us to unity with Spirit, and to a reclaiming of our original grace. Elk is powerful medicine for healing child abuse and addictive patterns. The Elk will bring up our unresolved grief and help purify and cleanse us through grieving and crying our sweet tears. The vibration of Elk opens the third Chakra, the belly, where we carry our fears and undigested values that interfere with our pure will. The Elk is a communal animal, hanging out with members of the same sex except during mating season.

Horse Medicine: Horse takes us on the Shamanic Journey, keeping us in third dimensional reality so we may ride the vibration to the spirit world to get the healing we need for ourselves and others. Horse is pure energy – Like lightning, it can transport us quickly through the cracks and crevices to the other side. Drumming with Horse will lead us to trance states and to the higher vibrations.

Buffalo Medicine: When we seek wisdom and guidance from the Ancient Ones, the Ancestors that came before us, drumming the Buffalo opens the door to that vibration. Buffalo is associated with Wisdom and Abundance and is the source of the Sacred Pipe, as White Buffalo Calf Woman brought the Pipe to the People. When we pray with the Pipe, we are joining the masculine Sky energy with the feminine Earth energy, and whatever we pray for will be given. If we are manifesting from Spirit to Form, drumming with Buffalo is an ally in that intention, reminding us of the connection of prayer (Spirit) to form (Physical).

descriptions written by Patrick Pinson and adapted by Web of Life.

Energy Exchange:

Price include workshop, all supplies, and materials used for offering.
$310-$400 depending on size and animal hide (read below)

A $150 deposit (non refundable) is required upon registration to reserve your space and ensure that materials will be provided for you.

Round frames:Deer and Horse: 12’’ $300 | 14” $330 | 15” $350 | 16” $360 | 18" $370
Buffalo and Elk: 12’’ $310 | 14” $340 | 15” $360 | 16” $370 | 18" $380

Octagon Frames 13” octagon only / 8 Sided
Horse or Deer: 13” $340
Buffalo and Elk: 13” $360

To reserve your spot, please pay a $150 non-refundable deposit and indicate the drum size and animal that you would like to work with. The remainder of the deposit is due 1 week before the workshop, or on the day of the workshop if paying cash.

To secure your spot,
1. Fill out the registration and select your drum
2. send $150 to Zelle: weboflife or venmo Miriam Rubin at miriam-rubin-2

Sacred Drum Making Workshop

Sacred Drum Making Workshop