Medicine Drum Making Workshop  Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 August 2026

Making your own medicine drum is a deep and powerful experience. As Shamanic  Womancraft practitioners, we encourage you to approach the process with awareness and consciousness. We support you to make yourself a personalised shamanic tool, and to also have a shamanic experience. You will be supported to connect with the animal of the hide you are using, the timber of the frame and the way you are with the creative process.

This two day workshop will be held on the Weekend of Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 August 2026 in Carnegie.  You will be involved in all aspects of creating the drum.

The space will be lovingly held by graduate and Teacher of the Four Seasons Journey of the School of Shamanic Womancraft: Sarah Miller who has a passion for empowering women to “midwife themselves”, to access their own power, healing and transformation. Making and using a medicine drum is a wonderful part of your creative journey.

Selecting Hides and weaving  drums

Sarah Miller: Shamanic Craftswoman, Teacher of the Four Seasons Journey, Story-Teller, Emerging Playwright, Earth-Keeper, Moonsong Facilitator and Early Childhood Educator.  www.embodimentsdance.com.au

The workshop will run from:
9.30  am to 5 pm on Saturday 1 August 2026
9.30  am to 5 pm on Sunday 2 August 2026
in Carnegie Victoria.

This link is for the Deposit only ($250). This includes all materials and delicious organic morning and afternoon tea.

Please note our workshops sell out, so early deposit will guarantee your spot.
If you pay the deposit before 20 April 2026, you will receive the early bird discount of  $560.
Full Payment of $600 will be introduced after this date. Full Payment is Required by 1 July 2026.

 

Women connecting to the spirit of their drums!

You will be held in a safe and sacred space as you birth yourself and the drum through this creative shamanic (meaning ‘inner’) process.  The process you undergo as you make the drum will be reflective of your own birth story, the births of your children (if you have any) and how you do “process” in your life both creatively and in relationship to Other.

Throughout our workshop, each woman will be honoured as both student and teacher and together we will hold a collective space for transformation and growth.

 

A bevvy of beautiful drummers- with their newly birthed drums

What Other Women say about Making a Drum with Me:

What a wonderful workshop birthing my drum was. You ran it so beautifully, with skill, depth and compassion for all of us. It was a delight to feel all those birthing feelings if somewhat uncomfortable at times. I love my drum, I want to sit next to it and watch it breathe, I keep picking it up and seeing the changes to the colour, I feel so excited and humbled to have had this experience. And now I am walking more powerfully and upright. I am alive!

Julie T, Psychotherapist

“Creating and birthing my drum was an incredible journey. Sarah created a sacred container for each of us to explore our own creative processes and to meet ourselves with compassion at each step along the way. I felt held, seen and nurtured, and like I had the permission to truly and wholly tap into my intuitive magical being. To share this experience and journey with other women was deeply healing and supportive.”

Ashleigh T,

I Attended the drum making workshop and cannot recommend it highly enough. Sharing the experience with 10 other women at various stages in their lives was very profound and special. The day was beautifully guided and facilitated by Sarah and Viv, deeply wise and nurturing women. The creation of my medicine drum was intimate and powerful. I am in awe of this beautiful instrument and the tone. Thank you so much Sarah and Viv. I hope to join you again in the future.

Vicky K, Executive Assistant & writer