Accredited Drum Birthing Teachers Course

Over six days two weekends midday Fridays to Sunday evenings.

Taking only a small group of two or four, we will cover all you need to know to teach this amazing craft. The course will be held over two weekends, starting at midday Friday each weekend and finishing on the Sunday evening at no fixed time due to the nature of the course.

Covering the practicalities of drum birthing, ceremony and holding space through to thinking on your feet in the moment when things go wrong. We will help build your confidence ahead of anything that may happen as well as covering the behind-the-scenes practicalities such as finding reputable suppliers.

Throughout the weekends there will be practical tests to help you demonstrate what you have learnt.

By the end of the course, you will have birthed four drums – a 10” Deer, 12” Horse, 14” Horse and a 16” Deer – all on Ash hoops, along with a beater.

 

Upon completing the course, each participant will receive an accredited certificate where full attendance and competence has been reached.

 

Requirements
We ask that you have birthed at least two drums, one with us at Caer Corhrain, and at least another with ourselves or another drum maker or by yourself. This is to ensure you have a basic knowledge of how to birth a drum.

You know and have experience of shamanic journeying, as this is an important aspect of the drum birthing process. If you don’t have this experience then there may be an opportunity to learn it with us prior to doing the course.

As part of the application, please email us with details of your experience with birthing drums, and shamanic journeying, whether you have completed the Shamanic Pathways course with us or not and why you would like to take part as well as any other relevant experience. We would also ask you to send photos of drums that you have birthed yourself.

There is a maximum of four places available and we will only be able to run the course with four people.

Fee
£850 per person with a 50% deposit to secure your space. The deposit is non-refundable or transferable. The full balance will be due one month before the course starts.

We have basic shared accommodation available at £5 per person per night if you would like to stay over or there are local B&B’s available too.

To apply please email [email protected] or [email protected]

 

 

Meet Your Teachers
Lynn Gosney
It was over 25 years ago that I made my first drum, and it was a truly beautiful craft – one that is in the heart and cannot be found in any book. I’m eager to share what I have learnt along the way.

Originally Hind Hart drums was created in 2003 and ran till 2011, when with Jonathan Weekes we setup Heron Drums. After deciding I wanted to take the drum birthing workshops on a smaller scale again, I decided to put CC into our drums and be known as Caer Corhrain Drums.

During the summer of 2023 I was asked if I would run a teacher training course in Drum Birthing. We then successfully completed the first course in January 2024 which I hope was the first of many courses to come. I’m looking forward to sharing all that I have learnt over the years.

Wendy Ruddick
I birthed my first drum in 2016 and absolutely loved it and have birthed many more since under the guidance of Lynn. I support drum birthing workshops at Caer Corhrain and am now holding my own under the name Wild Heart Drum.

“Such a beautiful experience, so honoured to have been a part of it, also I have four drums and a new skill to move forward with, thank you Lynn and Wendy for sharing the wisdom and holding such an authentic grounded open space for learning and growing” 
Daren Palmer

Luke Elliot Harvey

 

“I would highly recommend this course. I thought it well-structured, immersive and challenging, clearly designed to build up confidence in a natural way over the two weekends. Lynn and Wendy thoroughly covered all aspects of the drum-making process, from sourcing and preparing the drum parts, working with them in ceremony, creating a drum and beater, dealing with repairs, and connecting with the spirit of the drum in journeywork, to running a drum-making workshop. It was also great value for money, providing two jam-packed weekends of in-depth tuition and practical experience, plus four new drums to take away and a far greater level of skill and confidence. I left the second weekend feeling thoroughly ready and excited to help others create and connect with their own drums.”
Crystyl Potter