Tune Into Your Wild Heart and Be Free
Deirdre Howard
My Services
What I Provide
Community Circle Drumming
It is a fun, exciting and powerful way to develop, enhance or simply bring community together through rhythm. It allows the drummer to create an external and almost physical manifestation of whatever frustration they may feel inside. My Drum circles cut through cultural and social boundaries and allow people to express themselves in a positive and above all safe environment. My approach and techniques will improve self-esteem, self-confidence and personal development.
Schools / Colleges
I facilitate workshops nationwide for schools; primary, secondary,Ā third levelĀ colleges and universities. This is very popular for children and adults of all ages. One day workshops are available, as are weekly classes. I tailor the workshop to suit all levels of ability and age. I especially find my drumming workshops beneficial for teenagers in secondary level and also third level education. It helps reduce stress especially around exam times. Drumming can help with boosting brain power, developing confidence, improving communication skills and making friends. It also helps participants to connect and feel a sense of belonging.
Adults & Children with Complex Needs
I facilitate Community Circle Drumming for people with intellectual and physical disabilities. IĀ find drumming particularly helpful for adults and children with special needs who are non verbal,Ā as it givesĀ them the opportunity to express themselves and find their voice in this unique way.Ā These drumming workshops are a great success with the participants who look forward to it every week. The benefits have proven to be invaluable. I have learnt that individuals with special needs enjoy participating as it puts everybody on equal footing and it becomes all about their ability to participate atĀ their own level withoutĀ judgement.Ā Ā The rhythms allow the participants to express themselves and to have fun.
People in Recovery from Addiction
Through my 15 yearsā experience in this field I have found and research reviews indicate that drumming enhances recovery through inducing relaxation and enhancing theta-wave production and brain-wave synchronization. Drumming produces pleasurable experiences, enhanced awareness of preconscious dynamics, release of emotional trauma, and reintegration of self. Drumming alleviates self-centeredness, isolation, and alienation, creating a sense of connectedness with self and others. Drumming provides a secular approach to accessing a higher power and applying spiritual perspectives. Conclusions. Drumming circles have applications as complementary addiction therapy, particularly for repeated relapse and when other counseling modalities have failed.
Corporate Wellness Programmes
In a wellness drum circle for your team, it's so much more than just jamming session..although that can be part of it. The ability for your team to play a steady rhythm solely depends on their ability to work together and practice one of the most difficult skills necessary for success: LISTENING!
You have loud people that always try to dominate the groove, quiet people who are shy to play, and everyone else. Through empowering the loud people to quiet down and blend in, while the shy people speak up more (musically), your team will sound solid and will be working together in a few minutes.
Most importantly, they will feel a profound sense of unity and pride, as a team.
Drumming for Ceremony / Ritual
IĀ facilitate drum circles for Spiritual ceremonies and rituals from all denominations and none. I have vast experience and combine my Celtic Shamanic studies in facilitating drum circles during Imbolc, Bealtaine, Lughnasagh and Samhain as well as the Equinox and Solstice.Ā In 2021 for the Winter SolsticeĀ I facilitated a drum circle for fortyĀ people in Slane during the night before walking to Newgrange for the sunrise.
I have also facilitated a spiritual ceremony for the well known mental health organisation GROW. On a number of occasionsĀ I have drummed with various groups at a Mass and I have been privileged to drum at funerals and weddings. I work really well with clients and adapt easily to meet their needs and expectations and enjoy creating and holding sacred space.
Sound Healing - Vibrational Energy Healing
Working one to one in my specially designed healing room and in group settings I work through the modality of sound and frequency to help bring clients into a relaxed, calm, mediative and safe space in order to clear and work through blocked energy and help release what no longer serves. My intention is to create a safe space where participants can allow themselves to completely relax while I mindfully and intuitively guide them through their healing journey of sound. Every participant receives the feeling of being enveloped in sound and vibration. As I trust sound work to touch all areas of my life, through my experience and training I support others on their own paths in doing so as well.
Emotional Freedom Technique
I am a fully accredited and certified EFT practitioner with EFT International.Ā
I'm passionate about mental health and well-being and I find joy in empowering individuals to find their path to balance, happiness, harmony, healing and freedom to live their best life through understanding and breaking self-limiting belief systems and releasing repressed emotions and energy.
Celtic Shamanism
Celtic Shamanism recognises that all life is implicitly connected and sacred by working closely with nature and the elements.Ā Shamanism is the oldest spiritual and healing practice on the planet datingĀ back 50,000 years. This tradition has grown out of humanityās experience ofĀ evolving out of the earth and our intimate connections to our mother earth.Ā WhenĀ we journey into the inner realms through the doors of perception using ourĀ minds eye to explore the wondrous world of imagination, we can tap into theĀ greater store of wisdom that our ancestors have accumulated throughout theĀ milenia. This ancient wisdom can help us heal ourselves, each other and theĀ earth.
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