What You’ll Do:
Connect at the most basic of humanness through a collective experience of rhythm, harmony and co-creation. Build community and enhance quality of life! Drum circles hold within them the sacred ability to ignite a profound healing power. As the rhythmic beats resonate through our very essence, they connect us to the ancient wisdom of our ancestors and the supportive love of those in the circle, reminding us of our innate ability to heal. In this sacred circle of unity, the uplifting energy of the drums and circle of others awakens our spirits, nourishes our souls, and guides us on a transformative journey towards wholeness and inner-peace. Come with Andrew, who has risen from the ashes of childhood trauma to take part in the magic medicine of drumming.
What to Expect:
A one-hour drum circle that restores physical health, builds community, and improves mental health. We begin with introductions, ice breakers, learning some sounds on the drum, and playing! Synchronized drumming and singing follows where breathing exercises help us all fully arrive into the space. A deeper experience continues with intentional drumming, meditative space, and an opportunity to relax while listening to a beautiful musical experience. In this space the Native American flute, chimes, gong, and the Tibetan singing bowl are experienced by all.
What’s Included:
All music equipment, a community, sacred space, and loving guides! Drumming Sounds is a drum circle facilitation company; owned, operated and devoted to by loving partners Andrew Ecker DCF and Monica Patton DCF, both trained in an evidence based healing protocol called HealthRHYTHMS. For them, drum circle is about more than just drumming; it is about the collective experience, building community, enhancing quality of life through experience and holding space for the individual to explore self through the whole, the community. They promote empowerment and give license to cultivating a sacred space where demographics fade and people connect at the most basic of humanness through rhythm, harmony and co-creation. Through the use of the Drumming Sounds intentional drumming protocol, they bring communities of all kinds together in love and gratitude and in that space the infinite is explored and the ultimate expression of human connection is reached, which in turn enters us into the optimal state of human design, connection:love:gratitude. Bringing us all back to the basic rhythm of life, the heartbeat of the planet. Drumming Sounds is committed to community and WE LOVE WHAT WE DO!
Contact Andrew Ecker, co-founder of Drumming Sounds at:
https://thesacredseven.com/about-andrew-ecker
(602) 475-5694
About Your Host
Andrew Ecker, author of the ‘The Sacred 7’ Apache “NDE”, Irish and German American. Born into an inheritance of trauma, both his parents were addicted to drugs and died very young. Mom, Kathy Lindsey, died from a cocaine overdose whereas Father, Dale Ecker, from HepC caused from intravenous drug use.
Growing up in the height of the Reagan and Clinton “War on Drugs” policies led Andrew down a path of destruction that included cocaine and heroin abuse until he made a decision to change his life while serving 3.5 years in federal prison for drug charges.
Andrew found healing in his life through the use of ancient technologies including drumming and a ceremonial introduction process of his Native American ancestry he outlines in his book ‘The Sacred 7’.
Andrew has been able to, in over 25 years of effort, facilitate over 4000 meaningful wellness with a focus on suicide prevention, substance abuse, individual and community development.
This massive volume of work has allowed Andrew the honor of working with very diverse groups of people including tribal nations, schools, governmental organizations, churches, nonprofits, businesses, festivals, hospitals and drug and alcohol treatment facilities. Some of these groups include The Havasupai Nation, The Navajo Nation, The Hopi Nation, The Pascua Yaqui Nation, The Gila River Indian Community, The Tohono O’odham Nation, Patina Wellness Center, Native American Connections, Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada, NACA: Native Americans For Community Action, United States Veterans Administration, City of Phoenix, Maricopa County Public Health, United Health Care, Wellpoint , Buena Vista Recovery , Charles Schwab, Bain Consulting, Exp Realty, Cancer Treatment Centers of American, Credit Union Development and Education and many many more .
Andrew, his fiancé Monica and their companies Wellness Sourcing and Drumming Sounds, have focused mostly on working with hospitals and institutions labeled as memory care, behavioral lockdowns, drug rehabilitation, cancer treatment, post acute rehabilitation and skilled nursing. These are just some of the populations they work with.
Recognized by the community and through this work, Andrew Ecker has been a speaker presenter at some of the largest and most influential groups in healthcare and wellness: The Arizona Senior Center Association (keynote), The Arizona Therapeutic Recreation Association, (keynote) Arizona Activities Coordinators Association,(keynote) Assisted Living Federation of Arizona, (presenter) The AZTEC awards (keynote), Spinal Cord Injury Association (keynote), National Federation of Families for Children’s Mental Health (keynote) (keynote) Oklahoma Behavioral Health Conference (keynote).
Andrew is a speaker, an author, a drum circle facilitator, a musician, a sound healer, a teacher, a community bridge, an artist, a father, a fiance, a brother, a son, a cousin, a friend….
