Memoir & Musings

On the auspicious date of 11/11 in the year of 2021, LAYNE REDMOND (1952-2013), a woman whose…

Music and Women, the story of women in their relation to music by Sophie Drinker, is a…

Four-time Grammy winnerFounding father of the modern frame drum movementLegendary master percussionist and composer After many years…

On the morning of December 9, 2017, I learned that the day before one of my teachers…

Mimi at Temple of Karnak, Luxor Egypt c. 1984 In addition to her mastery of Bharata Natyam,…

Early into the new millennium I had the good fortune to meet renowned djembe drummer, designer, pedagogist…

In May 2013 Sophie Nusslé invited me to travel to Andalusia for a gathering of women interested in a…

April 9, 2022: Remembrances in celebration of twentieth anniversary of the The Water Ceremony, written by Pana…

Long had I romanticized visiting a Tuscan villa would do me good. I imagined the scenery would…

Drumsound rises on the air ~ its beat, my heart. – 13th-century Persian poet Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad…

Once upon a time,there was a program we titled:RHYTHM& RHYMEAccompanied by Grant Smith,Tahya presented dance & poetry recitationswith…

Allow the dance to be a means of relaxation and a pathway to the healing process. The…

Glen Velez’s pedagogy, recordings & performances and Layne Redmond’s book When the Drummers Were Women, her recordings,…

Enhancing daily life with systrum, frame drum & dance, we rekindle a natural sacred state of well…

Sublime image of the Goddess Hathor with cow’s ears and hair adorned with lotus blossoms. III century…

A guided visualization for you to listen to on 8/8 …. Envision a Light; Be the Light….🌟LET…

The serpent represents change, renewal, transformation and despite my aversion to snakes (BIG TIME!) the Goddess made…

A tale of the inspiration to host international New Moon Zoom gatherings. At the onset of stay-at-home…

The primordial deity for our Paleolithic and Neolithic ancestors was female, reflecting the sovereignty of motherhood. In…

Prior to sunrise on a rainy morning in the Summer of 2018, I was awakened by rain…

Jan 2014: The SYSTRUM and I arrive at the Drum Circle!Photo credit: D NAMM 2014 It is…