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THE SACRED PATH OF THE BEE Chanting, overtone singing and humming sacred sounds to the rhythms of the frame drum is an ancient technique for directly synchronizing the mind/body, creating conditions for psychological, physical, and spiritual healing. The ancient Bee Priestesses, called the Melissa in Greek or the Deborahs in Hebrew, served the Bee Goddesses: Aphrodite, Artemis, Cybele, Demeter, Persephone, Rhea, Ariadne, Neith, even the Virgin Mary and all are associated with the frame drum and often with the sistrum!! The ancient Mediterranean bee goddesses of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome are connected to the Hindu Goddess: Bhramari Devi, the bee goddess and her connection to the teachings of the chakras. These seven realms of consciousness emanate from the first sound -- the pulse of the cosmic drum -- the heartbeat of the goddess. The Maha Devi or Great Goddess, Kundalini, manifests in sound form as a queen bee (Bhramari Devi) surrounded by a cloud of buzzing bees. This lightening like goddess awakens in a buzz of ascending consciousness and descending spiritual grace. As this buzzing energy rises up the spine it illuminates the chakras which are interconnected with areas of the brain that are silent in the unawakened state. The chakras function as switches that explode the brain into awareness as these dormant areas are activated.
We will be concentrating on rhythms in three and six because of the link of these numbers to the hexagram, the ancient honey comb shaped symbol of the Bee Goddess and the heart chakra. We will have a particular focus on the heart chakra for these workshops to help bring balance to ourselves, our culture and the world. In the twelve pointed lotus mandala of this chakra is a six pointed star formed by two interlocking triangles in perfect equilibrium. The fourth chakra understanding expands in all dimensions and directions as this six pointed star. This hexagram is the symbol of air and the ancient symbol of the bee goddess. The sacred bee, the Bhramari Devi, creates her honeycomb in hexagonal shapes and buzzes within her geometrically perfect hive. Within the hexagon is a downward pointing triangle interlocked with an upward pointing triangle. This represents the perfect union of the macrocosm with microcosm, male and female, positive and negative and the interpenetration of the sacred with the material world. Within the hexagon is another downward pointing triangle. Inside this triangle burns the unflickering eternal flame of our individual soul. This is the All-Shining One, a pure light radiating from the heart chakra.
The frame drum is an archetypal idea that people all over the world and at all times have been compelled to create and play to transform their consciousness into higher states of awareness. It is a time tested, powerful trance-inducing instrument that gives us a means of creating peace and wisdom within ourselves. THE PATH: Reveal, Remember, Restore, Reclaim, Revere, Rejoice, Rebirth We begin by... REVEALING the Mysteries through research, playing the framedrum, practicing yoga,
meditation, chi kung, and other spiritual pathways, which takes us into
the internal process of REMEMBERING.
RECLAIMING Then the work of REVERE REJOICE! REBIRTH of our ancient future. Visit The Bee Priestess page at www.myspace.com |
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THE SACRED PATH OF THE BEE: The Bee Priestess
One of the oldest techniques of awakening this energy within our minds and bodies is chanting to the frame drum. In the Bee Priestess workshops we'll learn a synthesis of drumming techniques from India, the Middle East, and North Africa on the Middle Eastern Style tambourine. We will concentrate on creating sacred space through ritual with by chanting and playing the frame drum. We’ll learn the correlation of the strokes on the drum to the elemental energies of earth, water, fire and air. 
Along with the historical info from the ancient Mediterranean world we'll learn the yogic practices of the bee goddess from India, Bhramari Devi. We’ll practice overtone singing and Bhramari, a pranayama practice derived from the buzzing of bees which vibrates and realigns the entire nervous system, brain and body by buzzing the vocal chords. These practices are also recommended for reproductive and endocrine health for men and women of all ages, they also relieve depression and insomnia, calming and soothing minds stressed from over-thinking.