Drumbuilding Workshops - Wildheart-Center

Deepest connection to your drum

If you want the deepest possible connection to your drum, you can join one of my very unique drumbuilding workshops. The drums we create will work for whatever purpose you want, also for sweatlodge ceremonies and shamanic work.

Workshops in Denmark, or any European country

You can either come to our place in Them, Denmark or I come to you in any European country. If you want to organize a drumbuilding workshop at your place (4 people required), you are welcome to contact me.

Two and a half days to create, connect and to initiate

In a two and a half days workshop I will guide you (max. 4 participants) in English language and in a very respectful way, to build your own drum. The drum is a powerful and sacred tool in the shamanic ways and building a drum is a sacred process. That’s why I take only 4 participants per course, as it has the huge advantage that I can take very good care of each person’s individual process. In the process of creating your drum, we will include all aspects of our life, the spiritual, the emotional, the intellectual and the physical, to make you a beautiful and powerful tool.

Day one

On the first day we are going to have a drumming, all together on the big pow-wow drum. By that we tune into our intention and the building process. Also, we will use a part of our time during the building procedure by giving thanks and showing respect to the elements, the animals and trees who gave their lives so we can build these drums.

We start the practical work by choosing the pre-made frame (appr. 35 – 40 cm diameter) and the hide that we want to use. This will be done in a special way, a way that will establish a deep connection to your drum. The hide will most likely be stag or cattle, depending on what’s available.

Around noon we will take a break with some good and warm ecological food so that our bodies will get some nourishment too.

Then we’ll start to work on the drum frame which is pre-made by me (Peter). We will take all the time that feels right to each of you so that you can deepen the connection to your drum and make it look the way you want it. This will most likely be all that we will do on this first day.

Day two

The second day will be very special too. We will combine the hide and the frame to a unit of deep, strong and lasting connection. This will be like a wedding, where two spirits unite to become one. Again, we will take all the time that it needs to give birth to a new and powerful tool and partner. When the work is finished, each of you can then decide if you want to take the drum home or leave it at Wildheart-Center to dry until we meet again. I strongly recommend to leave the drum here as I will guide the drying process so that the drum will enfold the sound, that it’s most powerful in.

Before we finish, we invite you to a talking circle that gives you the opportunity to reflect on your process of this day and you can share it, if you wish to.

Homework: The drumstick

We have a variety of materials available for the drumstick and in order to give you the maximum opportunity to individualize, you will make your own drumstick at home, before we meet for the initiation ceremony.

Initiation of your drum

The next time we meet, will be the following Friday afternoon, where we will focus on the initiation of the drum in a very special ceremony which we will end with a common drumming, each on his/her own wonderful new drum.

Time schedule

We will meet on Saturday, from 10:00 to ca. 18:00.
Then again on Sunday, from 10:00 to ca. 16:00.

Then on the following Friday from 16:00 to ca. 20:00 for the initiation ceremony.

As we will go with the flow and take care of each individual participant in the way they need it, I kindly ask you for some flexibility with respect to the time frame. It frequently happens, that we fully give in to the flow and we finish late in the evening.

Pricing

The maximum amount of participants on this seminar will be 4 and the price is 3.650 DKK (490 Euro) per person which includes all materials, two ecological meals, as well as coffee and cake or snacks. Registration is required, as well as a downpayment of 1.500 DKK (200 Euro) which is used to buy the materials and secures your space in this workshop.

I also offer individual (1:1) drumbuilding seminars, where you are the only participant. The price for this is 7.000,- DKK (940,- Euro). If you wish to do that, we will together determine the dates that suit you best.

You can buy your ticket (downpayment) by clicking here. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Peter by using our contact form.

Next Workshops

Tostedt, Germany: 21./22.02. and 28.0.2025

Them, Denmark: 08./09.03. and 14.03.2025

Examples

You want some more information?

Read more about my view on drumbuilding on my specific website: www.eagledrummer.com

Looking forward to see you on this exciting and intense course.

Testimonials

A drum building seminar with Peter at Wildheart-Center is much more than just building a drum. It is deep, delightful and very humorous. Peter makes the process feel quite effortless, although be prepared to concentrate on a different level. I experienced the sanding process as very meditative and at one point I thought: “who is sanding who?” In contrast working the hide required of me to focus to make sure that everything was just so. It was a teachable moment. Peter and Birgitte’s hospitality is very generous and thus the setting for the drum building is one of psychological safety. It is highly recommendable.

Building the drum of your dreams💖 This is how I started this adventure Weekend with Peter. Very fast I had to find out, that building this drum is a deep process. It brought me to feel myself in order to feel the energy of the drum. Which frame is the one fitting to me right now, which one is for my ego...feeling, preparing it with my hands and diving into its energy. Peter is leading without pushing and supporting to realize the vision of the drum. It was a remarkable and intense weekend, with an unic outcome. Building the drum my inner me wanted! Thank you Peter for my new Companion🙏💖

I have been to a drum building seminar with Peter, and what a wonderful experience. Peter is a warm-hearted person and tells and shows the history and possibilities with the drum. It is not just a seminar where you build a random drum. A virtue is made out of getting the right items for each person. In addition, it was great that we got to inaugurate the drums together. Peter creates a calm and warm space for questions and reflection with respect for the crafting the drum.

We had an amazing time at Peter's drum building workshop. The slow and thoughtful process of choosing materials and building the drum was a spiritual journey as well as a teaching of a craft. Each individual intention for the workshop was met with respect and understanding and the weekend was filled with a lot of interesting conversations and insights in an amazing culture along with deeper understandings of ourselves through the process. All along there was a great respect for the traditions while at the same time room for humour and relaxation. Playing the drum in nature afterwards has brought us tremendous joy and a sense of freedom of expression - and we are truly grateful for the experience.

It was an unforgettable experience. We built up a relationship to a drum, not yet existent, and then we join its path to become real. The miracle of dream & life... hands on!

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