2012 Yoga & Drumming Workshop #3: Yoga in Paradise!

People Doing Yoga

The third workshop in The Healing Drummer’s 2012 Kauai Yoga & Drumming Programming is Yoga in Paradise! with my talented friend, yoga instructor Sherry Santiago. Come connect to your inner place of peace in this breathtaking Hawaiian setting. Refresh your body and mind and learn to reconnect with all the joy and happiness that exists… [Continue Reading]

Ritual for Clarity: Becoming Your Genius Self

Stone Faces Smiling

As we enter into this fire year of 2012, we begin with the ritual of getting clarity, setting intention, and rallying the forces that will guide us in the coming year. It is said that there are 2 truths about self-awareness: You are not who you think you are. You are who you think you… [Continue Reading]

2012 Yoga & Drumming Workshop #2: Yoga and Sound Healing — Embracing the Rhythm of Life

Toby and Lisa

This summer I invite you to join me on the island of Kauai to experience one of The Healing Drummer’s rejuvenating yoga and drumming workshops. Yoga and Sound Healing — Embracing the Rhythm of Life will take place July 12 to 18, 2012. Led by myself, Toby Christensen, and my dynamic friend Lisa Needham, inspiring… [Continue Reading]

2012 Yoga & Drumming Workshop #1: Yoga on Kauai

Kauai Yoga Workshop

The Healing Drummer is pleased to present three exciting yoga and drumming workshops for 2012! Experience one or experience them all! The first yoga and drumming workshop will be held July 3 to 9, 2012 in a beautiful, inspiring, and enchanting Hawaiian setting. Yoga on Kauai will be led by me, Toby Christensen The Healing… [Continue Reading]

Shift It! Custom Healing CD Created for You by The Healing Drummer

Shift It by Toby Christensen

According to Toby, everything in your life is an expression of the energy you carry. If you shift that energy, you will shift the situation. Have Toby Christensen, The Healing Drummer, create for you your own custom healing CD! As a new offering from healingdrummer.com, Toby has created “Shift It!”: a unique healing session intended… [Continue Reading]

Renewing Water Ritual to Clear The Obstacles From Your Life

Sunset Over Ocean

As the year comes closer to an end, we want to be clear of the obstacles and energies that have held us back for too long. This particular ritual focuses on the obstacle-removing power of water. Facing Your Obstacles To begin this ritual, find your way to moving water. This can be a river, stream,… [Continue Reading]

The Healing Drummer’s World Groove Album Now Available

World Groove Album Cover

I am thrilled to announce that World Groove is officially released! This CD has been in the makings for two years, and is by far the best work I have done so far in the category of world/ecstatic dance music. Consisting of intoxicating rhythms and instrumental blends from various world instruments, World Groove was created to… [Continue Reading]

Drums, Guitars & Dancing

Toby and his Djembe Drum

As my adventures on the island of Kauai unfolded, I had the pleasure of having a couple of friends visit from the mainland. Terry Kingen has been a great friend of mine since elementary school. Terry is one of the premier guitar players in the Seattle area, and has been teaching me blues guitar for… [Continue Reading]

Hawaiian Drum Tales

Toby with Friends John and Danny

Part of the magic we created with my Healing Drummer Advanced Shamanic Training Workshop this summer in Hawaii included a couple of good drum jams by the ocean. It’s amazing how inspiring it is to drum to the rhythm of the waves and watch the sun dip behind the beautiful mountains as the rhythm resonates… [Continue Reading]

Sound Healing with Handcrafted Flutes

John Dumas Flutes

My friend Kathy Sampeck and I have been talking a lot about flutes lately. Native American-style flutes, bamboo flutes . . . for some reason, their beautiful sound and rich melodic tone have been tapping me on the shoulder as though I needed deeper connection with this energy. During my last trip to the Washington,… [Continue Reading]