02 Jan Raven Yemóya
I am second generation Filipino and fourth generation Scandinavian. A mother of four young sons, raised by the ocean in the Coast Salish lands. I am blessed to have been taught drum craft in the traditional ways. My highest creative callings at this time is lapidary stonework, drum making, and the traditional tanning of sheepskin pelts and hides. I have courted these crafts in my own ways and been gifted the transmissions of these modalities through the lineages and to share this wisdom and transformative experiences. My matriarchal lineage comes from the healers of the Philippines Islands. I have been bestowed the rights of passage from Mambabatok Apo Whang-Od of the Kalinga tribe, who is now 108 years old. Salamat po!
Gratitude to my teachers who introduced me to drum circle visioning and was given my first drum by Patrick Pinson of Cedar Mountain Drums in 2013, to Jorge “Two Eagles” Lewis a Coast Salish Drum Maker, to Maria Rose Sikyea, Dené Indigenous Mother, who taught me how to tan hides over 8 years ago, and to the late the Palo Huff. My mentor and beloved friend, who not only taught me the craft of stone carving but showed me how the gem within the stone is revealed through the inner mirror of one’s vision.
Raven will be sharing Intuitive Drum Making.