The Healing Art of Shamanic Drumming Courses
Five Courses on the Healing Art of Shamanic Drumming – from Introduction to Teacher
This Course is for everyone who loves the shamanic drum. Whether you are a therapist, an energy healer, or just in love with the magic of the Earth – shamanic drumming can elevate your practice.
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The shaman’s drum is much more than a drum. It is much more than a musical instrument and healing tool. The shamanic drum is both the gateway and the physical manifestation through which enlightened spirit beings can perform healings.
The shamanic drum has a special resonance that is part of its healing capacity. This resonance is the heartbeat of Mother Earth. The drum sings the song of the Great Mother whose healing power nurtures all. With the help of the song of the drum, the song of the spirits, and the song of the drummer, a sacred vibration is created, through which shamans heal.
The Shamanic Drumming Courses
These courses focus on the Healing Art of the Shamanic Drum. The Courses have been designed to support everyone who wishes to work with the spiritual and holistic power of the drum in a shamanic way, either as part of another healing modality or on its own. Shamanic drumming can be beautifully incorporated into many other holistic healing practices or it can constitute an individual drumming healing session.
The Shamanic Drumming Teacher – Fotoula Foteini Adrimi
Fotoula Foteini Adrimi has worked professionally with the shamanic drum for over 20 years, both as a Shamanic Practitioner and as a Shamanic Teacher. She has studied shamanism and shamanic drumming with both western and indigenous shamans.
Fotoula's shamanic studies include:​
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Shamanic Teacher training on classic core shamanism with Sandra Ingerman. Fotoula is also an active member of the Global Shamanic Teachers network, a member of the Council of Elders and a member of the Shaman’s Directory
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Indigenous Himalayan Shamanism – Since 2014 Fotoula has been training with indigenous shaman and lineage holder Bhola Banstola and she co-organises Bhola’s workshops on Himalayan shamanism in Scotland.
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Training in North American shamanic practices of Sunbear
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Received teachings on Siberian shamanic drumming
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Carries the shamanic lineage of her ancestors that goes back to ancient Greece
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Carries the Mayan Moondance Chanupa (sacred pipe).
Why is it necessary to train to drum shamanically?
If you wish to work shamanically with the drum, it is not enough to play the instrument as you feel guided. The shamanic drum is a receptacle for spirits, a sacred being in itself. Therefore, there are important steps to take to unlock its healing power and light.
Over the years, Fotoula has observed many people answering a deeper calling to shamanic drumming. However, without training, there can be many misconceptions that block and hinder their work.
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Sometimes people think that in order to remove spiritual blocks from the body, one should drum as loud and as quickly as possible. This can be uncomfortable for their client and, in many cases, it can also empower (or anger), the stubborn energy they are trying to shift, and create the opposite effect.
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Some people can believe that there are no specific rhythms for shamanic drum healing, and it is ok to drum as it comes to them. However, around the world shamans have specific ways to drum for healing, including songs for the elements – important spirits that provide the building blocks for our physical reality. Certain drumming rhythms are important for releasing spirits and for welcoming our own spirit back to the physical world. Shamanic drumming has a beginning, a middle and an end, and unless this is observed, clients may feel dazed, disorientated, or suffer dissociation.
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Another misconception is that after finishing drumming, no further work is required. However, there is a lot more to do to integrate the healing, and bring the client back to the present moment.
The Art of Shamanic Drumming – an Empowering Practice
Every aspect of drumming has a purpose and it is part of the human experience of death, birth, and the cycle of life. The course explains the meaning behind the different types of drumming, from the healing and shamanic perspective.
Shamanic drumming can be a wonderful and empowering practice. Fotoula’s tutelary spirits have asked her to teach the art of shamanic drumming, which she has been entrusted with and has been practising for over 20 years. The teaching spirits have asked her to share the ancient wisdom as a therapeutic modality. They said that this knowledge is needed in our world, and that the people who are called to work with the shamanic drum should be empowered to do so in a way that allows them to help others safely.
The Shamanic Drum
Traditionally the drum is built with purposefully chosen wood, from a tree selected ceremoniously. There are also different types of hides used. The tradition tells us that one should use the hide from a wild animal that is from the land (i.e. not imported). This hide should be ethically sourced. In Scotland the most appropriate animal is wild deer, ethically killed, and the hide traditionally treated. If this is not possible or practical, then one should use the hide from a domesticated animal that lives on the land, such as goat or sheep etc. However, according to the tradition, these hides have lesser power.
Of course synthetic drums can be used, but they may need extra work, as they do not carry the spirit of an animal. However, no matter what type of drum you have, the power can come as a response to the person’s calling.
If you already have a drum, that is great and there is no need to purchase another one. if you wish to have a traditional drum and beater, you can get in touch with us and we can recommend practitioners (we do not make any commission from recommendations, we just wish to work with people who are ethical and follow the traditional ways). The same for the beater.
The Shamanic Drumming Courses – from Introduction to Teacher
Shamanic Drumming Introduction - Part 1 (In Person)
The journey starts with you getting to know your drum and then empowering your drum through the power of the elements. You start to know and work with the portal that Fire is. The course is an introduction into the practice, and you can start to use your drum with family and friends.
Pre-requisite: A drum and beater. You do not need to be clairvoyant, or know how to journey and use a shamanic drum at this stage.
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Date: 10.00-16.30, Saturday 11th October
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Investment: £140.00 Non-refundable Deposit to secure your place: £70.00 (payable through bank transfer)
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Venue: Glasgow Theosophical Society, 17 Queen's Crescent, Glasgow
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Half-price: The Course is reduced to £70.00, Deposit £35.00 for anyone who has qualified or is currently training as a Shamanic Practitioner with the ISIS School of Holistic Health.
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Shamanic Drumming Practitioner - Part 2 (In Person)
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how to call the spirits and how to make your own drum spirited as per the indigenous traditions;
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how to work with the resonance of their drum in a one to one and group setting;
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how to connect with the spirits of the drum and how to honour these spirits; and,
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how to support your clients.
Pre-requisite: Shamanic Drumming Introduction – Part 1, with the ISIS School of Holistic Health. The ability to feel the energy of the drum spirits and have a sense of their presence. A willingness to stay open and receive information in whatever way is right for you, is important. The spirits communicate with us in many different ways, and we learn to develop and trust, our intuition, imagination, and power of intention.
This course offers a Certificate of Attendance upon completion of five case studies.
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Date: 10.00-16.30, Sunday 26th October
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Investment: £195.00 Non-refundable Deposit to secure your place: £95.00 (payable through bank transfer)
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Venue: Glasgow Theosophical Society, 17 Queen's Crescent, Glasgow
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Half-price: The Course is reduced to £95.00, Deposit £45.00 for anyone who has qualified or is currently training as a Shamanic Practitioner with the ISIS School of Holistic Health.
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Shamanic Drumming Advanced Practitioner - Part 3 (In Person)
In the Advanced Practitioner Shamanic Drumming Course the drum becomes multi-dimensional and is a door to the alternative realities of the cosmos. The healing energies of the lower and middle worlds are transmitted through Snake and Windhorse.
Pre-requisite: Shamanic Drumming Practitioner – Part 2, with the ISIS School of Holistic Health. And an Introduction to Shamanism and Shamanic Journeying Course, either with the ISIS School or another shamanic teacher.
This course offers a Certificate of Attendance.
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Date: 10.00-16.30, Sunday 30th November
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Investment: £235.00 Non-refundable Deposit to secure your place: £115.00 (payable through bank transfer)
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Venue: Glasgow Theosophical Society, 17 Queen's Crescent, Glasgow
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Half-price: The Course is reduced to £115.00, Deposit £55.00 for anyone who has qualified or is currently training as a Shamanic Practitioner with the ISIS School of Holistic Health.
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Shamanic Drumming Master Practitioner - Part 4 (In Person)
The Master Practitioner Shamanic Drumming Course involves deep healing of the soul, through the connection with the oversoul, or etheric self. We open the drum to the upper realms to access the power of the Eagle. Protection ritual via the drum. We also speak about ethics in group work.
Pre-requisite: Shamanic Drumming Advanced Practitioner – Part 3, with the ISIS School of Holistic Health
This course offers a Certificate of Attendance.
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Date: 10.00-16.30, Sunday 8th March 2026
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Investment: £235.00 Non-refundable Deposit to secure your place: £115.00 (payable through bank transfer)
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Venue: Glasgow Theosophical Society, 17 Queen's Crescent, Glasgow
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Half-price: The Course is reduced to £115.00, Deposit £55.00 for anyone who has qualified or is currently training as a Shamanic Practitioner with the ISIS School of Holistic Health.
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Shamanic Drumming Teacher Training - Part 5 (In Person)
Fotoula has been asked by the helping spirits to empower practitioners who wish to work from the heart, to teach the Healing Art of Shamanic Drumming to others. In the three day Shamanic Drumming Teacher Training Course, Fotoula will share how this teaching on shamanic drumming can be safely transmitted to others.
Pre-requisite: Shamanic Drumming Master Practitioner – Part 4, with the ISIS School of Holistic Health.
This course offers a Certificate of Attendance.
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Date: 10.00-16.30, Friday 3rd – Sunday 5th July
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Investment: £575.00 Non-refundable Deposit to secure your place: £275.00 (payable through bank transfer)
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Venue: Glasgow Theosophical Society, 17 Queen's Crescent, Glasgow
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Half-price: The Course is reduced to £285.00, Deposit £140.00 for anyone who has qualified or is currently training as a Shamanic Practitioner with the ISIS School of Holistic Health.
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Please Be Aware:
These courses are based on the healing power of the drum alone. They are not a shamanic practitioner course. Fotoula is not sharing soul retrieval, extraction, psychopomping, death and dying through these courses.
Moreover, the courses do not teach people how to run a shamanic, journeying or drumming circle where you guide people into a shamanic ceremony. In order to do this, people need to train as a shamanic practitioner, and receive an invitation from your helping spirits. Holding a shamanic drumming circle is very important and deep work, for which the indigenous shamans train for many years in order to provide a safe space for healing and transformation.