Ryan Taylor Drum Academy

 

Ryan Taylor Drum Academy

The Ryan Taylor Drum Academy is a people based platform put together with the goal of creating a stronger more vibrant community with everyone in mind. In many indigenous cultures, drum and dance were the most powerful means of healing, understanding, communicating, and coming together to resolve differences. Today these methods still hold true. Drumming has been proven to create equality, level the playing field and build a sense of teamwork. RTDrum takes the principles and the folkloric drum and song to continue this communal practice. RTDrum Academy is based on the ideologies of the Afro Caribbean community and spiritual ethics. That all men, women and children are created equally. No one should ever go without. At RTDrum, our philosophy is no different. By way of teaching Afro Haitian folkloric drum, song and the history of the spiritual culture, our goal is to create a safe haven for all peoples to find self strength, empowerment, and build confidence within and teach better community service. It is these principles that sets this ancient methodology apart from the modern world. RTDrum Academy creates ancient medicine for the modern world. 

 No experience is necessary. All ages are welcome. 

RTDrum Academy is a vision I've had for many years and it had now come to fruition. 

I'm honored to have you join the RTD family and begin building with me a stronger more compassionate community. 

Just a bit about myself; I have been a drummer for 40 years, Afro Caribbean Elder for 10 years, musical instructor and drum circle facilitator for 15 years. I've been blessed to have traveled the world sharing this work. My studies in Afro Haitian drumming began 16 years ago. I underwent several initiations into the culture and lineage and have found those principles to be very much in line with how the modern world should be. 

Now I with great excitement look to share these with you!

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Find your purpose

 Gang! Have you ever heard of playing a drum beat to get you in touch with your inner self and purpose? Each one of us represent a different element in the cosmological order of life. Each element has its own sacred rhythm. Classes are starting up at online that cover all of these beats. 

Let's get y'all signed up and ready to go! No experience is necessary. 

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Ryan Taylor Drum Workshop - New Rhythm, New You

 Happy New Year al my relations;

In the Dagara Cosmology of West Africa; they have an elemental system used to bring about purpose, balance and harmony to an individual and the community.

Each element is associated with the last digit of the year, the number 1 is Water. Thus 2021 is a Water year.

Water is the second element, and Water is essentially about reconciling. It's about peacemaking and making bridges--between two cultures for instance, or between two people. It's also about bringing your wisdom out. It is also about focusing somebody so that they can see beyond their turmoil. So anytime you experience the hot Fire, you need Water in order to bring the balance back to yourself.

Therefore you understand what Water people are supposed to do. The task of the Water people is indeed to do the impossible task of reconciling--reconciling people or reconciling things, bringing peace all over the place--and this is why a lot of them are into the teaching job. That is one of the most accessible ways of being a Water, or living your Water energy. You can understand it within the context of modernity, in terms of the fact that when you are not connected--Fire is connection with the Other world--then the Fire you have in you becomes a combustion chamber.

It becomes active in a way that is consuming. The consuming fire inside of you turns you into a consumer, too. Do you see the link? So what happens is that in this context you are in need of a great deal of reconciliation. Maybe this is a time when you need to call the fire department to "hose you down" or something.

We need to bring healing and peace to our communities and the world we're currently in.

Spread love spread joy and peace among all fellow relations.

Drums, Spirit and movement

We had the honor of working with Jai Bhakti Yoga Foundation in New Orleans, LA in a collaboration of Spirit driven rhythms and drumming with powerful and intense Yoga. What a great combination the two were. Thank you Christina Andrini for having us down!

New Followers

 A huge TEXAS size THANK YOU!!!!! 

To our new followers. We truly appreciate your support!