Long-time Golden Drum members Matt and Hillary Canale will facilitate kirtan monthly in the space. Matt has been studying kirtan for the past decade in Hare Krishna temples in the city and upstate New York. Kirtan is a beautiful way to learn how to sing as a practice to offer our hearts and love to something much greater than ourselves.

Heart & Mind Festival Presents a Spring Equinox Celebration: Masters of the Waterways: A tribute to the Canarsie People of Brooklyn with Algonquin Author Evan Pritchard. Join us for an evening of renewal with yoga and live music, a powerful presentation on the hidden history of the Canarsie Nation, and a heart-opening cacao ceremony.

Presented by Heart & Mind Festival & Golden Drum.

Doña Leova is a Traditional Healer from the Nahuatl nation of Puebla, Mexico. Her work is based in a cosmology of Healing that is known as the "Tradition of the Grandmothers," named because historically, one grandmother would share the practice with one granddaughter who would then go on to become the next practitioner.

The Virgo Full Moon and Lunar Eclipse during Pisces season invites us to explore the delicate balance between science and spirituality. This moon calls us to examine the chaos and disorder in our lives—whether emotional, environmental, or intellectual—and decide whether we need to clean it up or surrender to the chaos. It's a powerful time for introspection, as it is the last moon of the astrological year when we consider Aries as the beginning of the Zodiac. As we approach the Spring Equinox, this full moon offers a chance to take stock of the year, re-evaluate our beliefs, and purify our routines to better align with our spiritual truths. It’s an invitation to ground ourselves before a new cycle begins, honoring both what is true for us and what may no longer serve us.

Prayer Carriers is a call to re-ignite this sacred ritual, bringing together women from all walks of life to share, to pray, to dream, and to find the healing prayers and actions that guide us all towards a more natural existence.

Long-time Golden Drum members Matt and Hillary Canale will facilitate kirtan monthly in the space. Matt has been studying kirtan for the past decade in Hare Krishna temples in the city and upstate New York. Kirtan is a beautiful way to learn how to sing as a practice to offer our hearts and love to something much greater than ourselves.

This event will be rescheduled.

The cacao ceremony is a sacred gathering in which participants gather to connect to their hearts and experience new life through the healing qualities of cacao.

A plant revered by the indigenous people of the Americas, cacao has received widespread recognition through its usage as the key ingredient in chocolate. For the Mayan people, cacao is utilized as a rebirthing medicine, helping people get rid of negativity, release emotional suffering, and experience universal love.

Prayer Carriers is a call to re-ignite this sacred ritual, bringing together women from all walks of life to share, to pray, to dream, and to find the healing prayers and actions that guide us all towards a more natural existence.

This two-hour workshop invites you to connect with your inner self through dance. Utilizing Rumi's poetry as a guiding philosophy, participants will explore emotional paths that inspire movement. Following the workshop, enjoy the performance titled "Know Thyself." Witness a spiritual initiation, reminiscent of ancient traditions, featuring a priestess whose dance incorporates snake movements to embody the soul's expression.

Dream Seed is a sound healing ensemble created by members of Golden Drum, Sacred Arts Research Foundation, and Didge Project. Shamanic chanting, mantras, overtone singing, Native American songs, indigenous music, didgeridoos, crystal singing bowls, bells, gongs, harmoniums, tuning forks and other overtone-emitting instruments are used to create an environment conducive to deep relaxation and inward investigation. 

Align your energy with the powerful influence of the Capricorn season and the Cancer full moon. This is a beautiful time to ground in the structured and focused energy of the Capricorn season under the nurturing and intuitive Cancer full moon. Cancer is ruled by the moon, and so this is a particularly strong Full Moon and the perfect time to come together in prayer to deeply listen to what our soul has to say and set the intentions to integrate that into our lives.

Prayer Carriers is a call to re-ignite this sacred ritual, bringing together women from all walks of life to share, to pray, to dream, and to find the healing prayers and actions that guide us all towards a more natural existence.

Celebrate the return of the light with a Sacred Cacao Ceremony featuring prayer, reflection, intention-setting, and live music. Special Guests: Kevin Nathaniel, Matt & Hillary Canale, Moshe Weisz, Dream Seed, and beats by Moon.

As we gather under the illuminating light of the Gemini moon, you'll be guided to explore new perspectives and enhance clarity in your life. Experience the vibrations of sound as they harmonize with Reiki energy, promoting relaxation and opening pathways for self-discovery.

Join us for 3 hours of fun and accessible music making for all levels - even if you’ve never touched a flute in your life. World class instruments will be provided and you will even have the opportunity to purchase one and go home with your very own handcrafted bamboo instrument from the Sacred Valley of Peru.

Dream Seed is a sound healing ensemble created by members of Golden Drum, Sacred Arts Research Foundation, and Didge Project. Shamanic chanting, mantras, overtone singing, Native American songs, indigenous music, didgeridoos, crystal singing bowls, bells, gongs, harmoniums, tuning forks and other overtone-emitting instruments are used to create an environment conducive to deep relaxation and inward investigation. 

Prayer Carriers is a call to bring together women from all walks of life to share, to pray, to dream, and to find the healing prayers and actions that guide us all towards a more natural existence.

Immerse yourself in the beauty and power of traditional indigenous ceremonial arts, jewelry, clothing, tapestries, rare sound healing instruments, herbal apothecary and wild-handcrafted products. M.E.S.A features local artisans as well as ethically sourced, and fair-traded indigenous arts & gifts.

Davi and Yara will help us to channel our inner healing spirit by guiding us to dance with the support of atabaque drumming, and the devotional chants to the Amazonian and African deities, They will share their unique tradition of Brazilian Umbandaime which combines African and European spiritual practices with native Amazonian plant medicines.

This week’s Prayer Carriers class will be led by Kawennontie from the Haudenosaunee (Mohawk) nation, who will share teachings on how the stars, Grandmother Moon, and Mother Earth guide women in understanding womanhood. FreeDom Flowers, owner of Mama Flowers Healing Art Sanctuary, will also join to guide participants in connecting with the Heart of the Earth and the Spirit of the Rose, a symbol of self-trust, self-love, and the divine feminine.

Join us as we come together to connect with the powerful energy of the New Moon in Scorpio. We will discuss the astrology of the time, take a moment to set intentions, enter into a sound bath with reiki, and end with an integration circle with a warm drink led by Cassie Luzenski and Adrian DiMatteo.

Come and harmonize with your ancestors, heal old relationships and make peace with the ones that came before us. Our annual Day of the Ancestors ceremony is an opportunity to forget, forgive, and let go.  Together we will build a beautiful flower mandala altar celebrating those that came before us, and we will pray with the sacred medicine of cacao and allow the transcendent music of Dream Seed and the Golden Drum community to carry us into our hearts.

Dream Seed is a sound healing ensemble created by members of Golden Drum, Sacred Arts Research Foundation, and Didge Project. Participants are led through guided meditations and sound healing practices designed to harmonize body, mind and spirit.