Lion’s Gate Drum Creation & Manifestation Retreat A Day of Intention, Creation, and Personal Transformation Every year, the Lion’s Gate, invites us to pause and reflect on where we are, where we’re going, and who we are becoming. While many people focus on the spiritual symbolism of 8/8, what makes this time so powerful is the opportunity to intentionally release old patterns, strengthen your vision, and align with the life you truly want to create. Join us for a transformational day retreat designed to help you reconnect with yourself through creativity, community, reflection, and powerful manifestation practices.
Throughout the day, you'll be guided through experiences that encourage clarity, courage, self-discovery, and intentional action while creating your own handcrafted buffalo drum a sacred tool that can continue supporting your journey long after the retreat ends.
What You'll Experience
Opening Connection Circle - We'll begin the day by gathering in a supportive circle to connect, set intentions, and create a safe space for growth and reflection. This is an opportunity to slow down, become present, and prepare yourself for the day ahead.
Understanding the Lion's Gate Portal - Discover the symbolism and significance behind the annual 8/8 Lion's Gate. We'll explore themes of personal power, identity shifts, abundance, courage, and releasing the cycles that no longer serve you.
Together we'll reflect on questions such as:
Buffalo Drum Creation Workshop - One of the highlights of the retreat is creating your own buffalo drum.
The buffalo symbolizes strength, abundance, resilience, gratitude, and connection to Spirit. As you create your drum, you'll infuse it with your intentions, prayers, and personal energy.
No experience is necessary. You'll be guided step-by-step through the entire process.
Manifestation Masterclass
Manifestation is more than positive thinking. In this interactive workshop, we'll discuss:
Guided Visualization Journey Through Meditation and guided imagery, you'll connect with your future self and gain deeper clarity around your goals, desires, and next steps.
Gratitude & Abundance Practices - Learn simple yet powerful practices that help shift your focus from lack to abundance and create more opportunities for growth, joy, and fulfillment.
Journaling & Reflection Exercises - Throughout the retreat you'll be guided through intentional journaling prompts designed to help uncover insights, strengthen your vision, and deepen your connection with yourself.
Sound & Drum Activation ExperienceOnce our drums are complete, we'll gather for a special activation experience using rhythm, sound, intention, and collective energy. This experience helps anchor the work of the day and awaken the medicine within your newly created drum.
Closing Circle - We'll end the retreat by celebrating our creations, sharing reflections, and stepping forward with renewed clarity, confidence, and intention.
Understanding the Lion's Gate Portal - Discover the symbolism and significance behind the annual 8/8 Lion's Gate. We'll explore themes of personal power, identity shifts, abundance, courage, and releasing the cycles that no longer serve you.
Together we'll reflect on questions such as:
- What version of me am I outgrowing?
- What habits or patterns am I ready to release?
- What am I truly being called toward?
- What do I want to create in this next chapter of life?
Buffalo Drum Creation Workshop - One of the highlights of the retreat is creating your own buffalo drum.
The buffalo symbolizes strength, abundance, resilience, gratitude, and connection to Spirit. As you create your drum, you'll infuse it with your intentions, prayers, and personal energy.
No experience is necessary. You'll be guided step-by-step through the entire process.
Manifestation Masterclass
Manifestation is more than positive thinking. In this interactive workshop, we'll discuss:
- Aligning thoughts, emotions, and actions
- Identifying limiting beliefs
- Creating powerful intentions
- Understanding energetic alignment
- Practical manifestation tools you can use daily
- How to stop unintentionally blocking what you desire
Guided Visualization Journey Through Meditation and guided imagery, you'll connect with your future self and gain deeper clarity around your goals, desires, and next steps.
Gratitude & Abundance Practices - Learn simple yet powerful practices that help shift your focus from lack to abundance and create more opportunities for growth, joy, and fulfillment.
Journaling & Reflection Exercises - Throughout the retreat you'll be guided through intentional journaling prompts designed to help uncover insights, strengthen your vision, and deepen your connection with yourself.
Sound & Drum Activation ExperienceOnce our drums are complete, we'll gather for a special activation experience using rhythm, sound, intention, and collective energy. This experience helps anchor the work of the day and awaken the medicine within your newly created drum.
Closing Circle - We'll end the retreat by celebrating our creations, sharing reflections, and stepping forward with renewed clarity, confidence, and intention.
What's so special about VIP?
VIP are invited the night prior to create their own blessed water with herbs, crystals and oils. They need to soak for 24 hours. We will also be doing other activities. Dinner and overnight stay is provided.
What You'll Leave With:
✨ Your own handcrafted buffalo drum
✨ Personalized Astrology & Human Design Chart
✨ A deeper understanding of manifestation and energetic alignment
✨ Practical tools for creating intentional change
✨ Renewed clarity and inspiration
✨ Connection with like-minded individuals
✨ Personalized journaling exercises and reflections
✨ A stronger connection to your intuition and inner wisdom
✨ A memorable day of growth, creativity, and empowerment
Come create. Come connect. Come remember the power that already exists within you.
Schedule Overview
\ This is a light schedule, Things will be added
VIP Experience 8/7 - 5:00pm-10:00pm
- Drum Water - Create your blessed water with herbs, oils and crystals
- Sound Bath With Jer
- Cranial Sacral Sessions
Overnight stays are welcome for VIP
Loins Gate Day Retreat 8/8 - 8:00AM-8:00PM
- Morning Movement with QiGong
Light Breakfast / Protein Shakes, Yogurt Bowls
- Loins Gate Teaching Segment
- Astrology and Human Design Manifestation Guides
- Herbal Palo Santo Stick Creations
- Oil Blends and Manifestation Spray Creations
Lunch
- Plan & Manifest the rest of 2026
- Journaling and Review
- Guided Meditation
- Drum Circle
- Buffalo Drum Making
Dinner - Rest & Break
- Group Processing & Release
- Drum Water - Create your blessed water with herbs, oils and crystals
- Sound Bath With Jer
- Cranial Sacral Sessions
Overnight stays are welcome for VIP
Loins Gate Day Retreat 8/8 - 8:00AM-8:00PM
- Morning Movement with QiGong
Light Breakfast / Protein Shakes, Yogurt Bowls
- Loins Gate Teaching Segment
- Astrology and Human Design Manifestation Guides
- Herbal Palo Santo Stick Creations
- Oil Blends and Manifestation Spray Creations
Lunch
- Plan & Manifest the rest of 2026
- Journaling and Review
- Guided Meditation
- Drum Circle
- Buffalo Drum Making
Dinner - Rest & Break
- Group Processing & Release
What are medicine drums?
Drumming is a form of Sound Therapy. Essentially, drums create frequency and vibrations that enter in through the body releasing physical and emotional blocks. Our Energetic system does well with drums specifically because the drum mimics a heart beat. The heart beat is the first thing we hear in the womb and helps us to connect to our surroundings.
Drum therapy is an ancient approach that uses rhythm to promote healing and self-expression. Therapeutic rhythm techniques have been used for thousands of years to create and maintain physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Music is a powerful way to let go and release. I love drumming because of this. Making your own drum is even more powerful when taking into a healing journey.
Drum therapy is an ancient approach that uses rhythm to promote healing and self-expression. Therapeutic rhythm techniques have been used for thousands of years to create and maintain physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Music is a powerful way to let go and release. I love drumming because of this. Making your own drum is even more powerful when taking into a healing journey.
The Meaning of the Buffalo & Manifestation
As part of this retreat, you'll create your own buffalo drum while connecting with the powerful symbolism and wisdom the buffalo carries.
Across many traditions, the buffalo is seen as a symbol of:
- Abundance – Trusting that your needs will be met and recognizing the blessings already present in your life.
- Strength & Resilience – Standing firm through life's challenges while remaining grounded and connected to your purpose.
- Gratitude – Honoring what you have, where you've been, and the lessons that have shaped you.
- Sacred Provision – The buffalo has long represented nourishment, support, and the reminder that life provides what is needed when we walk in alignment and respect.
- Steady Forward Movement – Rather than rushing or forcing outcomes, the buffalo teaches us to move with intention, patience, and unwavering faith in the path ahead.
Buffalo Wisdom & Manifestation
One of the greatest lessons the buffalo teaches is that manifestation is not about chasing, forcing, or controlling outcomes. It is about becoming aligned with what you desire while trusting the timing of your journey.
Just as the buffalo moves forward with purpose and certainty, manifestation asks us to:
✨ Get clear on what we truly want.
✨ Release limiting beliefs and old patterns.
✨ Align our thoughts, emotions, and actions.
✨ Practice gratitude for what is already present.
✨ Trust that what is meant for us is making its way to us.
Throughout the retreat, you'll explore manifestation practices that help you move from wishing to intentionally creating. Through guided exercises, journaling, visualization, intention setting, and drum creation, you'll be invited to connect with the future version of yourself and the life you are ready to call in.
As you build your buffalo drum, you'll have the opportunity to infuse it with your prayers, intentions, dreams, and manifestations. Each beat becomes a reminder of your vision, your inner power, and your commitment to taking aligned action toward the life you desire.
During the Lion's Gate Day, a time associated with courage, expansion, abundance, and personal transformation, the buffalo serves as a powerful guide. It reminds us that manifestation isn't just about receiving more; it's about becoming the person who is ready to hold, honor, and create what they are calling into their life.
"Manifestation begins when intention meets belief, action, gratitude, and trust."
As part of this retreat, you'll create your own buffalo drum while connecting with the powerful symbolism and wisdom the buffalo carries.
Across many traditions, the buffalo is seen as a symbol of:
- Abundance – Trusting that your needs will be met and recognizing the blessings already present in your life.
- Strength & Resilience – Standing firm through life's challenges while remaining grounded and connected to your purpose.
- Gratitude – Honoring what you have, where you've been, and the lessons that have shaped you.
- Sacred Provision – The buffalo has long represented nourishment, support, and the reminder that life provides what is needed when we walk in alignment and respect.
- Steady Forward Movement – Rather than rushing or forcing outcomes, the buffalo teaches us to move with intention, patience, and unwavering faith in the path ahead.
Buffalo Wisdom & Manifestation
One of the greatest lessons the buffalo teaches is that manifestation is not about chasing, forcing, or controlling outcomes. It is about becoming aligned with what you desire while trusting the timing of your journey.
Just as the buffalo moves forward with purpose and certainty, manifestation asks us to:
✨ Get clear on what we truly want.
✨ Release limiting beliefs and old patterns.
✨ Align our thoughts, emotions, and actions.
✨ Practice gratitude for what is already present.
✨ Trust that what is meant for us is making its way to us.
Throughout the retreat, you'll explore manifestation practices that help you move from wishing to intentionally creating. Through guided exercises, journaling, visualization, intention setting, and drum creation, you'll be invited to connect with the future version of yourself and the life you are ready to call in.
As you build your buffalo drum, you'll have the opportunity to infuse it with your prayers, intentions, dreams, and manifestations. Each beat becomes a reminder of your vision, your inner power, and your commitment to taking aligned action toward the life you desire.
During the Lion's Gate Day, a time associated with courage, expansion, abundance, and personal transformation, the buffalo serves as a powerful guide. It reminds us that manifestation isn't just about receiving more; it's about becoming the person who is ready to hold, honor, and create what they are calling into their life.
"Manifestation begins when intention meets belief, action, gratitude, and trust."