This is where women gather to remember what our bodies already know.
At the Bristol Goddess Temple, we meet each month to drum, to sound, to move; weaving Celtic folklore and archetypes with somatic practice.
The work shifts with the seasons, following the wheel of the year, but the core remains the same: creating space for women to feel, to express, to witness each other as we truly are.
The drums give us permission to go deep. They offer rhythm for what your body might need to express. Perhaps there’s something held in your jaw, the grief and or joy in your heart, the ancient knowing in your womb space, the power waiting in your belly
Here, there's room for all of it. Rage and joy. Silence and sound. Your own journey witnessed by women who understand.
£9.50 per ticket
This Circle is for Women who
are seeking embodied healing
are ready to feel rather than think their way through
carry tension in their bodies and are ready to let their bodies speak
are looking for authentic connection with other women
“It’s hard to put into words as it was such an incredible experience that was felt in the body and less in the mind. Connecting with other women and being free to express myself through movement, singing and sound felt incredibly healing. Thank you, Ruth!”
If you've been searching for a space where you can be exactly as you are then this circle is for you.
You don't need to have drummed before. Most women arrive never having touched a drum, wondering if they can do this. Then the rhythm takes over. Your hands find the beat. Your arms remember something old and familiar. The power surprises you - but your body already knew.
Limited drums and rattles are available, or bring your own.
What happens in Circle
Each circle follows what the season asks of us, guided by Celtic wisdom and the archetypes that teach us about reclaiming our sovereign power as women.
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I'll guide you into your body through visualisation and somatic awareness meeting Celtic archetypes like The Morrighan, sovereign goddess or Mis the wild woman, connecting with the medicine they carry for us.
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We drum what wants to move through us. Sometimes it's fierce. Sometimes gentle. Always honest. The drums create a space where all expression is welcome .
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We use our voices not to perform, but to release what the body needs expressed. Primal sound (not words) rising from the belly, the throat, the heart. Women's voices weaving together naturally in ways that surprise us all. Some women like to sit in silence and receive the healing vibrations. Everything is welcome.
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Each woman is on her own journey, yet we weave together in sound. We listen with our drums, with our presence. There's medicine in being truly seen and heard by other women somatically.
Interested in finding your own drum?
I have a small selection of vegan shamanic drums available to try at my home in Bristol. These are handmade instruments with incredible sound quality and healing power - the same maker as my green drum. Find out more →
Your guide
I'm Ruth, a somatic practitioner, space holder and sound therapist who lives with fibromyalgia.
My body taught me what researchers like Bessel van der Kolk and Gabor Maté have known for decades: suppressed emotion doesn't disappear - it becomes illness.
As Maté says, you can either learn to express your emotions, or your body will express them for you.
80% of us living living with chronic pain and autoimmune disease are women. We're dismissed, told it's in our heads, given psychiatric diagnoses when what we actually need is to be heard and to feel.
The anger we swallow can often live as clenching in our jaws. The grief we won't feel can become tightness in our chests. The power we dim to make others comfortable can turn into digestive issues in our bellies.
Women's bodies hold what we cannot speak, until our bodies start speaking for us.
But there's another way. When we give ourselves permission to feel the grief, joy will come. When we allow ourselves to feel anger without any shame, we protect ourselves, and stop giving too much away.
The emotions move through us instead of lodging into our fascia and tissue.
The drums give us courage to come home to ourselves. To let it flow rather than hold it in. To fall apart and rise again, witnessed by women who understand.
I weave Celtic wisdom and somatic practice because both know this truth: coming home to ourselves happens not through controlling ourselves, but through letting ourselves be exactly as we are.
No refunds or transfers policy
Our drumming circles are priced below market value to keep them accessible to the community. Due to this pricing model and administrative costs, I cannot offer refunds or process transfers. However, participants are welcome to independently sell or transfer their spot to another person.
The Bristol Goddess Temple
