Is this an annual tradition where I notice . . . right around the summer solstice! . . . that it would be nice to get to know the new members of this tribe?

We must all be ruled by inner patterns we are hardly aware of.


On that note -- INTRODUCE YOURSELF!

Greetings!

I am Cindy. I lived in Las Vegas for the past several years. What an amazing town! It is where I discovered the drum and a wonderful group of people.
I love to travel and discover. I like to be involved and dedicated to whatever it is I am doing. I reserve the right to change my mind. I love the idea of free expressions and witnessing fully. I feel there are no limitation to the next moment and try to let go of my expectations.

At the moment I am living in Surrey, England, been here since Oct. 2006. I have found wonderful people to drum with but no sacred drum circles, so I miss it a lot. My recent highlight is my Riq and I wondering into the center of the Stones at Stonehenge on Solstice! I sat and played for a few hours during sunset. A lot of people were drinking and it was VERY crowed but inside myself it was a peaceful and wonderful experience.

Looking forward to reading about you…

Much Love,
Cindy

Hi there all,
I’m Andros, a newly single guy in a mid life crisis “so I’m told”. I’ve been focused on my marriage, career and family for the last 27 years now I find myself alone searching for a tribe. My kids (21, 23, and 26) have little time for me and me for then as I fill my time with many fun new things (Yoga, Dance, Bodywork (CMT), Music, FIRE and Festivals\Gatherings). All is good in my life just different then I have been accustom to I’m learning new things about myself and other everyday. “In a nut shell, I’m a work in progress”.

PS: there is a lot of good energy and light radiating from the women named professor

Be Well
Love and Gratitude to All

Hi, my name is Tawny. I happily call myself a child of the Earth and a worshipper of the Moon.

I was introduced to the dynamic fire circle family via a friend, "Jason Cohen".
During the past 4 yrs I have traveled with Jason's band Incus and the Forest Dance crew as their kitchen witch.
Cooking has always been a passion of mine and healing others through food is one of my life goals.

Indeed, the magical concept of sacred fire and community has whisked me in and nutured my soul.

I am truly blessed to be a witness.
Namaste!

Hello,
Ken Crampton here... Fredericksburg, Va... Been travelling some sort of scene my whole life...
Born an Artist, Reborn a Drummer over 17 years ago... I am a Community Activist, inspiring co-evolution, nurturing perspective, and culturing collectiveness...
I have a Drum Shop and Art / Events Design Biz, I get hired for gigs that are interactive creativity, while using community concepts.
Hummm...
Many things...
Ken
www.eyeclopes.com

Well then I'll make a little hello and a short intro. I am Dancing Tree and it is my wish to increase the joy in my life by increasing the joy all around me. I've been circling fires for a long time now and have used it to conquer fears and blossom ever further into life. I am sure that there are many of you who I have seen around fires, most notably Fire's Rising, Starwood, Free Spirit, and CTS! Now most recently Sacred Soul Fire where I not only tended fire for all three nights and helped create and take down our fire circle, but where I also got to pass through a portal that I had not been through in almost 20 years. A portal that was all but lost to me in fear is now regained. And so I grow. I am not a finished master of elements, I am a living being, continually growing in spirit, heart and mind. And so, despite facilitating experiences for others, I too get to learn in a beautiful dance and song of god in all. Fear not my friends. May all you do move from your center, strong in body, heart, mind and spirit.

Hello, I am Vee: Solitary Pagan/crone, and sole caregiver to an elder of 101 years. I have known the joy of being with my small group of sisters around a sacred fire, but dream of the sheer magnitude of dancing and drumming around a circle such has been described here.. It is my ferverent desire to move inside that circle of light before I get too much older. In the meantime, vicarious living is the order of the day. Blessed be to all herein.

Greetings!
My name is Will - A lifelong lover of fire, but mostly solitary until the Brushwoodians turned me onto the idea of the community fire circle some years ago. A quiet man amongst peacocks, it took me way too long to introduce myself to the folk more directly involved. I've recently been out to Lothlorien and Our Haven and hope to get out there more in the coming year. But all these places are too far away, so we often do our own little things here in Cincinnati - though we're still working on the basics of how to consistently invoke the energies we're after.

I've a personal tradition for tending a fire all night on the Winter Solstice - started when I lived in New Hampshire - and this year I've invited a few other local fire tenders to join me.

Ok, guess I should introduce myself also. My name is Russell, I am 30 years old, and really hate talking about myself. I just made a major move from Maryland to Vegas a few short months ago and still feel kinda dazed and confused from the change. All my friends and most of my family except my father live back there so I really don't know anyone around here. Well I have been to a few fire circles back in MD but none where it was the focus of the events. I have been studying wicca for the last 7 years now. I tend to jump from one topic to the next and back again randomly some times (sorry for the confusion). what else? umm... well i am single now. the long distance thing didn't work as best me and my ex would have hoped for, so right now all I pretty much do is go to work, come home, sleep, and start over again the next day. really need to get a life of some sorts huh??? oh well, that should cover it for now... any ?'s just ask!

Spectre

Hello!

I'm Laa from Boston. I'm new and not new to the communtiy at the same time. Until this past fall my circles intersected with the fire community, but after Forestdance MA this year I same to have found myself smack-dab in the middle of the fire.

Love to those I know, and additional greetings to those I'm meeting for the first time.

Hello, I look forward to meeting you all online and in person around the fire.
Blessings,
Mark

Thank you for the sumimasen welcome, professor. I'm a teacher too. I teach math, but I also teach connection and communication and caring. And math may play a part in saving the world. It certainly makes it more fun technologically for many of us.

I'm a musician (piano) who has morphed into a math teacher. I went to my first drum circle in 1990, at the age of 23, and it was a burn as well. I was hooked. I live in San Francisco, but used to always drive down to Santa Cruz for their full moon raves. A few long drives that found no raves happening caused me to believe they had ended. At least, regularly.

My hands are how I communicate when I am on piano and it is as much a percussive communication at times as it is melodic. There's a drummer in me too. Somehow (maybe this will be the year. Maybe finding a way to regularly be at fires with drums will prove the catalyst and I'll finally get one. Once I played with about 30 drummers around a huge fire at high sierra music festival for hours until my hands bled. It was bliss.

So it's the drums. And the fire. And the night. And the dancing. But I'm hoping I'll find some regularly happening in the San Francisco Bay Area. I get time to travel in my profession, but lately it's been international.

Looking forward to meeting and communicating with all. Again, thanks to the professor for the invite to introduce. I'm brand new to online tribes. Just joined a few and this is the first where that offer has been made. I guess you've insprired me to be proactive and take that step in the others.

Thanks!

David Scott

Hi Prof:

Just wanted to send a quick note to let you know I appreciate you reaching out to those of us who are new friends. Hope to see you sometime soon!