Level one is for anyone – it provides Step-by-Step training in Drum Journeying – including 12 guided audio lessons and a one-day online retreat.
Level Two is for those wanting to give sessions to others, and continues with a weekend retreat and optional Practitioner Certification.
As soon as you register, you'll have access to 12 audio-guided journeys that teach you through practice in your own home. Simply lay down and be guided through these audios, once or twice a week to develop your practice before the weekend retreat.
In our private online forum, you'll hear reports from others, share your own journey experiences, and even pair up to journey for each other. You'll love the amazing readings, clarity, and even sessions you'll experience as part of this program.
Tune in online for two 90-min sessions (12pm and 2:30PM PST) on May 19 (or watch recordings) to learn the foundations of a drum journey practice for connecting with guides, visioning and clearing.
For those who want to expand their healing practice, increase value of their session results, and otherwise use journey to bring visions, healing, and messages for others, preparations include choosing a drum and preparing for the land retreat.
Come to Mellissa's land in Nevada City, California, to learn drum journey and clearing work - for healing self and others. There will be free time for nature and play in addition to learning. You can camp on the land if you'd like (at no charge) or you can rent a place in town (airbnb and hotel options range from $100/nt up). All yummy meals are provided!
An additional two months of practice, tracking, and improvement in the private online forum lead to optional certification as a Drum Journey Practitioner in September.
Self-Guided training in Drum Journey +
1-day Online Retreat
One time fee of $495
Using Drum Journey for your own practice to connect with your guides and find healing for yourself?
Twelve self-guided Drum Journey recordings teach you through doing. Listen and learn at your own pace with these step-by-step sequential audio experiences.
No zoom calls to attend. No pressure.
Attend the one day online retreat on May 19 or listen to the recordings for more detailed training & Q&A.
Learn to journey for others as well – adds on weekend land retreat and certification
One time fee of $3950
Are you a practitioner or healer, looking to utilize Drum Journey with friends, family, or clients?
Then the Practitioner Training level is for you.
Continue after the online training portion with a sumptuous retreat on Mellissa’s land to learn how to use Drum Journey to access messages, healing, and visions for others as well as yourself.
Option included for additional coaching and tracking in the forum to work toward Drum Journey Practitioner Certification in September.
Want to know the “secret” to my effective clearings, tracking, and readings? It’s Drum Journey.
I’ve given distance clearings, healings, and readings using Drum Journey for decades now to over one thousand people. My Drum Journey clearing sessions have a reported 98% success rate. And I’ve trained and initiated scores of powerful healers into their own unique work and path using Drum Journey, too.
Why am I teaching Drum Journey this year?
When people ask me how I manage to give energy clearing at a distance, with crystal clear direction from the person’s guides, and an immediate positive shift in their reality…
It’s because of Drum Journey.
When people are impressed that my distance sessions have a reported 98%+ effectiveness rate…
It’s because of Drum Journey.
When they see that my previous students learned to use drum journeying rather swiftly and easily, making it their own natural practice to gather messages, clearings, wisdom and healing for self and others…
They want to learn how to do it too!
That’s why I’m leading this program this year.
You’ll be supported by an expert team including guardians Elyna Paizis and Jeremiah Da Rosa, who will make you feel welcome and well-nourished, especially at the sumptuous land retreat!
Alora Cheek, my “shamanic partner,” who discovered Drum Journey alongside of me 25 years ago, is a gifted healer, teacher, and drum journey expert. She joins me in guiding, especially for the Certification continuation program for those who want to learn protocols and systems for offering Drum Journey sessions to others in confidence and integrity.
The highlight of the Practitioner level training and initiation experience is the in-person retreat on Sacred Cedars, Mellissa’s land in Nevada City, California.
Enjoy the quiet of a magical forest, with a natural creek, an incredible natural swimming pool pond, goats and chickens, organic flower and veggie gardens, and an embracing magic that will nourish and relax you.
The weekend retreat on the land is July 24 – 27, 2025
Activities begin Thursday night at 6pm with dinner and opening circle.
Friday and Saturday, we will begin with breakfast at 9am, be in circle 10am – 1pm, have lunch and a break for swimming and fun on the land, and enjoy an afternoon session 4:30-6pm in training before our dinner at 6:30PM. Expect optional evening activities like sound healing, drum circle around the fire, and more!
Sunday we will have breakfast at 9am, a completion lesson and circle at 10am, and lunch around noon. Expect to depart the land between 1pm and 3pm on Sunday. It will be a magical weekend you’ll remember forever!
You’ll LOVE visiting us in the Grass Valley/ Nevada City area! Choose to camp here on the land, surrounded by rivers and forests (no charge), or find a fun place in town to stay. We have a whole list of options for you here.
Our gold rush town is full of cute shops and fabulous restaurants! You may even want to stay extra days to enjoy this beautiful resort-like town.
For transport, we’d suggest you fly into Sacramento and rent/share a car. Choose a flight arriving SMF before 2pm on Thursday and departing on Sunday after 4pm, unless you want to stay in town somewhere another day and enjoy the area. We are happy to share more info as you are arranging your travel plans!
Learn to Drum Journey
Level one is for anyone – it provides Step-by-Step training in Drum Journeying – including 12 guided audio lessons and a one-day online retreat.
Level Two is for those wanting to give sessions to others, and continues with a weekend retreat and optional Practitioner Certification.
As soon as you register, you'll have access to 12 audio-guided journeys that teach you through practice in your own home. Simply lay down and be guided through these audios, once or twice a week to develop your practice before the weekend retreat.
In our private online forum, you'll hear reports from others, share your own journey experiences, and even pair up to journey for each other. You'll love the amazing readings, clarity, and even sessions you'll experience as part of this program.
Tune in online for two 90-min sessions (12pm and 2:30PM PST) on May 19 (or watch recordings) to learn the foundations of a drum journey practice for connecting with guides, visioning and clearing.
For those who want to expand their healing practice, increase value of their session results, and otherwise use journey to bring visions, healing, and messages for others, preparations include choosing a drum and preparing for the land retreat.
Come to Mellissa's land in Nevada City, California, to learn drum journey and clearing work - for healing self and others. There will be free time for nature and play in addition to learning. You can camp on the land if you'd like (at no charge) or you can rent a place in town (airbnb and hotel options range from $100/nt up). All yummy meals are provided!
An additional two months of practice, tracking, and improvement in the private online forum lead to optional certification as a Drum Journey Practitioner in September.
Self-Guided training in Drum Journey + 1-day Online Retreat
One time fee of $495
Using Drum Journey for your own practice to connect with your guides and find healing for yourself?
Twelve self-guided Drum Journey recordings teach you through doing. Listen and learn at your own pace with these step-by-step sequential audio experiences.
No zoom calls to attend. No pressure.
Attend the one day online retreat on May 19 or listen to the recordings for more detailed training & Q&A.
Learn to journey for others as well – adds on weekend land retreat and certification
One time fee of $3950
Are you a practitioner or healer, looking to utilize Drum Journey with friends, family, or clients?
Then the Practitioner Training level is for you.
Continue after the online training portion with a sumptuous retreat on Mellissa’s land to learn how to use Drum Journey to access messages, healing, and visions for others as well as yourself.
Option included for additional coaching and tracking in the forum to work toward Drum Journey Practitioner Certification in September.
Want to know the “secret” to my effective clearings, tracking, and readings? It’s Drum Journey.
I’ve given distance clearings, healings, and readings using Drum Journey for decades now to over one thousand people. My Drum Journey clearing sessions have a reported 98% success rate. And I’ve trained and initiated scores of powerful healers into their own unique work and path using Drum Journey, too.
Why am I teaching Drum Journey this year?
When people ask me how I manage to give energy clearing at a distance, with crystal clear direction from the person’s guides, and an immediate positive shift in their reality…
It’s because of Drum Journey.
When people are impressed that my distance sessions have a reported 98%+ effectiveness rate…
It’s because of Drum Journey.
When they see that my previous students learned to use drum journeying rather swiftly and easily, making it their own natural practice to gather messages, clearings, wisdom and healing for self and others…
They want to learn how to do it too!
That’s why I’m leading this program this year.
You’ll be supported by an expert team including guardians Elyna Paizis and Jeremiah Da Rosa, who will make you feel welcome and well-nourished, especially at the sumptuous land retreat!
Alora Cheek, my “shamanic partner,” who discovered Drum Journey alongside of me 25 years ago, is a gifted healer, teacher, and drum journey expert. She joins me in guiding, especially for the Certification continuation program for those who want to learn protocols and systems for offering Drum Journey sessions to others in confidence and integrity.
The highlight of the Practitioner level training and initiation experience is the in-person retreat on Sacred Cedars, Mellissa’s land in Nevada City, California.
Enjoy the quiet of a magical forest, with a natural creek, an incredible natural swimming pool pond, goats and chickens, organic flower and veggie gardens, and an embracing magic that will nourish and relax you.
The weekend retreat on the land is July 24 – 27, 2025
Activities begin Thursday night at 6pm with dinner and opening circle.
Friday and Saturday, we will begin with breakfast at 9am, be in circle 10am – 1pm, have lunch and a break for swimming and fun on the land, and enjoy an afternoon session 4:30-6pm in training before our dinner at 6:30PM. Expect optional evening activities like sound healing, drum circle around the fire, and more!
Sunday we will have breakfast at 9am, a completion lesson and circle at 10am, and lunch around noon. Expect to depart the land between 1pm and 3pm on Sunday. It will be a magical weekend you’ll remember forever!
You’ll LOVE visiting us in the Grass Valley/ Nevada City area! Choose to camp here on the land, surrounded by rivers and forests (no charge), or find a fun place in town to stay. We have a whole list of options for you here.
Our gold rush town is full of cute shops and fabulous restaurants! You may even want to stay extra days to enjoy this beautiful resort-like town.
For transport, we’d suggest you fly into Sacramento and rent/share a car. Choose a flight arriving SMF before 2pm on Thursday and departing on Sunday after 4pm, unless you want to stay in town somewhere another day and enjoy the area. We are happy to share more info as you are arranging your travel plans!
Learn to Drum Journey