Start Drumming: a free Workshop for Women’s Wellbeing & Inner Wisdom

Bypass overthinking and Reclaim the power that was taken from you


For centuries, drumming belonged to women – until it was systematically taken away along with our spiritual authority and leadership.

It’s time we took it back.

From Overthinking to Embodied Knowing

You’re exhausted from analysing everything. Seeking advice, reading books, trying to think your way to clarity. Your mind spins while your body holds answers you can’t access.

What if there was a simple way to quiet mental chatter and connect with what you actually know?

Drumming bypasses the endless thinking. Within minutes, the rhythm shifts your brainwaves, drops you into your body, and opens the channel to inner wisdom that words can’t reach. It’s not about becoming “good at drumming” – it’s about remembering a language your body already speaks.

Discover why drumming is one of the most powerful (and overlooked) tools for women’s wellbeing & empowerment

  • In this workshop, you’ll discover:
  • Why drumming was deliberately removed from women’s hands (and why that matters now)
  • How drumming bypasses mental chatter and connects you directly to inner wisdom
  • The science proving drumming reduces stress, shifts consciousness, and supports wellbeing
  • Simple ways to start a drumming practice – even if you think you’re “not musical”
  • How 5 minutes of daily drumming can transform your relationship with yourself

This is for you if

  • You’re tired of looking outside yourself for answers
  • You feel disconnected from your body and intuition
  • You’re drawn to drumming but don’t know where to start
  • You want practices that access wisdom without endless meditation
  • You’re tired of looking outside yourself for answers

Sophie Messager standing in a meadow holding a drum

What you’ll leave with:

  • Understanding of drumming’s power for women specifically
  • Practical ways to begin (or deepen) your drumming practice
  • Permission to make noise and take up space
  • Connection with other women exploring this path

No drum required – just curiosity and willingness to explore something ancient that our culture forgot.

Why This Matters Now

For centuries, drumming belonged to women – until it was systematically stripped away along with our spiritual authority and public voice. The drums went silent in women’s hands not by accident, but by design.

This workshop isn’t just about learning a technique. It’s an act of reclamation. When you pick up a drum, you’re reconnecting with a lineage that predates the suppression. You’re remembering that your voice – spoken, sung, or drummed – has always belonged to you.

We have the right to make noise. We have the right to take up space. We have the right to access our power through sound.

This is your invitation to remember.

About me

Sophie drum close up
Close up photo of Book the beat of your own drum by Sophie Messager placed on a log beside a drum in nature

I bridge worlds that don’t usually meet – I have a PhD in reproductive physiology and 20 years of research experience. I left the lab over 12 years ago ago to become a doula and birth educator.

During my years supporting women through birth, I kept witnessing the same thing: women being told they couldn’t trust their bodies, that experts knew better than they did.

Then I discovered drumming. I started drumming for women during pregnancy and birth, and something amazing happened. Drumming helped them reconnect with a deeper knowing.

I researched the neuroscience – how drumming shifts brainwaves, reduces stress, supports wellbeing. I also discovered the hidden history: drumming used to belong to women.

Now I guide women through major life transitions – perimenopause, identity shifts, career changes – and drumming is at the heart of everything, because it offers something uniquely powerful: a way to access your own wisdom without needing an “expert” to tell you what to do.

My new book, The Beat of Your Own Drum, brings together the history, the science, and practical guidance for starting your own practice.

This workshop is my invitation to you: to remember what was taken, and to discover why 5 minutes of daily drumming might transform your wellbeing.

How to Join This Journey

When is the workshop taking place?

On Wednesday the 15th of October at 7pm UK time.

The workshop is 75 min long with about 60 min of teaching and 15 min of Q&A

How much does it cost?

The workshop is free to attend live. If you cannot attend live, the Recording will be available on my website for £30.

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Sophie Messager standing in a meadow holding a drum

The drum is calling.