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Free registration for workshops!!!!!**
You provide the space and you receive 1 free registration with 7 or more paid registrations. Contact Zelda by phone 518-732-7440, or e-mail for more information.
Be sure to visit our Events Page to check out all upcoming workshops!
One Day Drum Making Workshop
This workshop recreates the safety of the womb. It allows you to rise up with your (Mother Earth) to recognize old beliefs you brought with you into this world, and how they no longer serve you. Or, you can simply make a drum.
You will create a 16″ Drum and Drum Stick from start to finish. You may choose from buffalo, elk, or deer skin. You paint your rim, then choose the skin for your drum head. You will learn to intuitively select the section of the skin to cut for it. Includes 16″ drum, drum stick, drum bag, and the process of your healing through the journey in birthing your Drum.
Zelda will assist you in creating a drum in a unique way involving the healing of your inner child to release old beliefs, which no longer serve you. Let your kid come out and play! Transform and release old patterns and beliefs in a safe and nurturing way so you can move forward in your life.
This experience differs for each individual, depending upon your specific needs. It is important not to have preconceived notions and to be open like a child to your intuition and what Spirit has in store for you. Let it be a Surprise Gift!
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Cost: $300 includes all materials and Lunch.
A $100 deposit (non-refundable) is required to save your space.|
Contact: Zelda by phone 518-732-7440, or by e-mail
$100.00 – $350.00Select options
Well made and full of great energy…
Awesome drum-maker… we carry a couple of Zelda’s drums and they are well made and full of great energy.
A wonderful designer and instructor in making drums…
Zelda is a wonderful designer and instructor in making drums, rattles, baskets and many original Indian instruments and crafts. I would highly recommend her teachings and articles for purchase.
Rattle Making Workshops
This is a one day workshop, usually 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Cost - $200 (*extra charges for travel expenses/accommodations/meals)
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In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to create and learn how to use a rattle. We will journey to find your Animal Totem and its fur or feathers for your rattle. You may choose from a wide variety of materials, including fur, bones, colored leather, hooves, dew claws, bells, hickory nuts, tin cones, and turtle shells (extra charges for rare materials, i.e. snake skin, etc.). Once you have chosen the materials for your rattle, we will journey to discover the vision of how the rattle wants to be made.
When all the rattles are completed, I will share with you how to use the rattle for your personal healing.
Please call 518-732-7440 or email pinetree444@msn.com for available dates, fees, and more information.
A personal experience of transformation…
Creating a special piece with Zelda’s guidance provides the opportunity for a personal experience of transformation and learning!
Mask Making Workshop
"Your finished Masks will show the inner beauty of all aspects of all aspects of your being."
- Zelda Hotaling
This is a 3 day workshop, usually running:
- Friday, 6:00pm - 9:00pm
- Saturday, 9:00am - 5:00pm
- and Sunday, 9:00am - 1:00pm
Cost: $650.00 all materials included. $100.00 deposit non refundable.
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The mask making workshop is about looking at your duality. We explore the teachings (lessons) and the patterns that come from your subconscious mind. One of the most transformative and creative acts you can undertake, is to create a mask of your face.
We will be making 3 stages of different Masks:
- What we came in life with
- Where we are now
- The Great Mystery
On Friday I make the space for the energy of a sweat lodge (w/o heat) where we come into prayer as the cast mask gets formed to our face, we then take it off and then we pour plaster into the form of the mask, which seals the energy of the form.
On Saturday we use clay to build the form of the mask, and the image that comes through us. Follow the clay, we have healing time for stretches, yoga and breath work. In the afternoon we paper-maché the clay part of the mask.
On Sunday we paint and decorate the paper-maché mask.
You will leave with with the cast mask, plaster mask, and paper-maché. It is a beautiful transformational time spent with one's self.
Contact Zelda at 518-732-7440 or email pinetree444@msn.com for more information or to schedule a workshop.
Smudge Class
In this 2-hour Smudge Class, I will talk about the properties of each plant, and their effect on the Body, Mind and Spirit. I will explain how and why they are used and how to combine them. We will Journey with each plant, to find its essence. The journeying will take you to the Spirit of each plant, where you will be able recognize the plants which call to you. You will build a relationship with the plants you are drawn to, and will be able to choose the proper plants for use in Blessing, Clearing and Prayer. You will take home a sample of each plant you connect with. Each person will make their own small smudge pot.
Cost: $40/person (supplies included)
How to use Drums / Rattles / Smudging Workshop
Using Drums and Rattles in your healing practice and clearing the energy with different types of herbs.
Zelda Hotaling will be sharing the different types of sounds of the rattles that shift the energy and are effective for each person’s healing. We will be using the drum in different ways to create vibrations that move and clear the energy. I will demonstrate how to smudge and prepare your space using different herbs, which create a clear space for the healing. At the end of your session, participants will learn how to clear the energy out of the space needing clearing and how to clear energy from your body.
Time: 5 hour class gratitude offering $95.
Contact: Zelda by phone 518-732-7440 or e-mail
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Throwing the Bones
The meaning of your tools in your bone bag, and how to use them through your guidance.
We will be learning about the animal medicine and how to read the bones, and what the trinkets you use mean. Afterwards, we will have a meditation with the Sacred Dream Circles, raising our vibration. Bring your own bones ( if you have) trinkets, shells, different items that they have a meaning to you. Bones may be available for sale if needed.) Please let me know if you need them before class.
6 hour class/ 1 hour break for lunch
Cost: $135/person
$40.00 – $120.00Select options
Using Drums and Rattles in a Healing Modality
In this workshop, I share how I work with my Drums and Rattles with vibration of each one of the sounds. We will detect where energy is stuck and how to move the energy. Also how each one of the sounds from different rattles link together and do a full energy sweep throughout the body.
Contact Zelda at 518-732-7440 or email pinetree444@msn.com for more information or to schedule a workshop.
A 2 hour workshop
Cost: $35
Personal Shield Workshop
Usually one day workshop, from 10 am - 4 pm
Cost - $200
Create a personal shield that reflects your life journey and spiritual path, to honor where you are now and where you are going. We will begin with a meditation to find the animal and plant medicine needed to complete your shield. You may paint images of power symbols, animals, etc. on your shield. We will use a variety of materials including leather, beads, fur, nuts, feathers, bones, bells, and more to personalize this power piece. The finished shield will be 18” in diameter.
Contact Zelda at 518-732-7440 or email pinetree444@msn.com for more information or to schedule a workshop.
Ancestor Doll Workshop
Usually one day workshop, from 10 am - 4 pm
Cost - $200
Making an ancestor doll is a co-creative process with Mother Earth, and what the spirit of the earth is offering through all her fibers and gifts. Your finished ancestor doll represents who you are, where you stand, and the strengths and gifts you have to offer. Discover your voice and purpose through the creation of Spirit in form.
We will use a variety of natural materials including leather, fur, bones, beads, bells, feathers, plants, stones, seeds, and nuts.
For available dates, more information and general questions contact Zelda Hotaling at 518-732-7440 or email pinetree444@msn.com
** Zelda's Travel, Accommodations and Meals not included in pricing when location is outside commuting distance of Castleton, NY.