When I came to SC in 2017, I met some folks who were into drumming, which took me back to my "drum circle" days and made me feel like this place might be OK after all. As is the wont of the Universe, it turns out that it was oh so much more complicated than that...these folks were seriously into West African (WA) drumming, which is to say, they treated drumming as craft, and sought to honor the tradition, history, and culture of the music...as opposed to my just "want to bang on my drum all day".

Recovery is a process. Be gentle and patient.

This summer, I meandered cross-country by car from my home in Upstate South Carolina toward Southeastern California for a highly anticipated training. The morning before arriving at the retreat / training, I complete Day 41 of Surya / Sat Nam Kriya as my Sadhana and journaled these thoughts;