A NEW FIRE
March 23, 2024, NYC
In March 2024, a new fire was lit, opening the pathways to peace, harmony, understanding and connection. A New Fire was a gathering to open the Spring in celebration of life, love, and good relationships. Featuring Cacao Ceremony with Maestro Manuel Rufino, Taino Elder and Founder of Heart & Mind Festival and Golden Drum, Interactive Music with Kevin Nathaniel, African World Song, Music by Dream Seed, Healing Sound Ensemble, Live Theatrical Storytelling with Music featuring members of the Golden Drum community.
KUSI: A JOY FESTIVAL
A live celebration of the solstice and the Winter holidays, the season of KUSI (which mean joy or delight in Quechua) and festivities. Through song, music, dance, food, and very special cacao ceremony led by Golden Drum’s visionary founder, Maestro Manuel Rufino, we invoke the presence of JOY as a prayer for all nations and people of the world.
Presenters included: Maestro Manuel Rufino, Renata Rufino, Kevin Nathaniel, Laraaji, and Dream Seed.
SEED TO TABLE
The Heart & Mind Festival’s Seed to Table, online on December 18th, 2021 brings together teachers, elders, and seed keepers from around the world as they share what makes ancient seeds resilient, the sacred seeds of their tradition, and how seeds have changed over the years.
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE
Uniting Modern Science with Ancient Healing Practices
featuring: chief arvol & paula looking horse, maestro domingo dias porta & sister lupita abundis, maestro manuel & renata rufino, don miguel ruiz jr. & don jose, jewell & doug jamesof the lhaq'temish nation, tata pedro & nana marina cruz, winona laduke, makhosi sarah wagner, makhosi muvo ngcobo, ninawa pai da mata, drukmo gyal, dream seed and many more!
December 19, 20, 21, 2020
Totem is a 2-day Assembly of global indigenous leaders, world renowned musicians, and spiritual practices focused on peace.
Access our full video library from our 4-day peace-in event by clicking here.
THE POWER OF THE SACRED HUMAN
MARCH 2019 , THE RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART, NY NY
CHANGING TIDES
DECEMBER 2018, BROOKLYN, NY
FROM ME TO WE
SEPTEMBER 2018, London
SPIRIT OF RELATIONSHIPS
JUNE 2018, NEW YORK CITY
Held at The Assemblage, this gathering raised funds for the education of aboriginal youth from indigenous communities in the Northwest Territories.
SOUND HEALERS: COSMIC VIBRATIONS
SEPTEMBER 2016, LONDON
VOICES OF THE EARTH
JUNE 2017, NEW YORK CITY
Held at the Church of St. Paul and St. Andrew, Voices of the Earth was a fundraiser held in honor of Native Americans and Native American children.
VISIONARIES
AUGUST 2015, Siedlce, Poland
