Together, Andrew and Monica have facilitated more than 5,000 wellness-based events, trained 300+ facilitators, partnered with six tribal nations, and helped hundreds build their own frame drums — growing a movement rooted in rhythm, ceremony, and community healing.
Andrew Ecker – Drumming Sounds Founder
Speaker • Author • Sound Medicine Facilitator • Cultural Storyteller
For more than a decade, Andrew Ecker has brought rhythm, ceremony, and heart-centered leadership to Sedona Yoga Festival, weaving ancient drumming practices with modern healing spaces.
Andrew is the creator of the Drumming Sounds Protocol, an evidence-supported group drumming model now taught inside the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and included in the Fellowship training reaching over 3,000 physicians nationwide.
His work has led him to keynote and facilitate at conferences including:
Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine
North American Primary Care Research Group
National Association of Children’s Mental Health
Behavioral health, recovery, and corporate wellness summits nationwide
Andrew has spent 25+ years guiding communities through drumming, ceremony, and shared rhythm — supporting recovery programs, hospitals, and wellness institutions across the country. His career in healing arts has created opportunities to collaborate with six Native American tribal nations, honoring culture, identity, and traditional ways of knowing.
A natural teacher, Andrew has trained more than 300 facilitators and helped hundreds of people build their own frame drums, supporting the revival of personal ceremony, sovereignty, and ancestral memory through craft.
Author of The Sacred 7, Andrew blends Indigenous worldview, neuroscience-informed rhythm work, and lived experience as a cultural bridge-builder. At the core of his teaching lies one simple truth:
When people remember their rhythm, they remember who they are — and no one heals alone in the circle.
Monica Patton – Drumming Sounds Co-Founder
Sound Healer • Drum Circle Facilitator • Reiki Master • Artist
Monica Patton brings a grounded, intuitive, heart-forward energy to Sedona Yoga Festival, guiding participants into deep states of connection and embodied presence through sound, rhythm, and ceremony.
As co-founder of Drumming Sounds, Monica is a nationally recognized facilitator whose offerings have been included in the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine Fellowship, helping bring sound medicine into the hands of more than 3,000 doctors and healthcare practitioners.
Monica’s leadership has been felt in hospitals, treatment facilities, memory care communities, and wellness gatherings across the country. With Andrew, she has helped train over 300 aspiring facilitators — empowering a new generation of rhythm keepers, community leaders, and ceremonial guides.
Monica has also supported hundreds of individuals in building their own hand-made frame drums and rattles, transforming raw materials into sacred instruments and personal medicine allies.
Her ceremonial work is informed by:
Sound healing & vibrational medicine
Reiki & intuitive energy work
Sacred crafting & expressive art
Trauma-informed group facilitation
Earth-honoring Indigenous practices
Her presence has graced events including:
Sedona Yoga Festival
National Association of Children’s Mental Health
Integrative Medicine conferences nationwide
Wellness and recovery programs across the Southwest
Monica’s teaching invites people to explore their own voice, reclaim inner rhythm, and reconnect with self, spirit, and community. Her work holds space for transformation — where the drum becomes a mirror, the circle becomes family, and every heartbeat returns us to center.
