Welcome
into the musical universe of Lea Dasenka
Intuitive, spontaneous and constantly renewed creation, my practice of sound healing is like diving into deep waters, a form of watsu on dry land where I guide and connect heart-soul-spirit to the sound of my voice and my instruments, where the body enters into vibration with the elements. I sing in a language of my own that resonates with Naranja shamanic frame drum; I make my Koshi carillons Aqua, Ignis and Aria dance and dialogue; I handle the Pangi seeds; I play and spatialise the Ocean drum (...) Like a dive into the heart of inner landscapes, each musical offering is an opportunity to get as close as possible to the Senti, to one's native vibratory frequency, to one's life energy.
"Sacred percussion echoes the human pulse. The pulsation of our mother's blood is our first continuous experience in the womb. We grow to the rhythms of her body. It is this archaic sensation that the priestess reproduces with her frame drum. By striking it, she perpetuates this creative process and weaves the rhythmic cord that will link the individual to his community, his environment and the cosmos".
Layne Redmond in When The Drummers Were Women, a spiritual history of rhythm
Since November 2022, I propose my musical offerings at the Percussion du Monde treasure den (34 avenue de la République, Paris), at home (your home) at festivals (Pete The Monkey, Otawa, Witches Attract Witches), Women's Circles (Seeds Community), at Centre Culturel of Belleville, company seminars etc.
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Diving into the heart of inner landscapes
in intensity and gentleness
One-to-one, duo or group sound rituals*
* up to 20 people, depending on the space available
You receive the sound care while lying down, in the most comfortable position for each person.
The elements of the musical offering
8 instruments
▸ Welcome ~ Infusion
▸ Sage & Rosemary fumigation
▸ Singing, voice con mi Naranja shamanic drum on frame
▸ Ocean drum
▸ Pangi seeds
▸ Koshi carillons Aqua, Ignis and Aria bailando
▸ Tibetan bells
▸ Return to the surface, back to the body if necessary with arch massage and/or placing hands on your head and face.
Sing to honor
Offer to connect
Listen to transform
Bare voice, drum, breath, silence: each session is an invitation to return to the vibrant heart of oneself, to enter a sensitive and intuitive space, a space sometimes forgotten. It's a form of introspection made possible by sound creation, an accompanied dive that's both sensory and sincere. Initially very personal, over time this work has revealed itself to be a genuine form of care for those who receive it: a moment of listening, presence and possible transformation.
Each session is different. I don't propose a method, but a framework of welcome and attention, so that something can be deposited, circulate or emerge. It's an intuitive presence, fine-tuned and connected, that works through me, in the service of the living.
What I do is simple.
It's a way of being there.
With, and for that which seeks to express itself in other ways.
« You may not remember, but let me tell you this : someone in some future time will think of us »
Sappho, 7th century BC, poet, composer, musician and priestess of Aphrodite.
Testimonials - Feedback
"Thank you Lea, for this sound that has become a link, a link between two women, between all the women of the world, past and future, a link-vibration that resonates and takes us far away. The percussion, but above all your deep voice that sings of the universe and trance, the aquatic link... You spoke to me of a circle, I can well imagine it, with your performance at the centre, between the moon and the sun.
See you soon ☽ ☆ "
E, 04.14.23 ~ Percussion of the World, Paris
"I am very far from this world and even keep my distance from it due to bad "shamanic" experiences. Lea naturally made me want this sound treatment and I came out of it happy, reconciled. It's good and it feels good because it's true, simple, honest. Here, I didn't get "twisted", quite the opposite. Thank you Lea, and long life to all that!"
A, 08.03.25 ~ Cultural Center, Paris
My story
from Normandy to Stromboli via Mauritania
As a child, I grew up in Normandy, close to nature and horses. It was there that my first acts of care took shape – dressing, listening, watching, connecting without words. Even at a very young age, I sang to call them, an instinctive, invented melody that opened a secret path to them. I didn't know it yet, but this calling song, which I believed was born from play, really exists in certain oral traditions of the North. This is how, without knowing it, I began to explore the powers of sound and voice as a subtle language between worlds.
“ My link to singing was forged in this instinctive relationship with the living, via the horse ”
For over ten years, I have worked behind the scenes in the performing arts, transdisciplinary creation, and festivals, supporting artists, projects, and stories at the intersection of cultures. Through communication, mediation, programming, partnerships, cultural activities, and welcoming audiences and artists, I have learned to listen to impulses, movements, and needs. I have sown seeds in venues such as La Villette, Le Générateur, La Fondation GoodPlanet, and L'Onde & Cybèle, where I had the joy of coordinating the Women's Choir workshop, led by Souad Asla, around the traditional songs and dances of the Algerian Sahara—a circle of transmission, collective power, and feminine healing.
At the same time, source places have deepened this call: from the burning lands of the Mauritanian Sahara to the fiery flows of the Stromboli volcano, my journey has been sculpted to the rhythm of the elements. These places of intensity and austerity have shaped in me a deep connection to the sacred, to the memory of bodies, to the ancestral breath that runs through songs and gestures. There, I experienced turning points—intimate, raw, sometimes harsh, always powerful stories—that have marked a direction.
The Drum on my Road
In 2018, in the flat of a singer-musician friend, a drum stood there, hanging on the wall, a moon of animal skin watching over a diaphanous woman's torso. Because yes, right next to the circular object was a full page torn out of a magazine featuring this nude with a powerful title written in large letters: THE PLEASURE. I found this composition fascinating and intriguing, without yet realising that everything here already made sense: the power of women, allied since time immemorial to their drums.
A little later, I was drawn to a book. Inside, a self-portrait: that of a female shaman, bare skin, sage raised, merged with a majestic white she-wolf. This image became my screen background, a talisman. And then I met her in Paris. The photographer. The book's author. By synchronicity, she was invited to the same dinner party.
A season passes and in autumn I find myself at her home, in the foothills of the Vercors, at night outside around a silent fire. She takes out a large buffalo drum. And under her hands, the sound rises, deep and vibrant. It was the first time that evening that a woman had drummed for me. When she stopped, I asked her if I could try. I sat down, breathed, banged and sang. My head immediately seeks proximity, contact with the vibrating skin, I instinctively look for the angle, the axis that will generate the reverb, the harmonics to the sound of my voice.
Back in Paris, the call was clear: my own drum was to be born.
I called a friend, a great drummer and percussionist: "I've got the signal, the drum is now". He took me to Percussion du Monde. That's when I saw it. My first drum. Toro. It was offered to me. To my great surprise, Toro isn't circular, not like I'd imagined: it's octagonal. This was obvious to my friend with the moon drum: "Yes, Lea, that's not surprising, because you're all about circles and fluidity, but things still have to be square.
So I immersed myself in the practice, fusing instruments and dance, sculpting each movement into a unique vibration.
Today, I dedicate myself to DasenkaSound, a practice of sound healing and musical offerings born from these inner, spiritual and artistic journeys.
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Images taken in the Mauritanian Sahara, Stromboli, Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, Paris, Château de Manou, Cap d'Antifer, Domaine des Eveils, Centre Culturel de Belleville, BFM de Limoges
© Lea Dasenka • Matthieu Soudet • Françoise Bouyer • Giada Seghers • Stella Lucie Swann • Lucile Grémion • LakeSabe • Alexis Bernardet • Adé Frc • Dominique Jouxtel
Paint: Christ in the Storm on the Sea of Galilee © Ludolf Bakhuizen
