ALUNA TEMPLE MAGAZINE EDITION No4 'BRIDGES' | Page 28

I experienced the power of drumming and chanting together, as a way to connect to one another, to myself and my deeper truth and essence, to Great Spirit, to experience unity, belonging and the interconnectedness of all life. Since then I started running groups. Having cancer has been a deep, transformative, healing experience that allowed me to look at the parts of myself that still needed to be integrated with love, kindness and compassion, at the wounds that needed deep healing, at the unhealthy patters that needed to change. It brought me the possibility to deepen the relationship with my creativity and understand what it really counts for me and that it is worth living a life based on my passions and vision. ‘Drum circle for ARBOUR chari ty for women’ ∞∞∞ Laura Valenti is an Apprentice Movement Medicine Teacher, sound &voice therapist, performer, clown and energy worker. Her background is in Law, Human Rights, Sociology of Migration. She has worked with women forced into prostitution, victim of domestic violence, asylum seekers and refugees. She worked as an article clerk in a Lawyer`s office in Italy, as a cook in a vegetarian restaurant in Crete, taught Italian language and Italian Folk Dances in schools in Budapest. In UK she worked as a drama teacher in a charity and run drum circles with women, with adults with mental illness and in drug and alcohol rehabilitation. She is passionate about community, sustainable and healthy living and exploring movement in Nature. In the last year she has been travelling in bringing her work to Greece, California and Peru. To LEARN more about her future workshops and connect: [email protected], TWITTER: HarmonicLaura or www.harmoncinspiration.com.