Val offers the following workshops: Enchanted Evenings, Body and Soul Singing, Voicing the Soul, Celebrating the Wild Woman and Shamanic Sounds. Please see below or get in touch with Val on 01736 361146 to find out about forthcoming dates.
Talk and demonstration on Shamanism
17 June 7-9pm
Venue: Unity House, Plymouth
Suggested donation: £3
Tuesday Bluesdays vocal group
Tuesdays from 2-4pm, starting 5 July in Newlyn.
Enchanted Evenings
We will create a magical soundspace with
- Relaxing and energising vocal and physical warm-ups
- Chants and songs centred around earth-based spirituality
- Vocal techniques for self-healing
- Toning
- Overtone chanting
- Sound meditations
First Thursday of the month at 7pm.
Venue: Transformations, Market Jew Street, Penzance
Cost: £7 per session (some concessionary places).
Body and Soul Singing
Offered
as a ten week course or one-day workshop to free up the natural voice
and help to balance body, mind and spirit, using a combination of vocal
techniques and bodywork. Breath, voice and movement are creatively combined
to enable participants to discover their own singing ability and also
receive the benefits that holistically oriented voicework can give, e.g.
increased self-confidence, relaxation of muscles, better breathing and
enhanced creative expression. Songs from different traditions, with an
emphasis on earth-based spirituality are also shared.
Next date: 9 July 2011 at St.Columb Major
Healing with Voice
Contact Val for more details of this workshop.
Next date: 13 August at St.Columb Major
(£10 reduction on the fee for Body and Soul Singing and Voicing the Soul if book on both these upcoming workshops).
A one-day workshop which explores the Voice/Soul connection by tuning
into the body and the energy field and expressing what is found there
through sound and voice. Val has developed a powerful process using the
Chakra system in which participants can find and vocalise their own affirmations
and healing sounds. Stillness and sound is further explored through meditation
and Tuvan overtone singing.
Celebrate the Wild Woman through Voice, Body
and Soul 
Offered
as a residential weekend or one-day workshop. A transformative workshop
which aims to explore and express the Wild Woman within using voice, movement,
shamanic journeys, meditations and connection to Mother Earth. Ceremonial
celebration of our womanhood, provision of a safe and sacred space to
freely and creatively express our true natures help to make this workshop
into an enjoyable adventure of discovery.
Next date: 28 - 30 October 2011, at the Wild Pear Centre, Exmoor.
The fee for the workshop is £205 including full board and accommodation. Early booking fee of £175 if booked before 30 June.
Shamanic Sounds A one-day workshop, which provides an opportunity to journey to meet your power animal, experience the power of healing sound with drum, voice and rattle and also learn Mongolian Overtone Singing.
Val has extensive experience of working with a wide range of groups and as well as her own workshop programme, she also regularly runs sessions for Arts for Health Cornwall with older people, Sing Up with schoolchildren and Space for You, for people with mental health issues.
