by Laura Valenti | Dec 19, 2023 | General
“Shame derives its power from being unspeakable. That’s why it loves perfectionists—it’s so easy to keep us quiet. If we cultivate enough awareness about shame to name it and speak to it, we’ve basically cut it off at the knees. Shame hates...
by Laura Valenti | Jul 18, 2023 | General
“The body always leads us home, if we can simply learn to trust sensation and stay with it long enough for it to reveal appropriate action, movement, insight, or feeling.” – Pat Ogden I’m going to share a straightforward somatic centering...
by Laura Valenti | May 9, 2023 | Blog Posts, General
“The way of love is not a subtle argument, the door there is devastation. Birds make great sky circles of their freedom, how do they do it? They fall and falling they are given wings.” – Rumi This is a piece I wrote a year ago, and I feel it is...
by Laura Valenti | Mar 7, 2023 | Blog Posts, General
We started the Radical Wise Wild Women Programme at the end of January, and we are about to complete our journey. Each week’s programme was dedicated to a theme. We explored through movement, voice, work, journaling, visualisation etc.. our relationship with...
by Laura Valenti | Feb 21, 2023 | Blog Posts, General
“This is your body, your greatest gift, pregnant with wisdom you do not hear, grief you thought was forgotten, and joy you have never known.” ― Marion Woodman Today I want to offer some reflections about your body’s wisdom: your body is...
by Laura Valenti | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog Posts, General
This article speaks about nine simple ways to stay calm, centred and grounded during challenging times. In the last few days, I woke up with a deep sadness. I can feel a part of me that wants to rationalise, know the what, when and how, and make a (very...
