About Laura Shannon
Laura Shannon has devoted her life to traditional women’s circle dances and their innate healing qualities. Living in Findhorn and Greece, she teaches worldwide and publishes widely on Sacred Dance.Came to the Findhorn Foundation Community: 1999
Left the Findhorn Foundation Community: - present
Areas of involvement with the Findhorn Foundation Community: Sacred Dance including many community performances; live music; Middle Eastern Garden spiritual dance practice for women; co-focalised various FF brochure workshops with Peter Vallance, Barbara Swetina, May East; ran B&B in Rose of the Heart for 7 years.
Experience in the community affected your work in the world: Community principles inspire my worldwide work with Sacred Dance and Women's Ritual Dances, in connection with organisations including the Sacred Dance Guild, Athena Institute for Women's Dance and Culture, Ariadne Institute for the Study of Myth and Ritual, Association for the Study of Women and Mythology, feminismandreligion.com and more.
List of publications: Edited the book 'String of Pearls: Celebrating 40 years of Sacred Dance in the Findhorn Community' (Sarsen Press, 2016). Many scholarly articles and book chapters on Sacred Dance.
