Cheri Shanti - Bio

Cheri Shanti aka Cheri Lunn, has been creating, organizing and facilitating unique, and transformational experiences for people across the world for the past 12 years. Her focus is on Spirituality, Community, Health, Wellness, and Self Empowerment thru Creative Expression. As a professional musician and percussionist, she uses drumming and music making as tools for this work. She incorporates mindfulness practices into her work in a very non-obtrusive and subtle way that allows for an unfolding of what is present within each person naturally.

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Alchemy & Drum Circles

Cheri has studied Drum Circle Technology for 12 years and worked closely with the World Famous magician and alchemist Jeff “Magnus” McBride, and the Firedance Community in California on the evolution of Alchemical Fire & Drum Circle Technology.

The nature of this work is deeply transformational, inviting the participants into a full immersion experience in which each participant is fully engaged in not only a personal mindfulness practice, but a unique group experience.

Alchemy is defined as the act of taking a lower substance and transforming it into a higher substance. The alchemist is also attempting to make his soul transform from an ordinary nature to one of spiritual wholeness. It is symbolically seen as the transformation of the personality; an inner change of an individual which leads to peace, meaning and the integration of the entire personality. On the personal level, it applies to taking our pain, darkness, or blockages and working with them in a contained easily accessible system, allowing those issues or concerns be transmuted into effective solutions and strategies.

Harvesting the Gold and The Magical Mystical Muse Experience, created by Cheri are two of the models for this work.

Drumming & Health

Cheri is a Certified Health Rhythms Facilitator. Health Rhythms is a program that uses the drum and the drum circle as tools to increase the health and vitality of participants.

Recreational Music Making is a strongly researched and validated field, and the Health Rhythms Program was created to utilize this specifically with the drum. Research supports that this program effectively improves immune function, provides exercise, reduces stress, and has long term therapeutic effects for body, mind and spirit. This program has a multitude of applications including corporate communities where it has been successfully implemented to help workers combat stress, increase productivity, create better communication, and build stronger teams.

A Passion for Participatory Performance

Cheri has a unique ability to create musical experiences that surpass a standard “performance.” She actively involves the audience and creates a musical experience that invites participation, play and interaction, and intentionally brings elements of ceremony and shamanism into her Performance work.

She is the Musical Director for the Magical Mystical Muse as well as the Open Floor Experiences in Boulder, CO and The Muse of Turiya Ensemble, a Boulder based band. Cheri organizes, promotes and directs events for the band and other groups in the Boulder area. She is a talented and joyful entertainer to be in the presence of bringing a feeling of community, love and celebration to any group.

Cheri has been active in the Expressive arts, dance and music communities for her entire career. She puts together unique ensembles of live musicians for events and dance focused workshops and classes in the Boulder area and beyond.

Cheri is a skilled Improv Artist and creates in the moment with total confidence and ease. In addition, she has recorded 4 CD’s and is in the process of working on the 5th CD now to be released in the fall of 2011.