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Paula Staunton
Paula is a dancer, educator, activist and events organiser. She is a director of the Earth Moves Cooperative. Her roles include creative direction, volunteer coordination and workshop facilitation. She is also instrumental in growing plants in the community growing spaces and sharing/learning permaculture information/practice.
Paula has a MSc in Consciousness, Spirituality and Transpersonal Psychology (Alef Trust and Middlesex University) and a BA in Psychology and Women’s Studies (Liverpool John Moore’s University). She has taught psychology and related subjects for Liverpool and Wirral adult learning and other community/adult education organisations since 1999. Her work has been published in various journals.
Paula has run a dance business since 1998. As ‘Ishtar’ she has presented dance in therapeutic, entertainment, educational, team-building and digital contexts. Ishtar has done over 2000 live performances throughout the UK and internationally. These include a mix of music performance, mainstream Eastern dance, drag performance, as well as interpretive dance theatre shows inspired by goddess mythology. http://www.earthmoves.org
