"I'm a theatre artist, and yoga teacher living in Kent. I participated in Flute's 6 day workshop led by Kelly Hunter and Natasha Haward with the students of Montserrat School in Barcelona in June 2025 and it was one of the most expansive and affirming learning experiences I’ve ever had. The first day we were immersed in the Hunter Heartbeat Method. Through play and conversation Kelly deepened our understanding of what it means to experience life as someone with (profound) autism and the disorientating nature of living with vestibular and proprioceptive challenges - how connecting with the heartbeat of Shakespeare’s language through word, sound & the animated body, soothes the nervous system and acts as a bridge to profound connection and joy.

Then we met the students, and for the remaining 5 days we were thrown in, as a supported member of the company to participate fully guiding and working with different groups each day to perform THE TEMPEST. Kelly, who has developed this method over 25 years led with complete trust. A trust that beckons workshop participants to operate purely from their heart, to keep reaching for connection even when students respond in unexpected ways. A trust in us to find a common language of the soul. By the end of each performance students often times would appear transformed, they would be happy, playful, more affectionate. On one occasion, we finished the show with the young students sitting in the actors laps, nestled down, relaxed, everyone breathing together."