DIANA DURHAM PROFILE
Diana is also a certified practitioner of Attunement, a lifestyle and healing practice; and a founder member of the Seacoast Attunement Practitioners, based in her home town of Portsmouth, NH, who run workshops and conferences on Attunement, Women's Healing Space and the Ethics of Personal Power for mental health professionals. A graduate of University College London, with a BA in English Literature, Diana and her husband and two children are British, but have made the USA their home for the past 12 years. The insights into her own psyche while living in intentional community during the 1980's grew into the non-fiction book 'The Return of King Arthur: finishing the quest for wholeness, inner strength and self-knowledge' (Tarcher Penguin USA). Since its publication in 2004 Diana has presented the stories of King Arthur and the Grail Quest to business executives, healing professionals, young people and women's groups. Diana is also the author of two volumes of poetry, 'Sea of Glass' (The Diamond Press, London, 1990) and 'To the End of the Night' (Northwoods Press, Maine, 2003) winner of their annual competition. Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals, both in the UK and USA, including 'Orbis' and 'Mankato Review' and in the four anthologies of poetry.
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Diana Durham was a member of the renowned poetry performance group Angels of Fire, who performed throughout London and the UK, including the Royal Festival Hall's 'VoiceBox" . In New Hampshire she founded '3 Voices' three women writers who weave their poetry and prose together and have received state funding and performed state-wide including the Currier Gallery, Manchester, Pontine Movement Theater, Portsmouth and the NH Libraries Annual Conference. She has led workshops on writing and performing poetry, and on collaborative performance with school children, women's groups and teachers.