I dedicate the first album, "ALMA," which in Spanish means “SOUL,” to the strength, perseverance, courage and commitment of all indigenous people to make this planet a better place. I dedicate this album to the undeniable love that moves us and inspires our every sensation, thought, word and action. I dedicate this work to all the medicines of the Earth. It is an album full of gratitude to all the visible and invisible, material and non-material, spiritual and physical, nurturing and sustaining elements of life. “ALMA” is a collection of original songs inspired by the Andean Healing Tradition of the Americas. It is an invitation to sing the Cantos that live within us as offerings to the Earth and Stars."ALMA" is the first production within the Canta Colibrî Project. "ALMA" will be release in April. 2017. The Canta Colibrí Project is the realization of a long-time vision; to bring together sound, song, history, community, creativity, healing, origin, prayer and dance to fulfill the universal human need to feel connected to the Earth and each other. Canta Colibrí in Spanish means Sing Hummingbird and it is an invitation to sing during these challenging times; to foster within ourselves a rapid movement (like a hummingbird!) of love, hope and strength; to rise up with dignity and song; and to recover our original memory and reclaim our birthright to be well and dance with joy for ourselves, our families and communities. In our Andean Quechua language, Ayni means Mutual Reciprocity. The Earth is alive and needs our songs, our dances, our prayers, our laughter, our tears. Thank you to all of you, dear friends and family, for your constant love, support and encouragement. May we birth song, dance, rhythm and melody in celebration of life and continuity throughout time always! It takes a village and I am so grateful to be part of yours!  Fé, Fuerza, Valentía y Amor siempre! Faith, Strength, Courage and Love always! Claudia Cuentas About Claudia: Claudia Cuentas is an artist, a healer, an eduator and a musician. She has been singing and dancing since birth, inspired by life, sound and the healing arts and the ability of the human spirit to overcome difficulty and transform it into new life. Claudia was born in Lima Peru and was raised there until age 18. She started studying music and movement since age five. She continued her music studies at Kodaly Music School and at the Music Conservatory of Lima Peru from age 15 to age 18 training in Classical music, flute, piano, choral instruction and performance. At age 18 she moved to California and entered the Music Program at Chico state university graduating with degrees in Music and Education. While at university she performed locally in Northern California with Brazilian and African ensembles and created Expressive Arts classes to teach language, cultural awareness, music and movement. She also graduated from Avalon Institute, a Healing school to learn bio-energetic and healing systems. She started to realize then that what she was most passionate about was the power of using Art as healing. Her desire to continue studying the body, the mid and the spirit, as parts of a whole to create sustainable healing became her focus. She moved thn to the Bay Area and had the honor to study with Anna and Daria Halprin at the Tamalpa Institute in Kentfield, CA. Claudia Graduated from Tamalpa Institute as Movement and Expressive Arts Therapy Educator and was part of an extensive training designed to artistically enter the body's mythology and find new resources for change within the organism of the body itself. At Tamalpa she experience the body mysthology for the first time, a map to personal and social transformation. Passionate about transformation and the study of internal resources for healing she continued her studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where she pursued a Masters in Psychology and Theater Therapy. While being in San Francisco she worked at Music Together, an organization for parents and children to foster Music and Movement as “a right” to exercise and increase one's ability to connect and enjoy life. She also worked as a Bilingual Storyteller, sharing original stories from our ancestors, to educate and transform. She has performed all over Northern California at diverse school and organizations. Claudia currently studies with Carmen Vicente, Medicine Woman from Ecuador and Fire Chief from the Sacred Fire of Itzachilatlan. The Saced Fire of Itzachilatlan is an organization that aims to preserve tradition for the healing and empowerment of people in the Americas and the world, recognizing the original Art of the Earth and the practices of our ancestors for personal and social transformation. Carmen is a Master in the instruction of the Altares and Cantos. Claudia as well studies with Don Victor, a medicine man from Peru, whom carries the traditional teachings of Chavin de Huantar, the original temple known in South America as the place where sounds was originated for the first time. Claudia has been working as a Art therapist in California and Arizona for several years. She has worked with men, women and children alike, supporting personal transformation of the physical body, the mind/emotions and the spirit. Currently she is training in Somatic Experiencing, a techniques developed by Peter Levine, specifically working with nervous system organization to support long lasting sustainable change.