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Motion: The Untamed Catalyst for Truth. Understanding yourself through movement
the body expresses more freely than the mind. we just need assistance to get moving and figure out what our body is saying to us.
soulgesture
Jun 223 min read


Dance for Wellbeing: Addressing the Mental Toll of Competition and the Need for Healing-Focused Programs
It’s time to stop pretending that dance must hurt to be meaningful. Instead, we should be investing in non-competitive dance spaces that embrace movement as therapy, not warfare.
soulgesture
Jun 13 min read


Dance and movement therapy in rehab: building capacity and wellbeing.
Participants report improvements in mobility, flexibility, and fine and gross motor skills as well as reduction in chronic pain.
Participants also experience reduced symptoms of anxiety and depression, a more positive mental state and greater self-esteem.
soulgesture
Feb 93 min read


How much physical ability is required to engage in dance and movement therapy?
what CAN you move? The quick answer is that there are no limitations . The long answer can be summed up by another question… How long is...
soulgesture
Jan 312 min read


Dance & movement therapy is a form of CBT
Are you wondering how dance/movement therapy aligns with evidence-based psychology? Actually, one approach is that dance movement therapy is a form of CBT. While dance & movement therapy is an embodied approach to problem solving, it can follow cognitive behaviour therapy principles for the same ends as the traditional psychology model. Reframing and changing our relationship to stressors is not just something we can do by thinking differently. The sensations that emotions il
soulgesture
Sep 5, 20242 min read


This is not a dance class
Venn diagram of dance class and dance therapy All dancing can improve coordination, strength and range of motion. It can increase your self-confidence as you achieve mastery over leaps, and spins. It can help you feel a sense of belonging when you make the same shapes at the same time as the rest of the class. Just as talking things through with a friend is not the same as going to a counsellor or psychologist, this is NOT a dance class: Instead of focusing on choreographed m
soulgesture
Sep 4, 20242 min read
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