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Realisation in Motion

Why Your Next Breakthrough Probably Isn’t Sitting Still There’s a moment — you’ve felt it — when thinking harder stops working. When insight refuses to arrive no matter how many angles you analyse it from. When your brain is basically a committee meeting that should’ve been an email. That’s usually the moment your body has been quietly clearing its throat, waiting for you to notice. Movement is where the truth leaks out. Not the polished truth you can articulate in a session.

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6 days ago2 min read

physiotherapy, psychology and dance therapy for stroke, TBI injury rehabilitation, building strength after serious illness.

Dance Movement Therapy and mind-body connection: The Missing Link Between Physio and Psych

Physiotherapy treats the body. Psychology treats the mind. Dance Movement Therapy treats the human. The nervous system doesn’t speak English, it speaks movement.

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Nov 13, 20253 min read

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.

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Jun 22, 20253 min read

Healing Through Movement: How Neuroscience Supports Dance in Rehabilitation

Dance helps rewire the brain Dance is more than an art form—it is a scientifically backed tool for healing. Neuroscience has demonstrated...

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Jun 15, 20252 min read

Dance Therapy Isn’t Just Movement—It’s Work. And That’s the Point.

Dance therapy is often seen as joyful self-expression, an outlet for emotions through movement. And while it is that, it’s also hard work...

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Jun 8, 20252 min read

non competitive dance fosters connection, empowerment and confidence.

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.

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Jun 1, 20253 min read

Interpreting the vibe: dance and movement therapy for couples

Feeling connection Have you lost your vibe? Feeling like you don’t understand each other and you are not connecting the way you would...

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Feb 28, 20253 min read

dance can work alongside physiotherapy to address the mind and body in rehabilitation

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.

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Feb 9, 20253 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...

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Jan 31, 20252 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

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Sep 5, 20242 min read