Dance & movement therapy for Neurodiversity
Soul Gesture, provides dance and creative arts therapy to neurodiverse and intellectually disabled individuals. Sessions are playful, sensory-aware, and emotionally safe—supporting self-expression, regulation, and connection through movement.
Dance and creative arts therapy helps participants:
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Explore emotions and sensations without words
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Tell stories through movement and play
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Build confidence and body awareness
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Strengthen social and communication skills
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Regulate the nervous system through rhythm and repetition
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Experience joy, creativity, and autonomy in a non-judgmental space
Whether you're supporting someone with autism, ADHD, Down syndrome, or other cognitive differences, our approach is inclusive, trauma-informed, and tailored to each person’s unique way of moving through the world. The possibilities are endless.
Verbal processing is optional.
Soul Gesture can provide a specialised dance program for your school or support organisation.
Rebellious dance for rebellious minds
If you would like to dance but don't feel ready to join a dance class yet, Soul Gesture can help. Sessions are led by you with your goals in mind.
We can take a specific dance style as the foundation for sessions (ballet, jazz and Flameno are popular) or use improvisation and props to explore possibilities and empower you to find your own ways of moving.
Benefits of dance & movement therapy for neurodivergent minds
Independence
Independence needs confidence and some of us need to practice more than others before we can apply our skills in the wider world.
Dance and movement therapy sessions allow participants to safely test and practice different ways of being.
Realise your capacity and increase self-confidence by exploring all the possibilities of movement.
Practice choice and decision making by making sequences and telling stories through movement
Emotional capacity
Our body expresses our emotions, for example feeling heavy or tired when we are sad or jumping when we are happy. Many of us need some help finding the connection between our physical and emotional selves to recognise, process and express emotions.
Explore and recognise emotions by linking them to your body sensations
Process emotions through the body
Find your movement tools for up and down regulation
Social Capacity
Dancing with others builds reciprocal relationships and fosters the feeling of belonging within the group. This helps with confidence when interacting in the wider community.
Exploration of range of movement increases the awareness of the body in space and how you relate to others.
Build connection with others through shared experiences
Cognitive capacity
Do you think you are uncoordinated? Dance will help you to achieve mastery over your body and practice cognitive processing skills.
Sessions will involve leading and following movement patterns.
Master the mind body connection
Practice problem solving through movement and games.
Achieving mastery of movement patterns will build self-confidence
NDIS participants welcome
As a registered art therapist with ANZACATA, dance movement and creative arts therapy sessions are provided under the Art Therapist line