When we look back at our childhoods, many of us can recall the times we drew on walls like coloring pages, dressed up for afternoon tea parties with our favorite stuffed animals, and played with the latest action figures. We envisioned ourselves as superheroes conquering evil monsters and built forts as tall as skyscrapers, using blankets, chairs, and pillows. During those early years, we were invincible and allowed our imaginations to run wild with excitement. The world was a fascinating place that we were eager to explore. Read on to learn more!
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Do you feel like you sometimes struggle to express your emotions through words? Do you feel like even after verbalizing your emotions your body continues to feel heavy and burdened by your feelings? If this sounds like you, read on.
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Here you will learn a little more about the efficacious nature of dance movement therapy in healing trauma that lives in the body. Click here to read more.
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While certain breathing techniques can be useful for some, they may not always click with everyone. There is an entire world of mindfulness techniques that open the door to something you never would have thought can help ground you.
- Ava Kaplan, LMSW
The physical element of movement therapy has its advantages - aerobic exercise elevates dopamine and endorphins, and reduces levels of stress anxiety, and depression. The emotional element of movement therapy allows us to become more aware and mindful of our mental state and how these feelings manifest in our physical states. It gives us a chance to truly connect with all parts of us. Click to learn more.
- Devika Chandnani (Studio Instructor)
Dance movement therapy is a somatic psychotherapeutic approach to further healing and connection to the self through a deepening of conscious connection between your body and mind. Through engaging in somatic-based interventions such as meditations, body scans, somatic sensing, breath-work, movement improvisation, structured movement phrases, imagery, and movement explorations you can reach places within yourself that words can not.
- Noelani Rodriguez, LCAT, RDMT
Most people will experience anxiety at some point in their lives, drawing their full attention to a uniquely stressful situation. For most people, once the crisis is over, the feeling of anxiety ends as well. However, for some, anxiety can feel like a full-time emotion that leaves us feeling powerless over our thoughts and regretful of overreacting to events, whether real or perceived. So, how can yoga and the breath help?
- Caroline Gomez, MA, ERYT-500, RM
When you were young and first learning to navigate the world, the adults in your life most likely repeated a certain phrase to you: “Use your words, use your words.” They wanted to encourage you to formulate your thoughts into statements, to use your voice, and to advocate for yourself through the spoken language. However, in the years that have passed since learning to speak, you may have realized that your voice can often fail you when you need it most - you just can’t “use your words” to explain your emotional experience.
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Yoga, and in particular yoga therapy, offers a refreshing counterpoint. Instead of adding more and more to our already full lives, how can we turn inwards and let go of the filters through which we see the world?
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Art Therapy is not limited to solely the rich experience of a client creating artwork in a session. Often a clinician specializing in Art Therapy will engage in the process of creating Response Artwork to express their knowledge of the client and gain a deeper understanding of their therapeutic alliance. This process enriches the therapeutic bond and allows the therapist to navigate treatment in a way that is tailor made to the clients needs.
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To know ourselves is to listen to our bodies. Our bodies hold so much wisdom and guidance that when we listen and connect, our bodies can guide us through deep transformation. Have you ever seen a piece of art, watched a dance performance or listened to a song that emotionally held you and resonated with your emotional process? Various art forms have the power to speak deeply to our experience in ways words sometimes can not.
- Noelani Rodriguez, LCAT, RDMT
Do you sometimes find it challenging to put words to your emotional experience? Are words sometimes not precise in what your body and soul are experiencing? Every day we move through our world and our lives with so much demand on our bodies and minds, frequently leaving little room for us to be with ourselves fully and compassionately.
- Noelani Rodriguez, LCAT, RDMT