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Catch me on the Wild Hearted Podcast this week! If you are wondering about movement therapy Chynene asks all the right questions…

‎The Wild Hearted Podcast: Movement Therpay on Apple Podcasts ‎Show The Wild Hearted Podcast, Ep Movement Therpay - 1 May 2024

Just a few of the really impactful benefits Movement Psychotherapy can offer…. 🤩

Jess is wonderful! Centrally based in Cape Town! She has a gift to share with your specially gifted whom may have speech difficulties.

🌟 Dive into the world of language development in kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder! Caregiver speech plays a crucial role in nurturing their communication skills, backed by research. 👦💬 Let’s explore strategies together to empower your child’s communication journey! Based on established research: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/development-and-psychopathology/article/abs/role-of-caregiver-speech-in-supporting-language-development-in-infants-and-toddlers-with-autism-spectrum-disorder/1CFB12D847E453A63696BAC6FD998412

Movement Psychotherapy 🩷

Being a teen can be so overwhelming! Common stressors of a daunting near future into adulthood mixed with heaps of hormones and big life decisions! This weekend the Dancefix Studio is hosting the wonderful Kim Harrison as she equips teenagers with vital tools around finances and budgeting. Be in touch with her directly to book your spot! For ages 16 - 22 Years old.

Self regulation is a skill learned from a very young age! Movement and rhythm can encourage self regulation at any age but check out this brilliant study done on 3-4 year olds!

This recent study investigated the effectiveness of a rhythm and movement intervention delivered by teachers in improving the skills in children aged 3-4 years. The study found that this intervention improved children's ability to self-regulate and demonstrated the value of training teachers to support children through the use of a school programme.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2023.05.008

Gifting season is in full swing 🎄🌈🎶

“Colour is a power which directly influences the soul “ - Wassily Kandinsky

♥️ dance is therapy ♥️

Gillian is a seven-year-old girl who cannot sit in school.

She continually gets up, gets distracted, flies with thoughts, and doesn't follow lessons.

Her teachers worry about her, punish her, scold her, reward the few times that she is attentive, but nothing.

Gillian does not know how to sit and cannot be attentive.

When she comes home, her mother punishes her too.

So not only does she Gillian have bad grades and punishment at school, but she also suffers from them at home.

One day, Gillian's mother is called to school.

The lady, sad as someone waiting for bad news, takes her hand and goes to the interview room.

The teachers speak of illness, of an obvious disorder.

Maybe it's hyperactivity or maybe she needs a medication.

During the interview an old teacher arrives who knows the little girl.

He asks all the adults, mother and colleagues, to follow him into an adjoining room from where she can still be seen.

As he leaves, he tells Gillian that they will be back soon and turns on an old radio with music.

As the girl is alone in the room, she immediately gets up and begins to move up and down chasing the music in the air with her feet and her heart.

The teacher smiles as the colleagues and the mother look at him between confusion and compassion, as is often done with the old.

So he says: "See? Gillian is not sick, Gillian is a dancer!"

He recommends that her mother take her to a dance class and that her colleagues make her dance from time to time.

She attends her first lesson and when she gets home she tells her mother: "Everyone is like me, no one can sit there!"

In 1981, after a career as a dancer, opening her own dance academy and receiving international recognition for her art, Gillian Lynne became the choreographer of the musical "Cats."

Hopefully, all “different” children find adults capable of welcoming them for who they are and not for what they lack.

Long live the differences, the little black sheep and the misunderstood.

They are the ones who create beauty in this world

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Fact vs Fiction

People hear ‘Dance Movement Psychotherapy’ (DMP) and assume routines are learned, postures are practiced and a performance is the end result…. This clearly emphasizes the word “DANCE” and sure these practices are welcome if that’s what’s needed in your therapeutic intervention 🩰(someone with low self esteem or the need to be seen and many more scenarios.)

However, I have news for you! DMP often has no form of dance whatsoever! I like to explain this therapy as emphasizing the ‘DANCE’ of life! Everything in life has rhythm, has movement, has flow. DMP believes that all things in life are embodied and through movement a direct link is made between body and brain. To help you understand this better - close your eyes and picture eating a slice of lemon. 🍋 Notice what happened to your body when your brain gave it a message. Did your jaw clench? Perhaps a memory of tequilla when the boks won this weekend 🇿🇦😉 Anyway that was your brain signaling your body response!

So what is DMP then?
DMP is a Psychotherapy that focuses on body language and non verbal expression over and above spoken language. Verbal capacity is a privilege not a requirement of this therapy. DMP encourages us to change embodied patterns in order to shift our neural pathways in the brain, which in turn will ripple out into meaningful life changes. Change in body = change in mindset = deepened meaning and purpose in one’s life.

Moments captured with our beautiful Mila at the baby rave club 🎶💕🥳

Got a baby milestone coming up? Host your own baby rave to celebrate! Throw an unforgettable birthday bash for both the parents and the babies!

DM Vix for more information 🥳

The underlying core principle to the Art Therapies ❤️

The Baby Rave is a music and dance event specifically designed for babies and their parents. The idea behind it is to encourage one- on-one bonding time that is stimulating for both parent and baby. 🎶💞

The Baby Rave Club is a safe baby proofed venue with lots of fun and exciting sensory play props and development specific equipment. ✨💫The music is often played at a lower volume due to the lack of nursery rhymes and instead rather encouraging baseline. 🔊👯‍♀️🪩

These classes are fun and upbeat, leaving you with all the benefits of a good workout while putting aside special time to bond with your baby 💪🥳🎈

For the love of dance. For the love of Africa 🇿🇦

This Heritage day weekend Dancefix is honoring our African culture. Dance in Africa is traditionally a time to closely connect the community through ethnic rhythms and music. 🎶🫶 come connect through music and play with you babies and this community of baby ravers 🤫🎶🎉🫶🇿🇦

Sign up Dancefix’s Baby Rave Club for only R500 (monthly subscription) for the rest of the year!

How to do it:
1. Go to www.dancefix.me (link in bio)
2. Scroll down to Wigglefix
3. Click book now
4. Select Heritage Day weekend special
5. Select all the Mondays or Fridays 9am time slots from beginning or October untill end of November.

Although movement therapy is not only for children, it is extremely effective for children due to its creative nature. In my experience children with emotional distress, challenging behavior and learning difficulties can benefit greatly from the freedom of expression this therapy allows.

I do not have much room left in the afternoons as I too have a baby of my own. But please do get in touch if this might be something for your or your little one.

Post Rave Doodoo 💤 Don’t miss out on our Baby Rave Club! Monday and Friday mornings with Dancefix

DanceFIX is Back!!!!! This time with the latest little ravers! 🎶🎧🥁🎶🎵🕺🏽💃

Best dance moves I’ve seen in a while!

Wednesday Addams | Dance Scene | Netflix Jenna Ortega choreographed this epic Wednesday dance number herself.WEDNESDAY -- starring Jenna Ortega in the title role, alongside Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lui...

We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hope, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams! - Albert Einstein

This advert encapsulates what Dance Movement Psychotherapy is perfectly! Happy Monday! I challenge you to put on your headphones, your favorite jam and dance your heart out somewhere this week 💕 you won’t be sorry!

Fitbit | Feel Your Power If your body could talk, what would it say? Fitbit turns your data into a language you can understand. So like DJ Marc Rebillet, you can listen to your body ...