by Sorina Petrescu | Apr 5, 2021 | Dance therapy, Social-emotional development
Reading Time: 4 minutesHave you ever thought about how your loved ones would characterize you? What are your main qualities, values, virtues or the way you have influenced someone’s life in a positive way? The kindness we show to ourselves or to those around us...
by Sorina Petrescu | Dec 28, 2020 | Dance therapy, Life skills, Social-emotional development
Reading Time: 5 minutesPhoto Credits: Angelos Fragkos We know that dance releases endorphins in the brain, and that these cause us to be happy. However, there are even more in-depth studies that analyze the association between certain movements and emotions, depending...
by Sorina Petrescu | Oct 15, 2020 | Dance therapy
Reading Time: 3 minutesAmerica in the 1940s introduced dance as a form of therapy for children and adults, and the results have had numerous social, psychological, and physiological benefits. We might be tempted to conclude that professional dancers effectively have...
by Sorina Petrescu | Jul 23, 2020 | Dance therapy
Reading Time: 3 minutesAs humans, we move for many reasons, whether out of a need for self-expression, pleasure, connection to the community, habit, or ritual. When the idea of dance movement therapy emerged in the 1940s, it was practised primarily in psychiatric...
