Creating Your Health: Journey Dance Sample

Creating Your Health

Welcome to Creating Your Health! My Blog to introduce my business, Creative Arts Counseling and Consulting and to post ideas, links, resources as to how one can create their own health. I'm Chris, a Licensed Creative Arts Psychotherapist, and Licensed Mental Health Counselor. I see clients individually, or in groups, couples, and families. I work with children, adolescents and adults with mental health issues. I specialize in working with those recovering from trauma, eating disorders, mood disorders, and various other Women's issues. I am available for consultation and provide workshops on various topics to groups and organizations. Most recent topics include: " The Shadow in the Workplace", "Moving through Bereavement"--Creative Arts in the grief process; "Movement in the Classroom".

My clients include those who choose to work from either a mind and/or body approach to wholeness!

Use of the arts: dance, music, art, drama, poetry, allows for access to the unconscious realm. Simply put, Change takes place first in the Imaginal Realm. If you can't imagine it, how can the change manifest?

My approach to health is a holistic one, embracing the mind, body, and spirit connection and is deeply grounded in psychological theory and orientation. Stay tuned...More to come as the blog progresses.

Christine Matteson
LCAT, LMHC, ADTR, NCC
Licensed Creative Arts Psychotherapist.
Independent USANA Health Sciences associate
Healthy Living Consultant
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Journey Dance Sample

I found this video of a "Journey Dance" class from Kripalu with teacher, Toni Bergins. I dare you to sit still when watching the video (you're gonna want to move) It is a good example of how some Dance/Movement therapy groups look when the therapist/teacher uses a structured improvisational approach. The way a group is structured depends on the group goals in dance therapy, and specifically addresses the mind/body connection.

This is not a therapy group but a "Journey Dance" class or workshop. There are all types of movement classes/experiences available today! Why not check out what's available in your area? Looks like fun, huh?

"Journey Dance" is trademarked and this class was facilitated at Kripalu. The video depicts a wonderful sense of nonjudgmental permission and support for members to express themselves at the level they feel comfortable. It also depicts the power of movement to elicit the mind/body connection as evidenced by some of the comments made from group participants!

Just as there as several different types of yoga classes, there are several types of mind/body movement classes available today as well. These differ from yoga therapy and/or dance therapy due to the specific therapeutic goals of the sessions specifically addressing certain mental health issues, and the education/certification of the particular therapist or dance teacher.

So...consider your specific desires and needs and the specific training/education of the teacher/therapist when checking out a mind/body approach toward health and wholeness. When you get that intuitive hit to take inspired action, then go for it, make an appointment or enroll in a class! Get moving today!

"Movement allows us to inhabit our bodies, to express the non-verbal feelings that are being held." -Debbie Ford (The 21 day consciousness cleanse)

Sincerely

~Chris

*Dance Therapists know all the right moves!

Christine Matteson

BC-DMT, LCAT, LMHC

Licensed Creative Arts Therapist

Creative Arts Counseling and Consulting

cfmatteson@hotmail.com

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