this is your brain on dance
June 2, 2012 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Anxiety, Dance, Dance Movement Therapy, Exercise, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Loving Your Body, Mental Health, Movement, PTSD, Self-Care, Wellness
Scientific American’s 2008 article explains that “unconscious entrainment – the process that causes us to absent-mindedly tap our feet to a beat – reflects our instinct for dance.” It would seem that our brains have evolved around rhythm! Throughout all of the movement tasks in their study, there was activation in areas of the brain that correlate [...]
Baking Therapy
April 9, 2012 by mamaV
Filed under Body Image, Cooking and Culinary Arts, Expressive Arts, Featured, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Mindfulness, Spirituality
This guest post graciously contributed by The Baker Chick. When I started my blog in February 2011 I was desperate for a new creative outlet. Being an actor in NYC, I often felt like I wasn’t really able to use the artist side of myself. So, I thought that creating something- anything would help. I [...]
ED 101 — A Film About Eating Disorders
November 27, 2011 by Robyn Hussa Farrell
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Expressive Arts, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Recovery
This is our first post from Robyn Hussa, President of Normal in Schools (NIS). She started NIS driven to bring to our schools education about eating disorder through theater (or as Robyn would say “theatre” but I’m not so hip to the art scene). We all think we know everything about eating disorders, after all we are suffers, [...]
