Dance Therapy and belly dance

Dance therapy , which is also commonly
known as Dance Movement Therapy, is to do with the
way the therapeutic use of movement and dance, are
used to improve emotional, cognitive, social, behavioral
and physical conditions. The basis of Dance therapy
is formulated with the concept that the mind and body
and connected or lets say, interrelated.
Emotional
healing through Dance Therapy
People have been using
dance as a healing power for years with dance commonly
accepted as a tension reliever. Throughout tradition
dancer has been used in different cultures as a way
of helping to reduce stress and as a way of healing. Dance
and therapy can work together perfectly as a
way of healing and it can help people with many different
conditions.
How
does belly dance help healing the mind?
Women (of all ages,
shapes and sizes) have found that belly dancing is
a genuinely useful way of improving ones creativity,
femininity and self-esteem. Belly dancing can also
play a role in releasing ones emotional health and
many belly dancers have found that belly dance acts
as therapy for them in helping them to deal with: