The Many Benefits That Comes With Movement Therapy

By Deborah Olson


Heavy pressure and high levels of stress is not uncommon to many people especially considering what and how the world has become in more recent times. There is no wonder why many are opting to see a medical professional whom they can ask for advice and suggestions on therapies that they can undergo in order to better their mindsets and overall way of life.

Therapies generally have the same objective to ameliorate the physical and mental health of an individual seeking it to help them live better lives. A therapy that has been gaining popularity is the movement therapy Carmel CA or dance therapy, one that utilizes dancing as a therapeutic means of movement. It helps people accomplish emotional, cognitive, physical, and social integration.

Many individuals, however, have this misconception that it is just like regular dancing. While DMT is obviously associated with dancing, it actually is different from it in a sense that it gives a dance this kind of transformation where there is an assessment and translation of body language, non verbal behaviors, as well as emotional expressions. For this reason, many benefits come along undergoing such and they shall be tackled below.

While many individuals are open and very expressive in terms of what and how they feel, most people who enroll in DMT do not share the same behavior. However, in the therapy, they will be able to do this through the aid of music which will allow them to reminisce or associate it with the past and then channel it to the way they dance. Honesty in facial expressions movements will reveal what the person is trying to convey.

Dancing is a form of physical exercise and such exercises help relieve an individual of stress. In DMT it does not only relieve physical but also emotional stress especially because the patients are encouraged to relate their gestures to how they feel at that very moment. This gives them the opportunity to put down whatever it may be that they are carrying which is affecting their well being.

Gross motor skills are going to be developed as well as an increase in their physical fitness. Before every session, everyone will be asked to warm up so as to increase their heart rate and blood circulation, as well as to prevent them from straining their muscles. And because there is no limit to the dance styles, there are other additional benefits that they will be acquiring for instance, good posture and muscle growth through ballet.

The patients will also develop a sense of belonging which can greatly affect their confidence as well as self esteem. They will be part of a group that will give them the opportunity to socialize and discover people outside of the dynamics they have always been used to. This poses a positive environment that is good for the wellbeing of the patients.

In sessions where they are asked to be who or what they want to be, like an animal, or to act certain things like flying or swimming, their imaginations are then exercised. They will also be more creative especially when asked to convey emotions which the instructor or therapist will ask them to do so. This has great effects on their mental health.

Nobody is safe from sufferings of such cruel world but doing something about it is the first step to overcoming it. If you feel like losing hope, remember that you are in control of your life and not otherwise. Look for things that will help improve the way you see the world.




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