Throughout all ages and cultures, traditional circle dances were used to honor the divine, to heal, to affirm connection to the earth and each other, to build community and celebrate rites of passages and life transitions. The danced patterns illuminate the web of these connections. It is where personal and universal healing can occur. We will use the traditional dances as a platform for heightening awareness of body/self, self to community and self to cosmos. The expressive and improvisational aspects of Dance/Movement Therapy will support further exploration.

This group provides empowering support for girls' health and wellbeing - body, mind, and spirit - during the amazing and challenging journey into adolescence and young womanhood. The focus of our group will be on cultivating positive body image, building inner strength, emotional/physical/spiritual/social health and wellbeing, healthy sexuality, creative expression, and self respect. Dance/movement therapy and other creative arts and activities will be at the core of this group as we strive for whole-self empowerment. Through a playful and safe atmosphere we will engage in dance-including world circle dances, guided imagery, journaling, mask making, herbal medicine making, and eco therapy activities.