Colors of Mind Dance
We are a nonprofit that partners with licensed & board certified dance therapists to help children have access to dance classes as a mental health aid in the Austin area.
Our Mission Statement
We strive to use dance therapeutically as a source to better the mental health of the youth community. In hopes of this, we aspire to see kids express themselves in ways they haven’t been open to in the past. In addition, we wish to supply an outlet which makes a difference on how kids perceive themselves and take in experiences in the long run.
What we do
Starting out small, we have partnered with Licensed Professional Counselor and Dance/Movement Therapist Wakelyn Malitz, who will provide classes in dance movement in the Austin area for kids to indulge in dance therapeutically. Dance movement therapy is not a well-known thing in this area, but we want to change that. With our experiences, our goal is to introduce and educate people about dance therapy and to benefit kids mentally.
Why us
We have taken it upon ourselves to begin and build onto this nonprofit in hopes of impacting children today. As teenagers, we have experienced difficult times, before, after and during Covid. The additional stresses of school, relationships, home issues, etc, only makes it more challenging. We have personally found that using dance as an outlet to further explore and express ourselves when we could not find the right words, aleviated some of the stress. For our age group, mental health has been an ongoing issue, but since the pandemic it has rapidly progressed and taken a toll on many. After doing further research, we found that there is an opportunity to educate and encourage others to try using dance as therapy. We took the initiative to add on to this nonprofit to provide a second option for the community. As previously stated, we personally understand the struggles one can go through and hope to help any and all children with their mental health journey by introducing dance as their escape.
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