Our Vision
Parts of the Whole - The Body is Home is a movement-based education program that cultivates creativity and healing with incarcerated and system impacted youth and adults. Our creative somatics and movement workshops offer space for youth to attune their bodies and minds, embody coping strategies, develop their creativity, and discover and express their voice by sharing creative movement and writing practices in community. Our starting point is the Soma, “the living body”, as the site and the source for awareness, agency, and possibilities for intentional function and expression. This is what we hope to achieve:
To cultivate healing and community with creative somatics and movement arts.
To connect, inspire, and heal through shared movement.
Offer movement and dance as community resources to those impacted by the carceral system.
Share movement education that focuses on body-mind wellness, creativity and kinesthetic expression.
Movement Resources
Find movement videos to follow along with here. Included are a variety of topics and activities lead by our team of teachers and teaching assistants.
Support for Communities
Education happens within the context of a larger community. Our approach extends beyond schools, to help ensure students have the necessary support to do their best learning. Would you like to incorporate creative movement education? With single workshops or ongoing classes, we can help bring movement, health, and creative expression into your program.
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