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​​"WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO HEALING MOVEMENT, CONNECTION, SELF EXPRESSION AND COLLECTIVE JOY."

-SHAUNA DEVLIN FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Dance Your Ability Therapeutic Movement Foundation is a
not-for-profit organization

offering inclusive free-style, conscious dance programs to people of all abilities & all ages, including:

  • Mixed Abilities

  • Elders

  • Children

  • People Living With: Dementia, Parkinson’s, cancer, etc.

  • Addictions / In Recovery

  • At-Risk Youth

  • Incarcerated

  • Trauma Survivors

Dance Your Ability can infuse existing programs or stand-alone.

The desire is to create connection.

Music & Movement create a joyful space where it is easy to achieve connection.

ALL BODIES respond
to beat + ALL SOULS respond to
Love.

Dance Your Ability programs warmly facilitate a blend of self-led dance and shared group movements. 

And uses the benefits of music, movement and everyone's unique dance moves to create space for all to experience themselves in healing motion and collective joy. 

Programs infuse:

  • Trauma-Informed Practices

  • a teaching style to effectively meet varying individual learning & physical abilities,

  • simple stretching & basic group movements that come from each person's unique dance

  • specifically chosen music to get everyone moving as best as they are able.​

PROGRAMS

The kinds of programs DYA offers:

  • children - tots to teens

  • families

  • at risk youth

  • mix abilities of all ages

  • elders

  • dementia

Find A Facilitator

All of our facilitators love to dance and each bring their own
special brand of magic to the Dance Your Ability Method.

We have facilitators around the globe who would
love to dance with you and your community!

Dance Your Ability

Facilitator Training

Check our upcoming training sessions

LONDON • VICTORIA • ONLINE

IN-PERSON & HYBRID

Join either session from home.

Victoria, BC

Location:

In-person:
Zoom Sessions:

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London, UK

Location: ​
In-person:

Zoom Sessions:

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