"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, brain injury etc.
Dancing with Menopause
Addictions / In Recovery
At-Risk Youth
Incarcerated
Trauma Survivors
We gratefully accept donations that help support programs that do not have funding as well as for folks who need financial support in effort to attend our Facilitator Training.
Your generousity helps bring joy and love to many communities.
Thank you.
*You will be issued a tax receipt.
WE ARE UPGRADING OUR SYSTEM, for not send donations to: info@danceyourability.com
IN-PERSON & HYBRID 2025
OUTREACH FACILITATOR TRAINING
Join either session from home.
Salt Spring Island, CANADA
Location: The Core Inn
Online Sessions:
September 9 Tuesday - 6:00-8:00pm pst
September 13 Saturday - 9:00-1:00pm pst
September 28 Saturday - 9:00-11:00am pst
In person or Online:
September 20 + 21 | 9:00-4:30 pst
London, UK
Location: The Society House
Online Sessions:
October 28 Tuesday - 6:00-8:00pm gmt
November 1 Saturday - 9:00-1:00pm gmt
November 15 Saturday - 9:00-11:00am gmt
In person / Online:
November 8 + 9 | 9:00-4:30 gmt
Dance Your Ability can enhance existing programs by bringing the joy and vitality of dance.
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
cancer care
community dances
workplace wellness
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 • SALT SPRING ISLAND • ONLINE
