By Ayushi Chaturvedi | Research & Communication Associate
With the summer approaching and our openness to explore innovative social experiments, this year YUVA invited 10 girls in urban slum area in M-east neighbourhood for Dance Movement Therapy (DMT). The girls undergo many stressors during their daily life which ultimately hinders their psychological and social wellbeing. DMT workshops were planned for the girls to come out and express themselves freely and explore dance in a new way.
A 18 days workshop consisting of themes such as empowerment, relation with self and body, exploring self image were conducted. Many girls shared how they feel new sense of confidence and have now overcome their fear of expressing themselves.
Sandhya a girl who was dealing with low self esteem now shares that she is on a journey to overcome her fear and now talks with more confidence with people around and feels more comfortable in front of boys. DMT perhaps helped her to build a postivie self image and gave a non judgemental space for her to work on her weakness.It was a safe zone for her to be vulnerable and build internal support structures.
Many girls have moved a step towards empowering selves. We thank you for supporting this endeavour. We welcome more such programs for our children in the resource centre in future as well.
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