Movement is a gift! Every note that I have choreographed, performed to, and throughout the tens of thousands of classes that I have taken or taught I’ve had an acute awareness of gratitude for that moment. To us at MaZi Dance Fitness, fitness is an extension of that insight and so is the “Gift of Movement”, our newest project in partnership with the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC).
This program will provide an extremely valuable outlet to RIC’s patients and community. As art therapy gains momentum and exciting new research supports its worth, we are so fortunate to get to participate in their ART in Motion program. If you’ve taken a class at MaZi Dance Fitness, you have felt how dance is the ultimate outlet and mind/body connection. After a dance fitness class, you feel whole, beautiful, happy, generous and superhuman. We believe that no matter one’s level, age, genetic predisposition or life circumstance should hinder the opportunity to dance and emotionally connect with music, our bodies and create art.
The Gift of Movement Program has been spearheaded by MaZi Dance Fitness Co-Founder Marisol Sarabia’s passion and determination to make a difference. Her huge heart and will have paved the way over the last two years to make the case for the inclusion of dance fitness in this art therapy program. We’re so excited to see where this leads, and to connect with the new people that we’ll cross ways with. There are so many ways that you can be involved!
1) Join us at Art in Motion Event: http://www.ric.org/about/people/boards/associate/activities-events/artfutura/
2) Help spread the word! Share our FB INVITE
3) Volunteer with our MaZi Gift of Movement instructors during the summer! Email us at mazidanceinfo@gmail.com.
4) Donate!
5) Finally, if you know someone that is injured, handi-capped or restricted in movement, let them know!
-Zi
