I Transcend Pain through Dancing and Writing

By: Jillian Ardrey, Assistant Editor, Dancing with Pain

June 29th, 2008 • Leave a Comment

My friends and family always told me that I'd find my calling, my one passion in life, and that I'd only have to wait for the right time to find it. They told me that there is a point in everyone's life, one defining moment, when we find out who we truly are - what we're meant to do in life; what really makes us happy; our true passion. Growing up, I liked everything I tried (cycling, gymnastics, musical theater, choir, ...
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Healing Dance

By: Cynthia Toussaint, Founder, For Grace

February 22nd, 2008 • 2 Comments

"Once a dancer, always a dancer!" That's what I told a new generation of ballerinas at the University of California at Irvine, when I received a dance degree from my wheelchair. It had been 23 years since a ballet injury at that school had triggered Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) in my right leg. Twenty five years into this chronic pain illness -- which over time has spread throughout my entire body -- strangers still ...
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