Learning to Trust Dancing for Natural Pain Relief

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

June 29th, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Yesterday I was sprawled on my couch, after submerging in one of my scalding-hot, not-for-the-faint-of-heart, deliciously pain-relieving baths. I was contemplating dancing ("Must dance, must dance, must dance") but just couldn't get myself off the damn couch. That's when I remembered: The whole point of Dancing with Pain® is that we dance from wherever we are/wherever we can. So I began dancing with my head. Then my shoulders. Then my arms. ...
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Join Me for Two Natural Pain Relief Programs in July!

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

June 24th, 2008 • 1 Comment

I will be leading two natural pain relief programs in July, at the Berkeley-Richmond JCC -- open to the public:
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The Fusion of Dance, Writing, and Healing: Meet Dancing with Pain’s New Assistant Editor

By: Rachel , Assistant Editor, Dancing with Pain®

April 24th, 2008 • 1 Comment

My love affair with dancing began at the tender age of three. My mother had enrolled my older sister in a ballet/tap dance lesson twice a week to buy herself some down time. On a Wednesday afternoon too busy for my mother to prioritize rationally, she decided to pick me up from daycare before my sister. Walking through the corridors of the dance school, waiting for my sister's lesson to be over, I caught sight of a door ...
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Four Tips for Creating Safety in Dance Circles

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

April 9th, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Here are four tips for creating safety in dance circles, so that those of us in chronic pain -- as well as those of us who have boundaries for other reasons -- can dance without worry or fear. 1. Be aware of the people around you. Even if you are really into your dance with yourself or with someone else, be conscious of others in the room. Think in terms of both/and ...
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Safety in Dance Circles

By: Loolwa Khazzoom, Founder, Dancing with Pain

April 9th, 2008 • Leave a Comment

In one way, freestyle dance events are ideal for those in chronic pain to explore moving our bodies safely: Given the lack of formal structure, we are not expected to dance with any specific body part in any particular way. Paradoxically, it is that very lack of structure that can undermine our safety in dance circles. I have been to many freestyle dance events in the United States and abroad. They characteristically draw a crowd of ...
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