You Are How You Move: Healing Through Dance | Jessika Baral | TEDxWUSTL

Jessika is a dance activist who started the nonprofit organization Our Chance to Dance in 2015. She talks about how dance can transform people and draws from her experiences teaching dance to the blind, the deaf, orphans, senior citizens, female domestic abuse survivors, cancer patients, and the general public. She started the ‘Move to Heal’ movement worldwide which connects, heals, and empowers others through dance. Jessika Baral grew up in California. She has been dancing for the past 18 years and teaching dance for the past 7. She founded Our Chance to Dance, a nonprofit based in St. Louis focused on using movement to empower, heal, and connect. She also is a captain for the WashU Indian Classical Dance Team and competes on WashU’s Bhangra Dance Team. She is a junior at WashU studying Biology on the Computational Biology and Genomics Track. She started the ‘Move to Heal’ movement in the US and abroad through her dance workshops. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • @CurlyQueen82
    @CurlyQueen82 Жыл бұрын

    gave me goosebumps, how truly movement helps people, i dance myself, and I have noticed how confidence has grown in me and how i don't care about being embarrassed but so free to express myself.

  • @tubedarsan
    @tubedarsan4 жыл бұрын

    What a slogan, "Movement heals"! And what a tag line, "You are how you move"!! Truly, this is a very effective way to get out of mental and emotional problems of stress/depression that affects 46.4% of American population. Awesome idea.👍👏👏👏

  • @noxtwilight_
    @noxtwilight_11 ай бұрын

    💯 true and the absolutely simplest way to transform pain into joy

  • @clasencoach
    @clasencoach3 жыл бұрын

    I must have watched close to a hundred Ted talks. About coaching methods, brain science, mental health, mindfulness, business and what not. The powerful yet simple message in ‘You Are How You Move: Healing Through Dance’ is by far the one that has spoken to me the most. My mind, my body, my soul. So people: Get out there and boogie!! You have all you need: You.

  • @tasha_labelle

    @tasha_labelle

    3 ай бұрын

    💚

  • @Losos38
    @Losos38 Жыл бұрын

    Oh, I’m feeling this so much. I also liked to dance as a kid, not just in after curriculum classes. But then teen years came, then bullying, and I lost connection to that side of myself. I only could dance when I was drunk for a while, then stopped at all. I was really deeply unhappy. And now, this year, I’ve decided to come back to it and chose twerking. And not only this is fun and beautiful but also physically challenging. It’s about physical and mental health for me. I feel like myself again 💃🏼 Thank you for this talk, it is important 🙏🏻

  • @scwellnesssolutions1537
    @scwellnesssolutions15373 жыл бұрын

    Just came across your talk. Amazing!! I teach a program I created based on yoga and dance. It's all about moving and finding the joy in "your" dance. Love what you're doing! I will also continue to spread the word and the joy of dance. Thank you

  • @AfiSoul103
    @AfiSoul1032 ай бұрын

    Gracias “you’re how you move” this is so powerful

  • @thecamillaramirez
    @thecamillaramirez8 ай бұрын

    Thank you Jessica 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽 This was inspiring ❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

  • @ecaterinacleis
    @ecaterinacleis Жыл бұрын

    I’m not crying, your crying. Wow ❤

  • @elle7193
    @elle71932 жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @whitewolf1240
    @whitewolf12402 ай бұрын

    i resonate greatly with what you are doing!!! Thank YOU!

  • @xanya6405
    @xanya6405 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @angelabanuelos2187
    @angelabanuelos21873 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, I feel better when I am dancing:-)

  • @AnnaPresents
    @AnnaPresents2 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful talk 👌♥️😊

  • @akshaypunetha9118
    @akshaypunetha91182 жыл бұрын

    Too good!

  • @ainashtleubayeva2678
    @ainashtleubayeva26783 жыл бұрын

    Great

  • @KoolT
    @KoolT2 жыл бұрын

    Fantastic

  • @KoolT
    @KoolT2 жыл бұрын

    Movement heals

  • @ems6792
    @ems67922 жыл бұрын

    Excellent talk! Everything you said made total sense Where can I find more info for classes?

  • @peterswellingtonthe3rd513
    @peterswellingtonthe3rd5132 жыл бұрын

    It’s easy to comfortable in that beautiful incarnation. Not everyone is gifted. Teenage hardships are different than undesirable features or social anxiety disorder. Just throwin’ it out there.

  • @jordynrobertson2283
    @jordynrobertson22832 жыл бұрын

    I’m crying tbh

  • @mariaalejacardozoenglish4job
    @mariaalejacardozoenglish4job Жыл бұрын

    I would like to read more of her research.

  • @cheapsoot1981
    @cheapsoot1981 Жыл бұрын

    "Aren't you gonna introduce me to the little lady? I'd like a dance! " - Buford Mad Dog Tannen

  • @KoolT
    @KoolT2 жыл бұрын

    Oh look.

  • @debbiecarson2576

    @debbiecarson2576

    Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic

  • @magicalisticable
    @magicalisticable Жыл бұрын

    She should really work on her speech, I was having a bit of a hard time listening to her movement of speech. So I stole listening after few minutes. I tried.

  • @kriegerdeslichtsx

    @kriegerdeslichtsx

    Жыл бұрын

    I don‘t see what your problem is she speeks perfectly

  • @vishasaili7431

    @vishasaili7431

    11 ай бұрын

    I was thinking the same but I think it’s the microphone maybe, that makes it so flat but harsh.