Among its many uses, dance/movement therapy aims to help people overcome trauma, often by nonverbally bringing the elements of the experience to the fore.

The symbolism in any kind of dance allows for recall, reenactment, and reexperience of events for purposes of resisting, reducing, transforming, and escaping stress.

It is the persistence of dance in helping people to resist, reduce, and escape stress since early humanity that attests to its efficacy.

Participants in dance, both dancers and viewers, may experience catharsis and develop a sense of mastery or self-discovery.

Saying the lion is kind of the beasts says something about lions and also something about kings.

Contrary to conventional wisdom, dance is not a universal 'language' but many languages and dialects. There are close to 6000 verbal languages, and probably that many dance languages.

In the interweave of mind and body, dance is a mode that allows people to work through difficulties, anticipate the future, recollect the past, and confront the present.

Dance releases energy mobilized by the fight-or-flight stress response that was otherwise restrained.

Much sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth left to itself it sweeps in like the tide.

Men and women are like right and left hands: it doesn't make sense not to use both.

Emily Gannett is tireless. I know this because I have traded emails with her at 2 A.M. only to later wake blearily to a chipper morning missive sent south of 6 A.M. before her morning run.

His insomnia was so bad, he couldn't sleep during office hours.

Those who break down the dikes will themselves be drowned in the inundation.

Early spring is the time for vigorous change, a preparation for the heat-driven oppression that is to come.

Job one is get out of that cave. A lot of people do get out but don't change.

I love working with great actors.

I firmly believe that you can't manufacture chemistry with anyone, let alone a kid.

My weakness is sweets. I like bread pudding and cheesecake in particular.