Taking all of the scientific evidence into account, dance emerges as an extraordinarily effective stress reducer because it combines movement, music, and creative self-expression.

Taking all of the scientific evidence into account, dance emerges as an extraordinarily effective stress reducer because it combines movement, music, and creative self-expression.

Dance has been a way for people to connect with each other and the environment around them for many years, but what can dance teach us about our relationship with nature?

Gemma Collard-Stokes, Research Fellow at the University of Derby, explores how forms of dance, especially the newly emerging ecosomatic dance, can help us connect more frequently with the nature around us.

Evidence suggests that synchronizing movement with others leads to feelings of togetherness or ‘oneness’…

Beyond knowing nature: Contact, emotion, compassion, meaning, and beauty are pathways to nature connection

By Professor Miles Richardson