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Logo for 'Dance Your Ability Therapeutic Movement Foundation' featuring a stylized green dancer within a black circle, with the name and foundation description below.

“When movement is invited and bravely expressed in community, something happens.
Within every body there is a unique dance.
And when there is space to share that dance, alongside others doing the same,
something powerful emerges.
As each person moves in their own way,
the room becomes unified field of presence, belonging, and love.
Magic.
Every single time.”
-SHAUNA DEVLIN FOUNDER

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Dance Your Ability Therapeutic Movement Foundation
Not-for-profit Organization

Offers inclusive movement and dance programs
to people of all abilities and all ages, including:

  • Mixed Abilities

  • Elders

  • Children

  • People Living With: Dementia, Parkinson’s, cancer, brain injury etc.

  • Dancing with Menopause

  • Addictions / In Recovery

  • At-Risk Youth

  • Incarcerated

  • Trauma Survivors

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Learn with us
A diverse group of people of different ages and backgrounds in a circle participating in a group activity in a community room.

 Dance Your Ability programs gently weave self-led dance with shared group movement, welcoming all ages and abilities.

Rooted in the power of music, movement, and each person’s unique expression, we create space for embodied exploration, where healing motion, connection, and collective joy can naturally emerge.

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A group of elderly people sitting in a circle in a room, participating in a group activity or game, some are smiling and holding small objects or cards.
Bring Dance to Your Community

Programs infuse:

  • Trauma-informed practices that support inclusion, choice, and self-agency

  • Facilitation styles that meet varying individual learning styles, physical abilities, and energy levels

  • Simple and accessible movement structures, alongside basic group patterns that arise from each person’s unique dance

  • Circle-based practice, where participants are witnessed equally and the group is held in a shared relational field

  • A reflective mirroring process, where participants are invited to offer their own movement and have it gently mirrored or copied by others, supporting connection, embodiment, and being seen

  • Evidence-informed practice grounded in neuroscience, somatic psychology, and research on movement, embodiment, and nervous system regulation, supporting the known benefits of dance for wellbeing, resilience, and connection