Building Connections Beat by Beat

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October 12, 2024 a project of ServiceSpace The need for connection and community is primal, as fundamental as the need for air, water, and food. - Dean Ornish - Building Connections Beat by Beat An Arts & Healing Initiative uses creative practices like a drum circle to help children express themselves, and build social connections. The intention is to “proliferate kindness, compassion and connection,” in a nonverbal way to help children express themselves. According to Director Ping Ho, “The arts actually have [many] social-emotional benefits that many people who participate in them know, whether its mindful presence, stress reduction… you get to know other people very quickly, so for social connection [arts are] very powerful.” Students become mentors to one another, support each other, and make new friends. “When you’re drumming and you’re sitting in a circle… you’re literally seeing each other. And when you mirror each other, and you do the same thing, or somebody plays something and you play it back, it’s like a metaphor for empathy. It’s saying, ‘I see you, I hear you, I validate you.’” { read more } Be The Change Join a community circle where people create something together. See, hear, and connect. For inspiration, join an interactive call with Ping Ho in a few hours! Details/RSVP here: { more } COMMENT | RATE             DailyGood is a volunteer-run initiative that delivers "good news" to 148,654 subscribers. There are many ways to help. To unsubscribe, click here. Other ServiceSpace projects include: KindSpring  //  KarmaTube  //  Conversations  //  Awakin  //  More