A question of dance therapy & sexuality

<p>This summer, someone asked me a question: 'can dance therapy help with sexuality?' &nbsp;I realized this is probably a question many people have wanted to ask, but none have had the courage to ask me before. So, I decided to reflect and offer this musing. First of all, I am not a sex therapist, but next season we will be interviewing a sex therapist, so please stay tuned! &nbsp;Secondly, I have agonized over my wording, because quite honestly, I tend to be private about this conversation. &nbsp;However, I am determined to hold inquiries about embodiment with the care and respect they deserve, and the topic of the erotic and sexuality requires it. I have examined some key principles of dance/movement therapy in relation to the erotic: increasing embodied awareness, expanding a movement repertoire, understanding movement as expressive communication in an intimate relationship, and movement as creative improvisational process. &nbsp;I do not focus on self pleasure, although that could probably be its own episode. &nbsp;My reflections are limited in the way that each of our perspectives and experiences are limited, but I believe there is beauty in the particular. So, I encourage the listener to take this as an opportunity to form an inquiry about their own experience of sensuality, intimacy and sexuality in relation to these principles and their own embodied knowing. &nbsp;</p>