WORDS OF SHEILA GOLDTOOTH, NAVAJO MEDICINE WOMAN "When you see the glimmer of hope and joy on the faces of the mothers, grandmothers, daughters and children, you see how we have inspired them to know they are important and how to be resilient.” STRENGTHENING HEARTS & MINDS A Rainbow Bridge Initiative WAYS TO CULTIVATE [...]

ON THE ROAD TO WELLNESS & SELF-CARE Several weeks ago, The Storydancer Project took a trip to Zuni Pueblo and Gallup, New Mexico. I was invited to present at the Zuni Wellness Carnival, which was actually a fun kind of Wellness Fair. ZULEIKHA AT ZUNI WELLNESS CENTER The Zuni Wellness Center was set up with different [...]

REKINDLING OPTIMISM, ENTHUSIASM & EMPATHY Care for The Caregiver Programs TAKE A MINUTE® SELF-CARE FOR NURSES MEPRA Program led by Cynda Rushton, Professor of Clinical Ethics in partnership with Zuleikha, Founder/Director of The Storydancer Project MEPRA is under auspices of the Anne and George L. Bunting, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics and the [...]

THE VALUE OF YOUR BODY'S WISDOM How Being Embodied Helps the Healing Process with Zuleikha What is Being Embodied? When we come into this world, we are provided with a body. How each person lives in that body vehicle they came in is being embodied. When we include embodied awareness in our everyday life, what [...]

MOVEMENT MEDICINE & INTEGRATIVE PALLIATIVE CARE An article by Zuleikha In early March, 2024, the Indian Association of Palliative Care invited Zuleikha to write an article about her work with Movement Medicine and Integrative Palliative Care© in India, and her evolutionary journey for over 15 years to bring calmness, relaxation and relief to those [...]

TAKE A MINUTE® is being used to reduce stress and replenish individual physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being. If you are interested in the ways we use TAKE A MINUTE®, please reach out to us. zuleikha@storydancer.com FREE ENEGY GEMS Photo Credit: © Swan Lake Publishing LLC FREE ENERGY GEMS [...]

INDIA - THIS YEAR I taught and shared trainings with so many people. I  love it. It is alive. GRATITUDE I am grateful to all the supporters of The Storydancer Project, you are many. This heart-to-heart connection in wellness is happening because of you. HOW IT WORKS It happens in a moment. The spark [...]

MEETING LAMA DOBOOM TULKU RINPOCHE —Continued One afternoon after a presentation, I was walking down the hotel hall where the conference was taking place, and where we were all staying. A very tall Tibetan Lama was standing at the end of the hallway, and as I passed him, he smiled, eyes twinkling, and said, [...]

TAKE A MINUTE® FOR PALLIATIVE CARE Zuleikha's creation and development of an adaptive holistic approach to palliative care for cancer patients and their families is now called TAKE A MINUTE® For Palliative Care, formerly known as RTHEP©. Today this work in India has reached thousands. CANSUPPORT 2024 Going out with CanSupport Home Care Teams, [...]