The Storydancer Project inspires positive change in the face of adversity through transformative movement, performance and self-care practices that restore vitality and cultivate joy.
RESILIENCY & EMPATHY IN ACTION
The work of The Storydancer Project encourages people to return to the body as a common denominator, and find a heart-to-heart, human-to-human connection across social and cultural divides.
ABOUT ZULEIKHA, FOUNDER/CEO
International performer and creator of self-care works, Zuleikha inspires dynamic creativity and resiliency. Innovator and educator, she shares the gift of movement medicine through simplicity of movement, expression and feeling, to engage an open heart and live a life of well being. Trained in music and dance from master teachers in eastern and western traditions, international storydancer Zuleikha is an ambassador for unity in artistic expression. She developed the TAKE A MINUTE® programs while serving as Artist-in-Residence in schools throughout the USA, and further refined them through her international movement work in underserved communities abroad. From this work, she was inspired to start The Storydancer Project, so more students, women, and families could experience stress relief through the body-mind-spirit. Today TSP is serving thousands.
HONORS & AWARDS
Esperanza Shelter for Battered Families Community Service Award
International Indian Association of Palliative Care Conference
Best Free Paper Oral Presentation
Images and Voices of Hope Media Award of Appreciation
New Mexico Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Health Appointee
Pediatric Nursing Journal Humanitarian Award
Featured contributor of the chapter "Awareness, Art and Service" in Practices of Compassion by Lama Doboom Tulku
METHODS & PRACTICES CREATED BY ZULEIKHA
www.zuleikha.com
SELF-CARE MOVEMENT FOR POSITIVE CHANGE
TSP Impact Diagram—Visualizing Strategic Intersections
The diagram below illustrates how TSP strategic initiatives connect shared foundational core values, and ultimately compound impact. The outer circle represents TSP programs and initiatives. The interconnected circles represent the shared foundations where the programs meet. The inner sections represent the impact generated by our integrated efforts.
Storydancer Project programs are based on an innovative self-care method created by TSP founder/director, Zuleikha, called TAKE A MINUTE® (TAM), a proven movement method that resets the body into more open patterns, encouraging wellness, resiliency and an enlivened sense of self.
Service
Serving girls, women, families, Indigenous communities, underserved communities, health care centers, school children, and those suffering from illness and trauma
Needs
Addressing limited access to health services in communities served with TSP culturally relevant self-care and integrative palliative care programs
Partners
Collaborating and forming partnerships with organizations and communities to create sustainable trainer programs and long-term support
Change
Whether we are serving children in New Mexico, Muslim women struggling to eke out a living in Delhi, people dealing with cancer, or Navajo mothers feeling the burden of trauma, TSP’s holistic self-care in community is a powerful agent of change.
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369 Montezuma Ave #490
Santa Fe, NM 87501 USA
