Dancing is magical. Russian ballet great Rudolph Nureyev once said about his passion, “Somehow life tastes better when I dance.”

“To dance is to live,” said innovator Isadora Duncan. “Dance the way I dance and you will live to 100.”

“Dance is the song of the body. Either of joy or pain,” explained legend Martha Graham.

Have you watched how a child moves to music? A child dances naturally and with no inhibitions.

To dance is to feel the music and let go of worries and stress. A special freedom of losing yourself temporarily to rejuvenate. Dancing is pure celebration of expression—a passionate way to find spiritual renewal.

Dancing is art, and all art heals.

Every day I work with Nursing Home Residents to bring joy and movement to their lives. Even in wheelchairs, dancing becomes a gift, a celebration of love. These are precious souls who face great challenges, pain, memory loss, and loss of mobility. And still, they dance. That is the miracle. That is the celebration.